Henry Smith is answering questions in the Crawley News this week. His answer to most questions is, as always, that everything is the government’s fault.
Entries Tagged as 'WSCC'
Timewarp editorial
January 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
This week’s Crawley News cleared up a little confusion I had about the previous week’s editorial.
Tags: Crawley Council·Local Papers·WSCC
A happy Christmas for West Sussex councillors
December 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments · Politics
Well, its going to be happy for some of them anyway, specifically the 18 of them who are getting way-above-inflation pay increases – backdated to April so they get a nice lump sum in their next pay. They will be spending Christmas with their snouts in the trough.
Tags: Greed·Statistics·Tories·WSCC
All aboard the Tex Express!
November 14th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
According to the Argus “A councillor has won a battle to secure better public transport links between West Sussex and the new Eurostar station in London.” Well done to him… except he hasn’t. We already had perfectly good ones and he has persuaded TfL to provide the option of a worse one for anyone foolish […]
Why I am happy with my council tax…
February 23rd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Politics
…well, sort of. As with all types of taxation, it depends on how you look at it. I am one of the fortunate people who does not actually get much back for my tax. Being gainfully employed and generously rewarded I am not in need of many of the services offered as safety nets. Some […]
Tags: Crawley·Crawley Council·Local Government·Taxation·WSCC
Council Tax day
February 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
I think the council were meeting today to decide on the level of council tax for this year. I don't know what happened. I don't even know what the Labour group intended to do about the Tory proposal to increase the borough part of the tax by 2% My guess – and I realise its […]
Tags: Crawley Council·WSCC
West Crawley County Local Committee
January 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics
The next meeting of the West Crawley County Local Committee is to be held on Wednesday, 24th January at 7:00pm. This committee covers (if I remember rightly) Broadfield, Bewbush, Gossops Green, Ifield, Langley Green, West Green and Southgate. The venue is the Holy Trinity School 6th form centre, Buckswood Drive, Gossops Green. There is a […]
Tags: Bewbush·Broadfield·BYCC·Crawley·Gossops Green·Ifield·Langley Green·Southgate·WSCC
Identity crisis
January 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Identity crisis · Life
Broadfield is certainly a confusing place these days. it is split into two borough council wards – Broadfield North and Broadfield South, and yet one of it’s two primary schools is called Broadfield East. Now I find that, although the county council classes Broadfield as part of “West of Crawley” for the purposes of it’s […]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley Council·WSCC
Park & Ride
January 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Park & Ride · Politics
According to the Crawley Observer there was a proposal by Crawley Town FC to use part of their car park as a lorry park, apart from on match days. A number of Broadfield residents objected and the proposal was turned down by the borough council for planning reasons. Even if planning permission had been granted […]
Tags: Cars·Crawley Council·Parking·Town Planning·Traffic·WSCC
School transport
September 17th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Politics
I recently heard about something which has really annoyed me. Our girl has a friend whose sister goes to Manor Green College as a year 9 pupil. Manor Green is a brilliant school. Our boy goes there and has benefitted greatly from it. The school is for children with learning disabilities and is the result […]
Tags: Broadfield·Ifield·Scandals·Tories·Trade Unions·Traffic·WSCC
