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Originally Posted by andrewb
I suppose this is the problem with Labour. Attack the Conservatives comes before anything else. It was hardly to further his election campaign when you and every other Labour councillor was eligible to be on it! You'll use anything - anything you can concoct, to be negative towards Britcliffe.
Labour councillors can spend their own money on what they wish, perhaps you can even spend it on dishonest council tax propaganda again. However you cannot tell the people of Hyndburn, that they can not be informed about who their councillors are, or how to contact them if they have issues. I am in shock. You put christmas cards out, so you think its important that people know who their councillors are, so why is it not a function of council to do so?
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I am not saying it is not the function of the Council, however the full details of all councillors (complete with names addresses and telephone numbers) was circulated in the Beacon newspaper (produced by HBC). which was delivered to every household.
You really are blinkered aren't you - and St Peter can do no wrong (not to mention St David). By our decision not to take part in Area Council Calendars the Labour Group have saved the Council Tax Payers money. As you are no doubt aware there are 9 Area Councils in Hyndburn, but only 3 choose to send out calendars. If you consider that is was approx £450 per Area Council, that means that multiplied by 6= £2700 saved. The Area Councils that did not have calendars were
Rishton (which has 2 Tories and 1 Labour member)
Clayton and Altham (which has 2 Tories 1 Labour and 1 Independent member)
Baxenden (which has 2 Tories)
Huncoat (which has 1 Labour and 1 Independent)
Church and Milnshaw (which has 3 Labour and 1 Independent)
Spring Hill and Central (which has 3 Labour and 1 Tory)
How do you explain why some of the Area Councils which have a majority of Tory members choose not to send out calendars - maybe they also felt that it was an inappropriate use of council tax payers money.
I would have thought that rather than being critical of the Area Councils that did not send out calendars, you would have congratulated them on saving the Council Tax Payer of Hyndburn money.
Hope to see you on Budget night (in the Town Hall Gallery) with your calculator double checking all the figures are correct.