Dishonest, stupid or both? What’s going on with the new hospital site? The local Lib Dems are a funny bunch to understand. Even harder to understand is why so many people vote for them. Conventional wisdom is they represent the anti-vote, you vote for them to avoid someone else winning. That’s certainly been the case [...]
Surrey Heath Borough Council - How Did It Go So Wrong, So Fast? How is the Liberal Democrat administration doing at Surrey Heath Borough Council? At the Audit, Standards and Risk Committee meeting on 24 September 2024, it became apparent that the Council had a major hole in its budget. The original budget for interest [...]
Let's get rid of this sewage pipe across the Basingstoke Canal It looks like common sense is prevailing and the ugly sewage pipe that goes from Frimhurst Farm, over the Basingstoke Canal and under a garden on Lake Road will not be used for the 65 new homes. Now we need it to be removed [...]
Thanks to Cllr Trefor Hogg for much of the background material on this post. It's well worth subscribing to his newsletter here. He describes entrenched attitides within the dominant local social housing provider, Accent Housing, that don't treat social housing tenants with the respect they deserve or give them the service that they deserve. Michael [...]
As you will see from my other post, the current SHBC administration plan to introduce significant changes in Surrey Heath's car parks. When the previous adminstration (that I was part of) proposed introducing changes at Wharf Road Car Park in Frimley Green, after some thought, I supported the changes. Whilst it was free all day [...]
Plans to increase parking charges across Surrey Heath 75% increase Knoll Road. Wharf Road to be reduced to 30 mins free. Parking tickets at Balmoral Drive litte Tescos & Heatherside Sainsbury's if you overstay. On February 13th Surrey Heath Borough Council''s Executive will decide whether to increase Car Park charges. They will also decide whether [...]
"Change" at Surrey Heath Borough Council We hear from residents that they don't like negative messages, but they like to be informed of the facts. The Liberal Democrats were elected on a platform of change - "Demand Better". Their messaging majored on how much better they would lead the Council on the issues of the [...]
What's going on with GP services in Frimley Green ? Tonight I attended the Frimley Green Mytchett & Deepcut Society AGM, where Dr Richard de Ferrars and his colleague Dr Maria Birtchnell presented on the past, present and future of Bartlett Group Practice. I thought it was very brave of them. The headline on the [...]
Sturt Road Flood Alleviation Scheme Thanks to the relationships I have developed with Network Rail quizzing and meeting them on their proposals for The Hatches level crossing, I was able to get a lot of additional detail on the various issues and initiatives. And guess what? There's a lot more to it than getting Surrey [...]
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