Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Thinking about goals
Last night I went to see my Councillor “mentor” Vic D’Albert, to talk about some of the things I want to do as a Councillor – for St Mary’s and Prestwich, for Bury and for my own development. It’s great to have an experienced Councillor to bounce ideas off, especially since I don’t really know what’s going on half the time at the moment.
For instance, we talked about the procedure at Council meetings, and how to vote, which is very important because I feared missing something vital and accidentally voting for the restoration of hanging for sheep-theft or something like that, simply by scratching my nose at the wrong moment. Apparently there is little chance of this happening, but at least any livestock-rustlers in the Borough can rest easy knowing that they are safe from the noose.
We talked about possible revisions to recycling provision in Prestwich, and about the things that I want to try and do with young people. As one of the Borough’s youngest Councillors, I really want to try and make a difference here, and I hope to be able to bring you news about how in the near future. And we talked about street surgeries, which I will start to do very shortly when we begin delivering the first Focus of the new year. Again, there’ll be plenty more on these in the near future.
Rick
For instance, we talked about the procedure at Council meetings, and how to vote, which is very important because I feared missing something vital and accidentally voting for the restoration of hanging for sheep-theft or something like that, simply by scratching my nose at the wrong moment. Apparently there is little chance of this happening, but at least any livestock-rustlers in the Borough can rest easy knowing that they are safe from the noose.
We talked about possible revisions to recycling provision in Prestwich, and about the things that I want to try and do with young people. As one of the Borough’s youngest Councillors, I really want to try and make a difference here, and I hope to be able to bring you news about how in the near future. And we talked about street surgeries, which I will start to do very shortly when we begin delivering the first Focus of the new year. Again, there’ll be plenty more on these in the near future.
Rick
# posted by Richard Baum @ 08:45 
