Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Redhead's Landing
Redhead's Landing, Council to Discuss
Following my appeal to our Councillors yesterday, I have received an email from the former Mayor Cllr. John Wood, informing me that he is allowing the inclusion of the topic as an urgent matter for discussion at the meeting of the Riverside Central Area Forum. The meeting takes place tomorrow night at 6.00 p.m. in Laygate School.
I have also received supportive emails from the Council Leader Paul Waggott, the Opposition Leader Jim Capstick, and Cllr. Iain Malcolm (I remember having a few running battles with his father when he was a member of the Council).
Once again I have a criticism of the majority of Council members, this Council has gone a fair distance in it's efforts to include as many people as possible, and this includes those with internet access, the authority has made a lot of information available and invited a lot of participation, e-services are worthwhile and they work. Unfortunately a lot of our elected members have not taken the opportunity to embrace the new technologies, whilst most members have now read my emails, it is always the same very few who show the courtesy of sending a reply. The majority who do not reply send me negative messages, either they don't care, or they don't know how to use simple email. The latter should be unimportant, as they could always telephone me if they wished!
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Following my appeal to our Councillors yesterday, I have received an email from the former Mayor Cllr. John Wood, informing me that he is allowing the inclusion of the topic as an urgent matter for discussion at the meeting of the Riverside Central Area Forum. The meeting takes place tomorrow night at 6.00 p.m. in Laygate School.
I have also received supportive emails from the Council Leader Paul Waggott, the Opposition Leader Jim Capstick, and Cllr. Iain Malcolm (I remember having a few running battles with his father when he was a member of the Council).
Once again I have a criticism of the majority of Council members, this Council has gone a fair distance in it's efforts to include as many people as possible, and this includes those with internet access, the authority has made a lot of information available and invited a lot of participation, e-services are worthwhile and they work. Unfortunately a lot of our elected members have not taken the opportunity to embrace the new technologies, whilst most members have now read my emails, it is always the same very few who show the courtesy of sending a reply. The majority who do not reply send me negative messages, either they don't care, or they don't know how to use simple email. The latter should be unimportant, as they could always telephone me if they wished!
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