This week: the salaries of s151 officers at one council, board meetings at Glastonbury, the FoI team who haven't read the FoI, an MP takes up our story, housebuilders let off and neighbourhood plans
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.
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.
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.
Thank you Harry. A fine novel it is too - one of my favourites.
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.