From: | "Bernard Clayson" <bernard-clayson(at)shuartfarm.fsnet.co.uk> |
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Date: | Sun, 8 May 2005 15:24:29 +0100 |
Subject: | Democracy - St Nicholas Referendum No2 |
Dear all, Having just done the second Public-run Village Referendum in
eight weeks, I am back looking for some more international support i.e. another
Catch-22 like the first one.
The first referendum was a District Council political
issue, this one is a County Council bureaucrat issue.
I have no wish to attack an officer who is doing a good job in
difficult circumstances, but a push in the right direction will/may assist him
out of a set way of thinking. The route to democracy is a long, difficult, yet often an
amusing set of co-incidences.
The first referendum came about by the frustration of a
political-appointee's frustration in achieving anything with the many boards and
organisations he is chairman of.
The second referendum came about due to a church warden
failing to get any action going about a church related issue i.e. the
footpath.
A consequence of me delivering a reminder notice to all the
residents, had one notice laying on the kitchen table when the district
conservation officer made a visit on another topic, he saw the notice and asked
how to get in contact with the organiser because he had some interesting
information for me.
By the time I had got back home to receive his telephone call,
he had but a stop order on the county officer due to them not doing a Listed Building Consenton the footpaths
adjacent to listed buildings. So, I have -
on the same wave-length of using referendums, I now need to
get a 'bit' of pressure on the county officer. Using your own words, could you email the leader of the county
council and congratulate him, and his officers, in supporting the public
decision in the St Nicholas Village Referendum, and being so forward thinking in
accepting the alternatives the public have suggested. The leader (Sir Sandy Bruce-Lockhart sirsandy(at)kent.gov.uk ) does not know
about the referendum, but he will ask questions, which is what I need to raise
the profile of the referendum.
Thank you in anticipation, and could you send a blind-copy of
your emails to
p.s. -
1. I am not wasting time with the newspapers, the reporters
fit things in to what they know/understand, they do not get up from their desks
to find-out/understand something new.
2. If this works, I will be doing the
third referendum in the very near future. Regards
Bernard
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