Area Management Calendars 2010

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Neil

Please enlighten me, it might be funny if nothing else.

Having no real wish to be sued oer the festive season, sorry i must decline. n plus i know what your game is.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by cashman

Having no real wish to be sued oer the festive season, sorry i must decline. n plus i know what your game is.

Tell me in person next time I see you.

Are you suggesting I am trying to cause trouble?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

There's also a large proportion of local people post on here who, I'm sure, would love to be able to ask their local councillors questions.

As for Councillor Britcliffe, he laid himself open to mickey-taking by posting in a curious third person style. Funny how other councillors like Bernard, Graham and Clayton Ender don't feel the need to do that?

They already exit stage left when it comes to their useless government, if, god forbid they ever take control of HBC you wouldn't see them for dust

[Wynonie Harris]

Originally Posted by jaysay

They already exit stage left when it comes to their useless government, if, god forbid they ever take control of HBC you wouldn't see them for dust

I know they do...it's a constantly-recurring theme of mine that there's a deafening silence from them when it comes to those awkward little questions like law & order, the EU and immigration. However, at least they have the bottle to come on here on the first place...and they don't disappear when people start criticizing them.

[garinda]

Of course I received my calendar, fragrently hand delivered, but two rather anemic photographs was another bitter disappointment, especially after the twelve glorious images of Cllr. Britcliffe we were granted the other year.

(See linked thread for details.)

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...hly-18823.html

If H.B.C. are worried not every resident has details of how to contact the council, and their councillors, perhaps a calendar should be sent out with the council tax bills, which contained all the necessary contact details. It could even run April to April, like the tax year.

After all every household receives one, unlike the current calendar/Christmas card lottery system we seem to have at present.

The cost of posting need not increase. They could just send the bills and calendar, and dump all the bumph about how to pay your bill in three other languages besides English, since Hyndburn still happens to be in England, at least nominally.

[Bernard Dawson]

Originally Posted by garinda

Of course I received my calendar, fragrently hand delivered, but two rather anemic photographs was another bitter disappointment, especially after the twelve glorious images of Cllr. Britcliffe we were granted the other year.

(See linked thread for details.)

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...hly-18823.html

If H.B.C. are worried not every resident has details of how to contact the council, and their councillors, perhaps a calendar should be sent out with the council tax bills, which contained all the necessary contact details. It could even run April to April, like the tax year.

After all every household receives one, unlike the current calendar/Christmas card lottery system we seem to have at present.

The cost of posting need not increase. They could just send the bills and calendar, and dump all the bumph about how to pay your bill in three other languages besides English, since Hyndburn still happens to be in England, at least nominally.

There's already quite a few ways in which the Council contacts people, without the need for calendars. Also more and more people are now on line of course, which helps.

In all the years on the Council, I cant recall many instances of people telling me that they didn't know how to contact the Council. Getting the Council to do something about the problem that they may be ringing up about, well that's a different point.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

There's already quite a few ways in which the Council contacts people, without the need for calendars.

The same could be said of the Christmas cards, which contain similar contact details. The only difference being the cards aren't funded from the public purse.

Personally I think the calendars are a complete waste of tax payer's hard earned cash.

Mine's ready to go into the recycling sack, and if I do need to contact my councillors in the coming year, I shall simply look up their easy to find details at the time.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

There's also a large proportion of local people post on here who, I'm sure, would love to be able to ask their local councillors questions.

As for Councillor Britcliffe, he laid himself open to mickey-taking by posting in a curious third person style. Funny how other councillors like Bernard, Graham and Clayton Ender don't feel the need to do that?

I contacted two members on here recently who happen to be councillors, just to say I appreciate their input on the forum. They were two people I hadn't had the need to pm before, and didn't really ask a question, so didn't need a reply, though good manners would usually illicit an acknowledgement of my missive.

Pig ignorant springs to mind.

Not naming names, but suffice to say one sports a blue rosette, and the other a red one.

Perhaps they might be more approachable come election time.

[andrewb]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

There's already quite a few ways in which the Council contacts people, without the need for calendars.

As a body 'the council' might already contact people in many ways. In Hyndburn though I think our local politicians are shocking at contacting people. I can't recall very many occasions where I've received literature from district, or county councillors/candidates or our MP outside of election time. They're only interested around election time.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by garinda

I contacted two members on here recently who happen to be councillors, just to say I appreciate their input on the forum. They were two people I hadn't had the need to pm before, and didn't really ask a question, so didn't need a reply, though good manners would usually illicit an acknowledgement of my missive.

Pig ignorant springs to mind.

Not naming names, but suffice to say one sports a blue rosette, and the other a red one.

Perhaps they might be more approachable come election time.

The one with the Red rosette probably will Rindi

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jaysay

The one with the Red rosette probably will Rindi

...and the one with the blue rosette I suspect, and who shouldn't be too hard to work out to unmask as being similarly pig ignorant, as there has only been two Conservative councillors post on here, at least under their own names.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by garinda

...and the one with the blue rosette I suspect, and who shouldn't be too hard to work out to unmask as being similarly pig ignorant, as there has only been two Conservative councillors post on here, at least under their own names.

two

[garinda]

Originally Posted by jaysay

two

Yes two.

Is your memory failing you?

Both are Conservative councillors from Oswaldtwistle, one newly elected, and one who's been there for what seems way too long.

Just ask if you need anymore clues to which two Tory councillors have posted on the forum.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by garinda

Yes two.

Is your memory failing you?

Both are Conservative councillors from Oswaldtwistle, one newly elected, and one who's been there for what seems way too long.

Just ask if you need anymore clues to which two Tory councillors have posted on the forum.

I know about the newly elected one, just thought the other one was an office

[cashman]

Originally Posted by jaysay

I know about the newly elected one, just thought the other one was an office

May as well be -about as vacant as one oer the xmas holidays