St. Peter's Lib Dem Focus Team have started to deliver their latest Focus across the Ward, The main stories are: massive hike in council tax, Newhampton Road traffic calming, dumped rubbish in Craddock Street, Gatis Street name plate, MEP calls for EU not to ignore disabled. There is a PDF version of this Focus in the St. Peters section of the Download area of this site.
Campaigners are rallying round to help an old friend.
Brentwood Lib Dems are in a state of total disbelief since Conservative councillor Phil Baker confirmed that Essex County Council would press ahead with the Olympic Gateway Sculpture at Brook Street roundabout regardless of the fact that the borough will no longer be hosting the Mountain Bike Event at the 2012 Olympics. Furthermore, the Tory administration was not able to confirm the cost of the project.
The Liberal Democrat group on Brentwood Borough Council are now demanding that the Conservative Administration reverse their decision and ensure that Old House is saved for use by local community groups. This follows representations from a number of groups who are very concerned about the practicalities of moving to the Merrymeade building in Sawyers Hall Lane which they feel has poor access to public transport and would not have a cafeé.
Surrey Liberal Democrats have called upon Surrey County Council to maintain funding for its work devoted to building stronger communities in disadvantaged areas of Surrey, the so-called Self-Reliance Projects.
The latest DELGA newsletter has just been published and is being mailed to our members in time for the Federal Conference in Liverpool. It leads with the PinkNews poll which shows the LGBT vote in London is strongly behind Brian Paddick for London Mayor, running neck-and-neck with Ken Livingstone while Boris and the fringe candidates are clearly out of the race for the pink vote.