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Graham Jones · 13-11-2005, 22:21

This is a hard debate to have because a lot of people have already made their mind up and the debate will be one sided.

I am TOTALLY in favour of doing away with LCC and two tier councils. Many obvious reasons. HBC is so far in debt and now so diminished it struggles to offer value for money. All the well paid local governemtn jobs are far away at Preston at LCC. With an East Lancs authority there is a fair chance of it being located in/near Hyndburn. JOBS JOBS JOBS. We need a university and not one at Preston, one here. We need the Ribble Valley to encourage tourism. It costs more to run twice the services needed, 2 payroll, 2 corporate services, 2 engineering etc... 85% of Council Tax gets spent at County Hall PRESTON. We should decide more locally what our priorities are. IF the unitary is the same area as Health and Police, we may also be able to join up more ALL services effectively. And finally take donw some of the parochial signs that say exiting Lancashire, entering Blackburn, reentering Lancashire, welcome to Hyndburn. FINALLY we will be able to establish true local democracy for the likes of Rishton and Gt Harwood.
FINALLY FINALLY, we will have LESS councillors on the payroll.

13-11-2005, 22:21	#13
Graham Jones I am Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 279 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: What would this cost us This is a hard debate to have because a lot of people have already made their mind up and the debate will be one sided. I am TOTALLY in favour of doing away with LCC and two tier councils. Many obvious reasons. HBC is so far in debt and now so diminished it struggles to offer value for money. All the well paid local governemtn jobs are far away at Preston at LCC. With an East Lancs authority there is a fair chance of it being located in/near Hyndburn. JOBS JOBS JOBS. We need a university and not one at Preston, one here. We need the Ribble Valley to encourage tourism. It costs more to run twice the services needed, 2 payroll, 2 corporate services, 2 engineering etc... 85% of Council Tax gets spent at County Hall PRESTON. We should decide more locally what our priorities are. IF the unitary is the same area as Health and Police, we may also be able to join up more ALL services effectively. And finally take donw some of the parochial signs that say exiting Lancashire, entering Blackburn, reentering Lancashire, welcome to Hyndburn. FINALLY we will be able to establish true local democracy for the likes of Rishton and Gt Harwood. FINALLY FINALLY, we will have LESS councillors on the payroll.