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Local election fever…and a Forrester’s football pitch?

April 25, 2007 at 9:43 pm · Filed under Around Forest Row, Everything you might ask your local councillor....but d, Uncategorized

Come and meet your local Conservative MP and myself and your other District Council candidate at the Community Centre, 6.30pm Friday 27th April.

Campaigning in Forest Row is hot between the Green party and the Conservatives at the moment – it is a great priviledge to get out and meet so many local residents and hear their views – not to mention the pleasure of walking and riding around the ward in this gorgeous weather.  If I haven’t had the chance to speak to you and you would like to ask me a question or send me your views please do comment on this blog or email me at rcmoore@btconnect.com 

I have just taken a look at the Green party videos and can’t decide whether they are Read the rest of this entry »

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Climate change starts to rear its head at Council meetings

March 22, 2007 at 10:53 pm · Filed under Everything you might ask your local councillor....but d, Uncategorized

It is salutary to witness man withdrawing from an attempt to control nature as the effects of climate change come to bear.  The South coast, already affected by Isostatic effects Read the rest of this entry »

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Coming soon – what does a council actually DO?

March 10, 2007 at 11:29 pm · Filed under Everything you might ask your local councillor....but d

When I put myself forward to stand as a councillor just over 4 years ago, I had no idea what it would really entail.  In fact I had very little idea what a local district council actually did apart from clearly seeing it/them involved with planning (but how?) and with waste collection and recycling (and when was it them and when was it county?).

 It has been a learning journey!

It has been all these things sometimes….:  tedious, riveting, embarassing, confusing, fascinating, frustrating, a source of pride, a source of annoyance (particularly at the way we have to spend so much of our time dancing to a Central Govt led tune… bring on the Sustainable Communities bill purlease!

I shall use this section to try to give anyone who might be moderatly interested a degree of my personal insight….. and please do send me your questions – One of my ambitions is to see more of us take a greater interest in what all this money collected in tax is actually doing!

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