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Re: HBC at it again
Firstly, the old chestnut about expenses has reared it's head and you are dead wrong. See this table for who does and doesn't claim plenty of expenses:
Secondly, this 'sub committee' phrase is more likely to be an unfortunate misinterpretation of a simple expression. They were set up in several wards under the previous administration to keep an eye on how the Area Council was spending its money after one ward was successful in a bid for several hundred thousand pounds. This apparently did not go down well with certain other people, after all it was a success story that they were't involved with and couldn't get their hands on.
In Rishton we dissolved ours as soon as we took control as the poor committee members had been misinformed that they were somehow elected representatives on the Area Council. We cut all ties with them and they made far better headway as a standalone group, bidding for money and simply getting on with tasks around the village, free from the shackles of HBC. It improved them no end.
I'm not entirely sure what the Great Harwood situation is but one news report is hardly a verbatim Google Page Rankingécis of events. I know that the clock tower is being renovated as part of a bid for Pennine Reach money and the same goes with Towngate. Everyone has been pushing for the market to be revived for years and so it is, once a month there is a Farmers Market and it is doing extremely well. We have even invested in log cabins for smallholders to attract more businesses and it has worked.
There is already a Town Centre Committee and has been for some time. Any groups are welcome to make representation to HBC at any time if they have a viable idea and know how to implement it, it's the best way to thrive.
Things are going very well in Great Harwood all told, I really don't see what the problem is.
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