Rates 08/09
April 29th, 2008
Well the budget is looming and my first as a Kentish Councillor. This is a testing time. I think rates need to go up significantly.
Here are few reasons why.
- Our cash balance is becoming uncomfortably low due to a backlog of capital works actually being completed- We are not putting enough money aside to [...]
Stoodley Road
April 29th, 2008
Lorinna Road has been the focus of much attention for me since joining Council. Stoodley Road has now cropped up it’s head.
There is a section of the road that would shake your false teeth out. Really badly corrugated. No one can argue that.
Local residents, council staff and some councillors met on site recently to discuss [...]
Caravan Parks
April 14th, 2008
Sheffield is a tourist town but has no caravan park. Go figure? There was a little one a few years ago at the back of King George Park. However all the wiring has been ripped up now and Council have decided it should return to parkland.
Most people want a caravan park in Sheffield but no [...]
Festival of Earth Air and Water
April 14th, 2008
Andrew Jewell the youth officer invited me to come down and judge the Great Kentish Milk Carton Boat Race 3000 at Kentish Park. I decided I would bring some of my kids as well. This event was part of a 3 day youth event put on for the local younger people. There were many other [...]