Come on down - Council meeting tonight
Tonight there is a meeting of full Council at Bury Town Hall from 7. I don’t think there’ll be crowds there to match Chicago last night, but you never know.
I actually think that, since I stayed up til 4am this morning watching America, the most entertaining part of the evening may be keeping your eye on me trying to stay focused after two hours sleep. But the agenda is actually full of important things that I will do my best to cope with, despite my thoughts lagging about ten seconds behind where they should be due to sleep deprivation. John McCain lived off no kip for two years, and he’s 72. I have no idea how he did it.
The Liberal Democrats are putting forward two motions tonight. The first, jointly with the Conservatives, relates to blind and partially sighted people and calls for more support for them. The second is a Lib Dem –only motion calling on the Council to do more to help Bury residents during the credit crunch.
As well as the motion-related hi-jinx, the meeting will of course allow for the usual questioning of the Leader, both from us Members and from the public (provided they submitted their questions long enough in advance to satisfy the Tory democracy-crushing machine).
You can read the write-up tomorrow, but if you want to experience it first-hand, the meeting is open to the public, so come on down and see democracy in action! It ain’t Barack Obama, but we try…
Rick
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