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It just seems that any chance to have a dig at the opposition seems to be the order of the day with Hyndburn councillors. Thank goodness politics isn't my cup of tea, I think I'd end up wanting to bang heads together if I had to sit through meetings.
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You have probably deduced that I'm not a big fan of this local authority grading system. It's just basically in my view a local authority beauty contest Council's should always be looking at ways to improve the services they provide to the public. For me it's about service provision, and that's where the resources of the council should be going into. |
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I'm not a fan of the grading system either. There are a lot of different factors involved that aren't measured by the system - for example, an area is excellent if it has good schooling, good facilities, exciting nightlife, good road systems, etc. A council may be excellent if paper is pushed in the right direction at the right time.
However, I do think that it is a step in the right direction. We have to start believing in ourselves and if it takes an outside body to come in and tell us that Hyndburn is an excellent place to be then that could be the first step. |
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One of the problems also with calling ourselves an excellent council can be complacency.We should always be trying to improve the service we provide to the public |
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Oh God, do I really want to know? Next I'll be asking how much the public consultation about town councils cost us. The one which paid for the printing and delivery of questionaires to 'every home in the borough', but which vast swathes of residents never even got. What we need is a bright young thing, with a keen interest in politics, to find out for us under the Freedom of Information Act. |
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If the desks are kept clean, and the pencils are sharpened? |
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You could tell her, day in, day out, that she was the most beautiful girl on the planet. She's still never going to win Miss World. http://anybody.squarespace.com/storage/boyle.jpg That's the sort of namby pamby patronage that means real progress is never achieved. Like telling every competitors in school sports day that 'they are all winnersreally'. We have to start by actually striving to achieve excellence. Congratulating ourselves with a pat on the back, makes no difference what so ever. Especially as the criteria used is so suspect to begin with. |
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Walking is becoming more and more difficult for me, and there are many more people with poorer mobility than myself, or sight that isn't perfect.
I might be more inclined to judge H.B.C. 'excellent' if the borough didn't have the worse pavements in the country. Many of which are in areas that have been recently 'refurbished', at some massive cost. They are a disgrace, and dangerous. There's nothing excellent to report about them. |
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Blimey, that was quite a run of spleen venting.
I'd better clock out now, before Bernard Ingham starts his day shift tomorrow. :D |
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