Tarleton
Parish Council Elections 2007
Central Ward A
message from DAVE RYDINGS
I have delivered an
election leaflet to every single household in the
Tarleton Central Ward with the sole intention of letting
people know who I am and what concerns me.
I have written many letters to this website so it
goes without saying that I strongly oppose the ruling
group on the Parish Council - Messrs. Hodson, Hiscock,
Abram, Simpson, Miss Ashcroft and Mrs Hodson. They
call themselves Independent yet their policies of
raising the Parish Precept (Tax) to spend more of
your money is a typical Labour Party policy. They
state that Party Politics should not come into local
issues but apply typical Labour ones.
I have never made a secret of my affiliation with
the Conservative Party and I would apply Conservative
principles should I be elected to the Parish Council.
Those principles involve more than anything, of
keeping expenditure within inflation.
I was appalled when I found out that they wanted
to spend £10,000 on the Over 60's Car Park.
Why?
I
was appalled when I found out that they have budgeted
to spend £500 on the Parish Council's own
website. The clerk for Hesketh Bank Parish Council
does it for nothing. Hosting fees are usually around
£60pa so where is the other £440 going?
Tarleton's
Clerk will have received a 16% pay rise in 2 years.
When was the last time you got a 16% pay rise?
What
has happened to the Village Plan? 23 action points
were made in that document which included commissioning
a very expensive traffic plan for the village. Those
action points came from your requests but do you
know of just one that has been actioned?
Do
you consider the "Village View" worth
spending £2120 of your money on each year?
Do
you consider that the intended police resource centre
on the Over 60's car park was handled correctly?
We were told that it had to be there as no other
sites were acceptable to the police. That was simply
not true.
I refuse to make
wild promises to you the elector but I will make three
achievable ones - I will listen to you; I will tell
you the truth - (I don't believe in spin); and I will
act on your behalf to make this village a nice place
to live in.
If you wish to contact
me you can do so on daverydings (at) aol.com.
Thank you, Dave Rydings - prospective parish councillor
for Tarleton Central Ward
