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Originally Posted by Lilly
I wondered how long before this thread made a re-appearance. 
It's taken you longer than I thought it would. 
Garinda, it said in yesterday's Telegraph that 80% of people who responded were in favour of town councils and that 2.1% of 59,000 residents took part in the referendum.
I think I can predict what's coming now.........that's not very many is it? |
Maybe 59,000, but how many of those people even saw a form?
A form that was supposed to be delivered by this private firm, and which the council presumably paid them for this bad service with our money.
As I said way back, in theory the town councils do sound a good idea, but as yet there is still too little information as to whether in reality they're a good idea, or not.
We are told they will be able to raise their own budgets. Which budgets, what will still be the responsibility of H.B.C., and which won't?
Will we have residents in Clayton paying a different amount of tax than someone in Church, for example?
Who will sit on these councils, will they be elected, or will they be filled with the cronies of our current councillors?
The fact is no one seems to know, and if they do know, they aren't telling us.