Two buses at once

Blimey, what's going off, or is it the Bowling Club saga that has set things moving?  Two resignations from the parish council, both Wilkinsons; I always thought there was a bit of a conflict of interest in that dispute.  Now bearing in mind that they had asked somebody from the Bowls Club to turn up to a meeting, one would assume the discussion did not go well on the parish council's side, which resulted in a couple of dummies being thrown out. It doesn't sit well with me having  a spouse and partner sitting on the parish council because when push comes to shove they always back the same side and that's not good when you only have 13 people voting. 

So what next, another election, will the other David stand and who else? It's about time we had more younger people on the council to get involved in our parish affairs.  We haven't been mentioned in the despatches in a long time, we used to be an award winning village, what happened?

The VI still lays untouched, I suspect that they might have a problem with working on it, no room for manoeuvre.  The parish council could of course sort that out quite easily since they have bought the old library site.  No one wants that building to fall into total dereliction and it could happen if people don't do the right thing.

Massacre of the signs

Well if you have been down Gringley Road you will see that our fancy village sign has taken a battering, along with the next sign relating to the speed limit.  A drunken driver possibly or someone who did it deliberately.  The damage is quite high up on the village sign so probably a lorry did it, the other is down on its knees now.  Who ever it was who dunnit I doubt they will own up, unless of course some beady eyed resident saw it happen.  We shall have to see what happens.

There are a couple of items on the October agenda for the parish council, the agenda of course, appearing after the meeting has taken place, which could cause some controversy in certain quarters.

You would think some people would quit while they are ahead and avoid a battle, which will only end in disaster or tears.  Stopping elder residents from using a well used facility is a non starter and not what the parish council is about, particularly as there is little on offer as it is for older residents. 
Those creating the trouble might care to take on board that when it comes to creating an army of support, they are on the wrong side of the battle field.  Still it will be nice to see a bloody nose or two.

Election Results

Well I am amazed, the turnout was a lot higher than I imagined for a small parish council election.  Must have been the coffee morning that did it.  Well a David got elected, just as I thought.

Moving on, Network Rail have still not taken all their toys away, which must be costing a fortune for having them sat racking rent up.  Still it should be enough to pay for a holiday or two for the lucky residents.

I'm a bit concerned though about the bridge on Soss Lane.  The lane has been deepened under the bridge and so far not been filled in.  Now it did flood before, now it will flood even more. Has it been forgotten?

Finally the planning permission on 123 Station Road that has caused the trouble with neighbours.  Makes a change for things to turn out right.

Road Works and other stuff

 
Well appears the road closures are due to resurfacing on the road to Gainsborough, at the piece just out of the village, which at the moment is a bit of a dogs breakfast.  From memory it wasn't that bad, in fact there are roads in the area far worse that this was but there you go, the powers to be say it wants doing and it is done.  Maybe there is a Tour de Notts coming?

Of course there is that other piece of breaking news, you can  film the parish council in action.  Hopefully it might increase the number of residents who turn up for meetings from the usual 3.  It also might stop the bickering although one would hope they have turned over a new leaf since the shenanigans prior to the last election.   Now I know there is nothing new in parish councillors falling out, par for the course I suppose, but when malice creeps in then that is plain loutish behaviour.

It might make a nice little project for junior film makers, watch democracy in action.  Lets hope no spicy meetings find their way onto YouTube to give us some mirth.

If you keep an eye on the Bassetlaw website, you can see that there have been some objections to the planning application for Station Road.  In fact, it would appear that there has been a bit of land grabbing in action.  Personally I think that replacing three houses where there was an attached one is over the top, in fact two is too many.  It's alright building in your garden if it doesn't affect the natives but if it blocks their view, makes the area unattractive then you are asking for trouble.  If they want to build make em do it on the square footage as the piece being dropped.

Finally of course it is the election on Thursday with our two contenders.  What I like about this, is that not so long ago the parish council had trouble recruiting residents to join.  In fact I seem to remember at one point there were at least five vacancies on offer with no takers.  Let's hope it is not too low a vote count.