An "Elected" Mayor.

One thing which struck me from that article and which sadly I have to agree with is that the turn out at local elections is pityful and for those that do vote they do so as a sort of comment on whoever is in power in Central Government regardless of policies of the local candidates.

Apathy.

We on AccyWeb are interested in our borough and what goes on here (or fails to go on here as the case may be) but how do you motivate others to take enough of an interest to actually want a shake up and something DONE?
 
WillowTheWhisp said:
Apathy.

We on AccyWeb are interested in our borough and what goes on here (or fails to go on here as the case may be) but how do you motivate others to take enough of an interest to actually want a shake up and something DONE?
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That is a good point, you only need to look at the "General Community Talk" section and see there is a lack of interest in local areas i.e. Church, Ossy, and so on. There are also the local council meetings, where people could ask questions, and get involved.
From past experience, yes it's very difficult to "get people to stand up and be counted"
 
In the last local elections I did not see any of the candidates coming round and canvassing for support......and although they all sent flyers, it would have been nice for them to come around so that you could ask them questions face to face.
Maybe the apathy is because folks feel that whatever party they vote for it won't make much of a difference.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
In the last local elections I did not see any of the candidates coming round and canvassing for support......
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That is very true, I live in Ossy, our leader's ward,............the only time I see him is when he's goin in Con club, never seen him canvassing ;)
 
If these folk don't canvas, then how do they know what the feelings of the local electorate are? how do they define the issues that are causing concern?
I may have the old cynical head on, but it seems to me that they claim money under flase pretences. I think if you are going to be alocal councillor then you should not get paid. OK expenses that are incurred should be claimed, but they should be audited and that is all the councillor should get.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
If these folk don't canvas, then how do they know what the feelings of the local electorate are? how do they define the issues that are causing concern?
I may have the old cynical head on, but it seems to me that they claim money under flase pretences. I think if you are going to be alocal councillor then you should not get paid. OK expenses that are incurred should be claimed, but they should be audited and that is all the councillor should get.
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I agree 100% with that, some of the cllr's are retired people, we even have a husband & wife pair up Ossy.
I think that goes for serving on any committee, if you feel strong enough about a subject, you should'nt want paying, as you say reasonable expenses only
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
You never see a poor(£) politician do you?
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Yep, it's no wonder you see the same names on different committees, some of the local cllr's are makin a good livin out of it, just tops up their pensions. Such public spirited citizens :bingobang :signntme:
 
if we had an elected mayor it wouldnt be 5 mins before that flag will be flying high out side the town hall again like we had about 6 years ago

those of you who watch granada reports may have seen the piece they did on it ;)
 
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