Monday 11 February 2008

an accident of electoral boundaries

A busy old day today...non stop action from PEP to Council to West Granton to Trinity and then, very eventually, back home. On my travels I encountered 2 of my Ward colleagues Morrison and Jackson...no sign of the third though his last minute apologies were submitted for a meeting.

Most of the day has been pre-occupied with budget discussions and speculations though one thing has become clear...with £50 million extra to spend on revenue and £40 million for capital...the new administration has a comparitive dawdle to budget day. They shouldn't have to take a single unpopular decision...

The Trinity Community Council was a refreshing change...lots of discussion about tree preservation, football in Victoria Park and a long ambivalent discussion about the Neighbourhood Partnership. I can't help feeling they have been shoehorned (due to an accident of electoral boundaries) into a Partnership which they will never feel reflects their interests and concerns. I can understand their anxieties

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