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March 17, 2007
Where have the Audit Commission been for the past ten years?
I was sent a copy of an extract of Julie Burchill's new book about Brighton. In it she describes the shambles and the scandal that we foolishly call local democracy.
Her observations are true enough, and the body that is in place and empowered to prevent this kind of nonsense is called the Audit Commission. A brief trip around the Audit Commission website explains the whole problem. It is a confused self centred body which has no connection by common sense to the people of the country. It can only speak in the language of cluck headed local government officers. It needs reform- -total.
Posted by Tim Coates at March 17, 2007 3:12 PM
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There is an Election here in Hove and Brighton in May, and residents are hoping for an improvement in the funding of the libraries.
The Greens, Conservatives and LibDems' leaflets make a point of their part in saving Hove Library.
It is essential that, around the country, residents make politiicans alert to the high regard in which libraries are held.
Posted by: Christopher Hawtree at March 21, 2007 11:08 AM