[Acrylic-bob]

I do think that there is one thing the council could, and should, do as a matter of some urgency. That is to begin to make the town centre more user friendly.

1. Put the bluddy benches back and police the area properly to control the drunks and other anti-social elements.
2. Sort the buses and the bus station out.
3. Open some public lavatories and keep them staffed.
4. Get rid of the officious signage that clogs every damned street in town.
5. Consider the appointment of Town Guides to be helpful to shoppers.
6. Enforce a decent standard of behaviour.
7. Offer Rates Holidays (meaningful ones) to new businesses opening up in the town centre
8. Cut back on fast food licences where the shops are only open at night.
9 And finally, cut the party politics and get a bluddy grip. The town is dying around you!