Saturday 21 April 2012

Local Elections

What are your impressions of the candidates for SLDC - six councillors will be elected - and for the Ulverston Town Council - 18 will be elected?

I've approached the SLDC candidates for my ward - North: Helen Irving, Chris Loynes, Colin Williams and Ann Downe, all with the same request to meet them to find out how they propose to support the community work we do in this ward

As you may know we have an active group that does a variety of work in North Ward.

What support would you offer, if elected, regarding our work in Mill Dam Park, the Gill Banks Pottery project, the project to curb the invasive Himalayan Balsam in the Gill river bed, the organisation of the Candlelit Walk and the involvement in the flying of 50 Flags in The Gill during Flag Fortnight which takes place in two weeks time - something our group is working on now?

As you will notice our organisation, the BUGs, has put in a lot of work and money into the park. Over the past three years we have put in all the plants and bulbs and paid for and made three picnic tables. We have done this totally out of our time and pockets, with no grants used.

Rather than being a help, the SLDC Parks Department have tried to restrict our work and not kept promises of helping us with materials to do repairs. The fencing there badly needs repairing and we have been storing wood to do this taken from the replacement of the fencing around the Mill Dam Sheltered Housing which by contrast has been done.

All this will probably take 30 minutes to show you.

Would you be willing to meet in the park so as to show you our work and seek your support should you be elected ?

Ann Downe has already agreed to talk to us.

Geoff

There is a fair coverage of the above projects on Facebook:



The-Railings, Gill Banks, Ulverston, 


I shall follow up these emails with a phone call to check that they have received them if necessary and will publish their responses.

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