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Harry Mottram's avatar

Excellent work - as regards Somerset Council since the old district councils were centralised - in the novel The Leopard there's a line - and I paraphrase - the more things change the more they stay the same.

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Martin Dimery's avatar

Regarding the Selwood Garden Community Appeal: since the 1970s and the creation of Mendip District Council in Shepton Mallet, the largest town in the Mendip area by some margin, Frome, has been er..marginalised. The centralisation of services on Taunton has only made this worse. Some officers appear unaware that Frome is the 4th largest town in Somerset with a 28,000 population. As Frome councillors , we are constantly reminding them.

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