As part of our attempts to encourage local democracy and open debate we have asked our three councillors for the Richmond Hill Ward, Cllr Richard Brett, Cllr Ron Grahame and Cllr Ralph Pryke for their personal views on the Richmond Hill library and its future. We will publish their replies here as soon as they arrive.
The article in the Guardian/Leeds today makes interesting reading and shows that visits to our library have actually gone up from 5 years ago, which when you consider its location, how little it is open and at what inconvenient times, is a remarkable testament to the need for a functioning and available library in our area.
We would also welcome your comments on this subject too. How important do you think a library is to our community? How do you feel about the lack of facilities in this area generally?
Showing posts with label local democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label local democracy. Show all posts
Monday, 7 February 2011
Monday, 24 January 2011
Local Democracy and you
With a local elections and possibly a Referendum coming up in May it is our intention at COVEN to offer our local Councillors the chance to write a guest Blog, giving their own thoughts and hopefully solutions to the problems particular to our area.
If you have any questions you would like to address to them please let us know by emailing us at ls94ever@gmail.com and we will do our best to get the answers from them.
It is our intention that the Blogs be published in full and totally unedited but we are hoping that all of the Bloggers will resist the temptation to tell us what their opponents intend to do and what they have done wrong in the past – it is their own thoughts, plans and input we are seeking.
Nearer the time of the election we intend to extend this invitation to all candidates standing in the ward but we will reserve the right not to post any article which is considered to be unsuitable for a family Blog or in any way defamatory to residents or other candidates or parties though we will, should that becomes necessary, inform you that we have taken that action and why.
It is possible that some of the people we intend to invite may not wish to take up the offer and we will of course respect that but it will not stop others being offered the chance to fill the spot instead.
Our intention is to get a healthy political debate going on the future of our area, involving as many people as possible because COVEN firmly believes that working together we can start to make things better for the residents of Richmond Hill."
If you have any questions you would like to address to them please let us know by emailing us at ls94ever@gmail.com and we will do our best to get the answers from them.
It is our intention that the Blogs be published in full and totally unedited but we are hoping that all of the Bloggers will resist the temptation to tell us what their opponents intend to do and what they have done wrong in the past – it is their own thoughts, plans and input we are seeking.
Nearer the time of the election we intend to extend this invitation to all candidates standing in the ward but we will reserve the right not to post any article which is considered to be unsuitable for a family Blog or in any way defamatory to residents or other candidates or parties though we will, should that becomes necessary, inform you that we have taken that action and why.
It is possible that some of the people we intend to invite may not wish to take up the offer and we will of course respect that but it will not stop others being offered the chance to fill the spot instead.
Our intention is to get a healthy political debate going on the future of our area, involving as many people as possible because COVEN firmly believes that working together we can start to make things better for the residents of Richmond Hill."
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