A theory put forward by the Amenities chap at last night’s Broadfield Forum is that most of our litter and rubbish is caused not by a shortage of available litter bins but by the presence of those that we already have. This is why those bins which were removed during the Queen’s visit for security […]
Entries Tagged as 'Crawley Council'
Tollgate Express
July 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics
At last night’s Broadfield Forum there were some concerns raised about the new shop (Tollgate Express) which is to open in Mann Close very soon. Some residents from that estate who are experiencing some nasty-sounding anti-social behaviour from groups of abusive youngsters there are worried that the shop may encourage them to hang around, and […]
Tags: Broadfield·Broadfield Forum·Crawley Council·Police·Shopping·Town Planning
Told you so
July 15th, 2007 · 5 Comments · Politics
Got a nice “I told you so”-type post I am dying to write. I think its better left for a few days while I dig up a bit more information but its killing me to not just run with it now, and I’m a bit worried the local papers might get there first.
Recognition for a retiring councillor
June 25th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
Another thing in the papers I was throwing out, was a letter from a member of the public praising a retiring councillor. I can remember being a bit surprised by this letter at the time (May 30th again) because very few normal citizens even know the name of their local councillor, and even fewer actually […]
Broadfield Community Centre
June 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on Broadfield Community Centre · Politics
I have been clearing out the huge pile of old newspapers for recycling, and having a quick look through them before throwing them out. In an old copy of the Crawley News I found a story which annoyed me at the time (May 30th) but for some reason I never actually wrote anything about it. […]
Woodmans Hill
June 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
What is going on with Woodmans Hill in Broadfield? At the last Broadfield Neighbourhood forum it was one of the roads mentioned as being a safety concern due to the speed of traffic going down it, but there was supposed to be some traffic calming there at least a year ago. The story so far […]
Election results
May 11th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics, Technology
It was good of Danivon to make his comment comparing the BNP’s vote to last year because such information is hard to come by. Not being a political anorak I don’t have copies of old election results knocking around: I figure that if I really want them I can get them from the council’s website. […]
This year’s election cock-up
April 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on This year’s election cock-up · Politics
We don’t like our elections to be straightforward in Crawley any more than we like them to be boring. Last year we had the great postal vote fiasco where ballot papers were sent to voters in the wrong wards. There was some hasty re-printing of ballot papers for the affected wards on a different colour […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Doh!·Elections
What a load of rubbish!
April 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on What a load of rubbish! · Politics
I believe I was a little sceptical a while back when our Tory council made a lot of noise about improving Broadfield Barton and made a clumsy comparison between their approach to the parade and their policies in general. If I remember rightly it was some comment about just applying a metaphorical coat of blue […]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley Council·Tories
Infamy, infamy…
April 9th, 2007 · Comments Off on Infamy, infamy… · Politics
…they've all got it in for me. I had been looking forward to some nice, straightforward elections this year, at least as far as my own campaign and Jayne's are concerned, but it has all got very complicated. First of all we had a resignation in Furnace Green leading to a second seat being up […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Elections
