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April 21 is Democracy Day in Warminster (December 15, 2011)
WARMINSTER will have its own 'Democracy Day' next year as its local councils
face their worst 'lack of confidence' in living memory among town residents.
"There is now a clear division between
the agenda that Wiltshire Council and Warminster Town Council are
working on together and the aspirations for our town that are expressed
to me," claims the proposer of a new 'Community Association'.
"I
therefore, having been inspired by others, will add Thursday 21st April
next year as our 'Democracy Day' to our agenda and I give plenty of
notice,"
says Paul.
"This will be on the anniversary of the
first ever Warminster parish poll about the massive expenditure on the
Assembly Rooms that saw the local councils combine to work together
to try first to undermine the referendum and then ignore the
overwhelming decision."
Warminster is a deeply concerned
community after town councillors ignored the wishes of townsfold in a town referendum - the parish poll.
Paul Macdonald was an
Independent Candidate in November for a by-election of the town council.
Paul lost more narrowly than was expected against the the Tory
candidate.
"I had published in my low-cost election leaflet that
I had my first 'Notice of Motion' ready if elected," adds Paul."I will
now ask the successful candidate to present it to the first full Council
meeting in January," says Paul.
"This time it will be about car
parking charges which this week is making national headlines as being
key to reviving our town centres.
"Wiltshire Council has a lot to answer for. We need to rally the town
councillors again especially those who have divided loyalties sitting on
both councils.
"Let's win on this one for our local economy together and then we can take the next step forward!"
Steve Dancey added: "Our local councils in Wiltshire are totally out of step with what is required and they should look for a sensible approach to neighboring Test Valley Borough, which looks after Andover and Romsey.
"Last year Test Valley froze all parking charges and from April will be reducing shoppers two hour parking by 10 per cent - and they are a true blue Tory council."
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