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Gayle · 05-07-2009, 12:08

Well I've said on many occasions that I think that the ward should be represented by someone who lives there, or at least in the case of Ossy to at least live within Ossy if not the ward itself.

I sort of feel that if you're trying to get on the Council and you're going for any seat that means that you want to be on the Council more than you want to represent your area. However, in Dorothy's case it's slightly different as she did used to live in Ossy when she was elected to LCC (I think) and has only recently lost her LCC seat so she's been active in Ossy for a long time.

Perhaps, the other argument to 'age' is that we want representing by someone who has the time to do it - if they're retired then it means they can attend meetings etc without having to juggle a job as well.

05-07-2009, 12:08	#20
Gayle God Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Relaxville Posts: 6,866 Blog Entries: 69 Liked: 13 times Rep Power: 2867	Re: Bye-election in Ossy Well I've said on many occasions that I think that the ward should be represented by someone who lives there, or at least in the case of Ossy to at least live within Ossy if not the ward itself. I sort of feel that if you're trying to get on the Council and you're going for any seat that means that you want to be on the Council more than you want to represent your area. However, in Dorothy's case it's slightly different as she did used to live in Ossy when she was elected to LCC (I think) and has only recently lost her LCC seat so she's been active in Ossy for a long time. Perhaps, the other argument to 'age' is that we want representing by someone who has the time to do it - if they're retired then it means they can attend meetings etc without having to juggle a job as well. __________________ The views expressed within this post are mine and mine alone.