I am very grateful to South Norfolk Tory Leader John Fuller for e-mailing to set the record straight about their "appeal" for candidates. I am also thankful because he put me onto his excellent blog - click here - which he will be running up to the May elections (and hopefully beyond).
I got the original story for North Norfolk LibDem Councillor Nich Starling, but I shall be careful of what he writes in future ... not very fair, and also not very accurate!
Cllr Fuller writes:
In fact we were doing a residents survey. At the end of the questions there's an option to ask people whether theywould like to help the forthcoming elections... you know, deliver some leaflets, display a poster, do some telling on polling day. We also ask whether people would like to be considered as candidates...there are county elections in 2 years time as well, you know. In fact we have a full slate in Hethersett and have done for several months. So thanks for the LibDems for mis-representing our survey of residents opinion. Conservatives are asking the questions and listening. LibDems just misrepresent for party advantage regardless of the benefitto local residents. As an aside, we actually advertised for candidates in December 2005, 14months ago with follow-up in the EDP and had a great response withseveral respondents now standing in May. That's innovation. That's why South Norfolk needs the Conservatives. Fact to remember: South Norfolk's Council Tax up 258% in 12 years. Eight times inflation. Twice as high as the county council.
4 comments:
surely there's nothing wrong in having a few scurrilous and mischievous rumours that south norfolk conservatives aren't doing too well???
Well if they they had opposed totally the Costessey incinerator like you, they might have been worth voting for. Some like Cllr Andrew Pond are still plugging a big burner, so reflect a continued stupidity and lack of principled spine. SN abstained en masse to a SN motion stating conconcerns about incineration. Typical politicans they shut their ears to what they don't like to hear from residents and communities.
Sorry anon - you are about incineration, I care about incineration but our canvassing in key areas (like Bowthorpe) show that this issue isn't at the forefront of people's minds. In 2006 it was all people talked about on the doorsteps. If SN is anything like Norwich then I, sadly, think the issue has moved on.
Antony, you are correct that the issue has moved on, and thank goodness, and you should be rightly praised in Bowthorpe for you stance on the issue last year. Truely a man of principle! Unfortunately the memory of incinerator indifference and lack of concern by John Fuller and crew seems to have stuck in many parts of northern SN. Perhaps Cllr. Fuller needs to engage a political airbrush specialist prior to 2nd May.
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