Community Regeneration - whats that?
By now Friends and readers you will have received notification of the soon to be Community Councils. Â You may also know that your nominations have to be in by the 6th March. This of course you could argue is democracy in action, but is it just a change of name or a re-hash of tried and failed policies of yesteryear.
We at PiltonSucks.com have to be excused if we sound a little sceptical, but the Wester Hailes experience leaves us a little cold and uneasy about the whole exercise.Â
We need to have as many people as possible involved in real decision making not just be paid lip service to. So we offer another idea, we would like to see open community meetings at least once a month to discuss and debate the issues that really concern the residents of Greater Pilton.
We have been bludgened into submission by the strength and tactics of the party machines who have in effect undermined and stiffled any kind of democratic forum. This of course they will deny but the people on the ground know the truth.
Having sucessfully stiffled any kind of democratic debate and therefore resistance to the changes they wish to impose, we are now told community planning is the answer to all of the problems facing the community and the new kid on the block.
This of course is nonsense and by employing the spoiling tactics they have in fact called game set and match on democratic debate. No longer will sense play any role in this just party politics with the community as the ball to be kicked and eventually burst. It may well be that at the next local elections some of our rulers wil take the money and run. leaving the mess behind for someone else to clean up.
So beware of Greeks bearing gifts or the Trojan Horse if you like, possibly even white elephant. The dark cloud of community planning approaches take heed all ye that enter there.
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