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Area Committees for Farnborough

I think it is about time we had Area Committees in Rushmoor. These are committees that bring the Council down to a few wards and ensure all the services and resources of the Council are held to account very locally. I think they could well grow out of, or work along side the Neighbourhood Committees we are setting up with the Police. We could have maybe two in Aldershot and three in Farnborough based on the population sizes. Each could determine and deal with a variety of issues, the most controversial would be planning, and I have sympathy with those that say such a local committee could not determin applications as objectively as a Borough wide Committee, but liciencing, environemental health, highways and other services and issues could all be dealt with effectively by an Area Committee of at least half a dozen Councillors.

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Summer in the Church yard

I was looking thru some pictures and found this one. I love it. It is so very English, traditional and peaceful. You can almost smell the fresh cut grass and hear the bells ringing, and an empty bench just waiting for someone to sit on it, relax, contemplate life or remember a loved one that now lays silent and cold close by. Hanky please....

There is no other country in the world this picture could have been taken. My England - I love it. (A completely assimilated grandson of Irish Catholic immigrants from Ulster)

Results of my AWC on-line Poll

The Results for my on-line poll about Alternate Week Bin Collection tied in very closely to the consultants findings. However, my poll was completely free!!

The question put was simple: Is a two week waste bin collection adequate?
Answers and votes were as follows:

1. Yes (I recycle) 58 votes (17.79%)

2. Yes (I do not recycle) 6 votes (1.84%)

3. No (I recycle) 256 votes (78.53%)

4. No (I do not recycle) 3 votes (0.92%)

5. Undecided 3 votes (0.92%)

Total 326 votes (100%)

This is about 1% of the households in Rushmoor - not bad for my first on-line poll. More important than the votes were the invaluable comments left which were quoted by officers and members at the final seminar we had to discuss what was going to happen. These comments were invaluable. So thanks to all those that left them.