Richard Baum

My August saw a trip to Mull and a relaxing break. But not before working on a number of issues in the ward that didn’t take a summer holiday!

Residents on Butterstile Laneformed a homewatch scheme after problems with nuisance crime and litter, and I was pleased to support it at residents’ meetings with the police.  Although Council was supposedly in recess, the issue of Radcliffe Riverside High Schoolmeant that we were recalled for an emergency meeting. And the Lib Dems released new transport policies which promised a carbon neutral Britain by 2050.

Lib Dems were called into action to make safe the Jewish cemetery on Bury New Road after its wall was knocked down accidentally during construction work. We liaised with the Council and the builders to make it safe.

As the Metrolink renovations drew to a close, Lib Dems demanded fairer treatment of residents who didn’t want overnight working. And we got it!

My first 100 days as a Councillor had seen a lot of smaller bits of casework as well. A troublesome pub had been closed down (since reopened as the Luna Caribbean restaurant), traffic lights had been replaced on Chester Street, and we had supported and attended the first meeting of the Sherbourne Court Tenants and Residents Association, to name just three.

Rick