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| Peter Dolman |
Local councillors requested to comment on this siteI would like to encourage Calne town and district councillors to register in their own names and to take part in debates.E-mail addresses can be found at the Calne Town web sites. You can also find their addresses and telephone numbers (or at least some of them). If there is enough of us lobbying them perhaps we may get to hear from them! www.calne.gov |
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| admin |
An excellent idea, Peter. What better way to see your local councillors views on any subject than on your very own local forum.
The gauntlet has now been thrown..................... edit: unfortunately the link you supplied does not work at the moment. |
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| admin |
Here is the link needed.
Please urge your local councillor to make his/her voice heard on Calnetalk.com |
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| Attrebates |
An excellent idea. But some notes of caution. If you e-mail your councillor your anonimity will be blown. If you have a nom-de-plume e-mail address your councillor will most likely ignore your e-mail.
The councillors which are most likely to respond (if any) will be the ones that are most approachable in the first place. Calnetalk will have put the town councillors in a disadvantageous position in as much as you require them to answer in their own name. Peter Dolman courageously does this and I'm almost certain he is aware of my identity but I am not going to confirm it for him. (or anybody else) Even if councillors came in under a forum name it would not be too difficult to work out who was who. Although I like the idea and have put fwd a similar thought myself, after giving it some more thought, the reality is, I don't think it really fair to the councillors themselves. Maybe, one very brave councillor who will represent them all on the forum would be a way ahead, He/she could remain anonymous but must accurately reflect the view of the council and be prepared to take the views expressed on here back to the council. This task must not be delegated to the CTC adminstration support team and must be seriously & rigourously moderated before any views appear on screen to ensure courtesy. It would certainly aid communication between councillors and public if........................................................................ That is what the Town Council wish to do. I have a suspicion they will stand behind the established formal approach because that way they have the advantage over us mere mortals as explained in an earlier thread. The building, the language, the room layout, the procedures/rules, the whole process is designed to show the power of the authority and psycologically disadvantage the individual. Possibly the only way to break through the communication barrier is via the Area Boards under the Unitary authority. I gather this idea is becoming less of an anathema among council members. |
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| admin |
An e-mail has already been sent to the Calne town council. I'm sure that a few more people with a current political interest may wish to participate in our discussions, whether they use an alias is up to them. I wonder if Mr Ancram would like to join?? :D | ||||
| Attrebates |
Good Luck!! | ||||
| Chepfer |
Attrebates .... You do realise Peter isn't a councillor dont you ?! | ||||
| Attrebates |
Oh yes ! He brought to my attention a while back on another forum. I have on other threads commended him for his courage and hoped that if he was ever re-elected, his courage would not desert him OR council rules forbid him from expressing his views.
He has proved to be a valuable source of information and long may he continue. |
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| GTB |
Hear hear! :thumbl: |
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| Peter Dolman |
I will try to overcome my embarassment after reading the last few comments.
I am prepared to air my views and to accept ownership of the comments, I would not think of doing anything else If individuals want people to vote for them at elections then they should not look to hide behind a "nom de plume". The electorate have a right to know what the people who wish to represent really believe in. A recent example is Eric Porter who stood for the town council as an independant but shortly after being elected became a conservative. You can of course at times use Council rules to your advantage but you do need to "play" the game. Attrebates I have no idea who you are or come to it anyone else on the forum. |
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| Chepfer |
Don't be to embarressed Peter, Nice that you are so open an honest about things on here.
It'll go in your favour if you ever look at getting back on the council. |
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| Attrebates |
One week on and the silence is stunning ------------- but not unexpected. 8) | ||||
| Peter Dolman |
The link should be
www.calne.gov.uk |
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| Attrebates |
I don't think the link is the root cause of the silence. Top dog provided a correction earlier. But thanks anyway. | ||||
| Local lass |
i would second that or is it third.me and peter dont always agree and why should we ?if every one agreed on here it would be rather boring. but i enjoy are debate we have all the same.and the forum would be much duller with out him. |
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| Attrebates |
The silence is stunnin.. Dying echo | ||||
| Bear |
Are you at all surprised Attrebates ? |
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| Attrebates |
No, but fairplay to Calnetalk.com for giving the opportunity. If you don't try................................. |
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| Chepfer |
Perhaps they're not sure how to use p.c's in a positive manner.
As if past form was highlighted, Calne town councillors and rude jokes ...go hand in hand. |
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| Attrebates |
I think most Councillors, and certainly the ones I know, can use the PC but there may well be one or two from the Jurassic Period if certain attitudes are examples of their thinking. Calne town Councillors and rude jokes on this forum -- surely not. I think you must be getting confused with other, much less polite forums. Trust me, this one is VERY polite and long may it remain so. :thumbl: |
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| Chuck |
HIJust a quick note from Chuck soon ot be an ex Councillor but hoping to get in at the unitary elections.Didn't wsee this part of the site. Think the site is good though! Chuck Berry NWDC |
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