Tighter than a duck's arse

Well I've had my glass to the wall but nothing has been forthcoming about the old library or for that matter the VI.  You would have thought somebody would have been talking before now, or maybe I've been listening in the wrong places.  Perhaps we are going to get some grand announcement from on high, as if they are doing us all a favour, when actually they are looking to spend our money without prior consultation.  I know I am banging on about this, but it really annoys me when they do things without testing the water first.  I would imagine the first we will hear about it is a titbit in the Parish Magazine.  Seems a bit strange there is nothing on the Notts County Council website yet.  Just what is going on?

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On another entirely different and very worthy matter. The BBC’s DIY SOS, which filmed a young Misterton family last year, will broadcast the programme on Thursday 6 March at 9.00pm. Building and filming at the Fox Covert Lane address a year ago saw an extension built for the Makings family, which tragically lost devoted wife and mother, Roxanne, in 2012 at the age of 27.

And We Have LIGHT

Don't know what strings were pulled and what the reason was but lights are either on or going to be on again during the early hours of the morning on Hillsyde Avenue.  The rest of the village in the side streets have to do without but Hillsyde Avenue is apparently a special case.  Not really an avenue, more like a cul-de-sac.

Now I know at least one resident from another area of the village has complained because he was out to work early at some ungodly hour to the rest of us.  As far as I am aware nothing was done so why now?

For the majority of us I would suspect it hasn't made much difference to our lives, we are well into our beds by the time they go off (1pm I think and maybe 5 back on).  Does having a parish councillor on the street make the difference?  To be honest I think it is a bit off; if you need lighting that much when going out in the early hours of the morning, get a torch, a really good one.  Trouble is some of us are too feather bedded, what happened during the war no lights at all apart from when the bombs fell.  Better still get lights all round the house and deter the burglars as well.

Well if you know what constituted a special case, please let me know, I would be really interested. 

A For Sale Sign?

Well I glimpsed a sign when I passed by on Station Street yesterday, but couldn't see exactly where it was situated, old library or Victoria Institute.  However, I did pass again today and it is at the old library with a Savilles sign.  Seems a bit odd really given that it has only just gone up.  Does this mean the parish council have lost their bid?  What does intrigue me is exactly what was for sale, the old library, scout hut and the field beyond?  Now you can see developers rubbing their hands on that package, which means that the parish council's bid wouldn't  stand a cat in hell's chance in winning without Notts County Council practically giving it away.

What really annoys me is the total lack of transparency on this proposed purchase.  Given the full facts instead of being behind closed doors with sparse details  being shown in the minutes, shouldn't we have been given chance to decide for ourselves what was to happen.  Which just goes to show how little they are in touch with what is important to the village.

Regrettably there is still no for sale sign on the Victoria Institute, another institution with  trustees running it as a  secret society.

Make Your Views Known

If you are at all interested in how your money is spent I suggest you get down to the Church Hall on Tuesday night for the next parish council meeting.

How they spend money over and above what is in the kitty, which for some reason they are reluctant to to put on paper and distribute throughout the village, is important and impacts on how much we pay in future on our council tax.  I for one do not want money spent on a vanity project, particularly when I know for a fact that the dice is loaded against members who I believe do have a grain of sanity to object.  Regardless of whether it is spent on the old library or the VI, neither is viable.  In addition to this there has been no consultation about our needs and more importantly what it is going to cost. 

I do know for a fact that there is incredulity from residents that they are taking this course of action but I suppose the parish council are going to rely on inertia to get them through the starting gate.

 

Bush Telegraph

Well we know why the VI is not up for sale yet.  Our parish council in their 'wisdom' have put in a bid for the old library but don't know whether the bid has been successful yet.  So if that fails I can well imagine the VI will be the next for our financial bullet.

What absolute lunacy and who exactly is in charge of this lunatic decision.  Who voted for and who voted against?

Well the grapevine is young yet, so we'll just have to wait for the more excruciating details to leak out slowly.  Whatever the Misterton Centre costs us, and shared costs, this latest venture will be a train wreck leading to disaster.

I found this little snippet on the CPALC website, interesting.

  
Makes you wonder doesn't it.