Geoff Settle Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Your right B, I bought the Beatles Doubble Blue CD recently and was telling my daughter about what the lyrics 'Now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Parr Hall' - oops did I get that right Albert? Having said that the job on Long Lane looks good. But the state of others like Fearnhead Lane is bed but elswhere in Warrington look like minor eathquakes have taken place!!!! As Paula Darlington said at the above Parish meeting we are very lucky in are Parish many other places are n a much worse state of repair. My role however mains one of pushing hard for the people who I represent some like me some do not but that doesn't matter in the quest to lobby for improvements. [ 08.03.2008, 06:19: Message edited by: Geoff Settle ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Originally posted by Geoff Settle: [ But the state of others like Fearnhead Lane is bed but elswhere in Warrington look like minor eathquakes have taken place!!!! As Paula Darlington said at the above Parish meeting we are very lucky in are Parish many other places are n a much worse state of repair. Isn't that one of the problems these days? People settling for 2nd best. If the majority complained, more would get done. When only the odd one or two complain, the complaints don't get any priority, and probably go to the bottom of the pile and thus, overlooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Settle Posted March 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 I'm not sure but I'm working on the principle if you don't let them know then they can't do anything about it. I do wonder if they do prioritise the work required to be done, I'm sure they do aren't you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Problem is Geoff that quite often when people do complain or raise issues of concern (at Parish or WBC level nothing ever gets done about it so people just stop bothering to ask Sad really as if everyone (regardless of level or Political Party) worked together rather than against each other a lot more could get get done and resolved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted March 8, 2008 Report Share Posted March 8, 2008 Steady on Dismayed. You can get ostracised for talking common sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 I know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 Sorry Dismayed - but I do not think most normal people have common sense. But thats just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Taylor Posted April 8, 2008 Report Share Posted April 8, 2008 Dismayed said Sad really as if everyone (regardless of level or Political Party) worked together rather than against each other a lot more could get get done and resolved. Well if ordinary people who ever they are can see through the fog, then come May the 1st you should get your wish. :angelwings: I do wonder how a Parish Council like Stockton Heath can survive 2 votes of no confidence, raised in 06 and 07; and continue in such a brazen way without any censure? I always thought they had to go to the people after such a vote. [ 08.04.2008, 15:24: Message edited by: Stephen Taylor ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Why not ask the Parish clerk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little fella Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 Is it not that anyone can stand up at a meeting and propose a vote of no confidence, it does not mean a thing. If however it was a vote by the elected members of no confidence in the chair then it would have to go for a vote. We cannot have the local crack pot walking into any public meeting and saying he has no confidence in them and being able to forcing an expensive election that would never do. Was it last year that the school group complained about the council, and the teachers and the town hall, just because they did not get their way on knocking down a Victorian heap which was not fit for purpose? What is the point of putting forward a vote of no confidence in a council a couple of weeks before an election anyway? Is it just trouble mongering and what happens when the old ones get re elected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 I'm sure votes of No Confidence can only be raised by members of the public during an 'Annual' Parish Council Meeting ie once a year. I don't think it forces an election though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Mind you the St H Parish certainly gets loads of press coverage on WWW so their press officer must be working overtime, have some solid credentials, or maybe a keen reporter at their meetings . [ 11.04.2008, 16:35: Message edited by: Watercolour ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 Originally posted by little fella: and what happens when the old ones get re elected? As I understand the situation LF, they might not this time, Stockton Heath is a "battleground" seat for both Parish & Borough elections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 and to think Stockton Heath used to be such a quiet and happy little community village Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little fella Posted April 11, 2008 Report Share Posted April 11, 2008 You know what they say ~ Change is as good as a rest. Mind you it didnt work with the Lib Dems did it. Or did it we got change but nothing moved so it must be rest I think there has been a few wrong calls in Stockton Heath of late. It really is a success story shame the parish council has not kept up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Send in Dissy, she will sort them out. If not her then Wingnut will go in all guns balzzing by the sound and nature of his recent posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Yes Stockton Heath will certainly be an interesting one on Thursday. It will demonstrate whether all of the unrest has been led by a small but very intelligent and articulate group, or whether the sharcs really have the support of the community. Mind you, I don't think people will waste their vote on a tory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Send in Dissy, she will sort them out. If not her then Wingnut will go in all guns balzzing by the sound and nature of his recent posts. Ha Ha If only it was that simple eh Geoff. Not sure I'd like to sit around a table with most of the numpties we currently have on there though. I'd rather poke my own eyes out with cocktail stick and dip them in chocolate as an after dinner treat As for going in with Wingnut he sounds a bit of a nutter. His jokes and constant references to his 'mam' are somewhat odd Perhaps he's already on SH Parish Council Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Yes Stockton Heath will certainly be an interesting one on Thursday. It will demonstrate whether all of the unrest has been led by a small but very intelligent and articulate group, or whether the sharcs really have the support of the community. Mind you, I don't think people will waste their vote on a tory. Gosh is it this coming Thursady, I've not had my voting card yet Which lot are the 'small but very intelligent and articulate group'.. surely you can't mean the Lib Dims Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Taylor Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Chrissy wrote: Yes Stockton Heath will certainly be an interesting one on Thursday. It will demonstrate whether all of the unrest has been led by a small but very intelligent and articulate group, or whether the sharcs really have the support of the community. Mind you, I don't think people will waste their vote on a tory. Let the people decide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 26, 2008 Report Share Posted April 26, 2008 Diz; you don't need "your voting card"; that's how insecure the system currently is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Indeed Stephen, and from what I can tell the incumbents are very worried and are resorting to desperate campaigning in what looks like the last throes of a dying beast. It is time for a change in Stockton Heath and to give a group of committed and hardworking people the chance to show what they can do. Who said local politics was boring, Stockton Heath is a great example of a campaigning battleground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Diz; you don't need "your voting card"; that's how insecure the system currently is. How do we know where we are supposed to go to vote though? Bet there will be a lot of people who think they can't vote cos they haven't got a voting card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 You make 2 very good points Dismayed, I have emailed the Returning Officer ( Diana Terris) on this and another matter earlier today. Given the amount of literature going out in some areas, voters certainly know an election....but where to vote is an important piece of information given on the card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 27, 2008 Report Share Posted April 27, 2008 Unless your new to an area, the polling station will normally be where it always has been! You enter, give your name and address; NO MEANS OF ID IS REQUESTED, the assistant looks down the polling register, puts a tick against your name and gives you the ballot form. So as you can see, if you were familiar with the register and some of the folk on it, it would be easy (though illegal) to impersonate them. Robert Mugabe would be impressed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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