Council Meeting Tonight, 7pm, Bury Town Hall
Lock your doors and windows - the unstoppable whirlwind of excitement that is full Council rolls into town again tonight, and you have the chance to come along and see it for yourself at the Town Hall from 7pm.
On the agenda tonight are the usual suspects such as Questions to the Executive and Questions to outside bodies. But also tonight there is an interesting motion opposing Post Office closures, which I am proposing. For those that don’t know, the government are “consulting” on plans to close 2,500 Post Offices nationwide, including five in Bury. What this means in reality is that they have decided to close 2,500 Post Offices including 5 in Bury, but aren’t doing it yet because they’re waiting for the news to settle in before actually bringing down the shutters.
Liberal Democrats oppose these closures for lots of reasons, and when I upload my speech onto here tomorrow, you can read why I do. But hopefully the motion will pass tonight, calling for a halt to the closure programme and calling on our two Labour MPs to do what they’re paid to do and actively oppose the government’s plans on our behalf. I am still coughing like a chain-smoker though, so the delivery might not quite be as I hope.
As well as that motion, Bury Conservatives are suggesting a shameful reduction in the rights of local people to ask them questions tonight. They have proposed removing the rights of local people to ask verbal questions at Council, for no good reason at all that I can think of. They’re also reducing the opportunities for Councillors to ask questions, and are generally taking the opportunity that power affords them, and battening down the hatches. Expect some fireworks there too.
Everyone is welcome to come and see the fun. I wish more people would do, too. Public attendance fluctuates but is normally quite good, and what better way is there to bone-up on the issues raging in Bury than to take an interest in the goings-on in Council?
And the good thing for you guys is, you can leave when you want to and don’t have to stay to the bitter end. Which is more than can be said for me…
Rick
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