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meeting and its chairman are open to question. (d) If the council is not satisfied, it can sack the


why he, a Socialist, critic-/ ises our Direct Services Organisation, as this is a product of efficiency through competition, prin­ ciples abhorrent to the Labour Party. In order, therefore, to put the record straight, can I state the following: (a) The DSO, with its


excellent management and workforce, retained the refuse collection services in-house, despite strong competition, and lias been instrumental in saving the council £55,000 per year. (b) During its history,


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board. The “loan” to the chief


loan. The council is taking equity m ms


it


equity in his property with conditions to protect


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is NOT a perty » u


equity However, there is that


executive has become an emotive issue. Let me explain how I see the posi­ tion. Firstly,


chief executive. I deplore the accusation


made onlv bv the Conser­ vatives.' He knows full well that this decision was


made by Coun. Parker that this decision was


RVBC anticipated would proposed by Coun. Howe take so long.


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* Jones (Liberal Democrat) and seconded by Coun.


give support to our chief TRUE FACTS, executive, or risk losing


a risk,’ however slight, as decided to support the Sabden. the investment is in prop­ erty. Why is this neces­ sary? Because the chief executive has been unable to sell his property in the Midlands, a situation which neither he nor


council


membership of the Direct Services Board has been multi-political and Coun. Bert Jones has been vice-chairman. (c) A quarterly report is given to the full council


Events diary a good idea


AS chairman of the Friends of Brookside County Primary School, I would like to endorse the idea of a “diary” of events. This year we have encoun­ tered great difficulties with our summer fair, due to the fact that two other primary schools had their summer fairs booked on


the same day. To avoid disappoint­


ment, we have moved our fair to the evening of June 1-lth, starting at 6 p.m. We have now been able to hook all the attractions that we had originally intended, alleviating the pressure on certain organ­ isations, e.g. fire brigade, ambulance service, which are obviously in great demand on Saturdays in summer. All we hope for now is fair weather and plenty of support from the g en e ro u s p e o p l e .o f Clitheroe. Perhaps a diary would


year?


HEATHER MOODY, ■


I Claremont Avenue, Clitheroe.


gency centre at the Civic Hall, the Government requires us to have facili­ ties available in ease of an unforeseen disaster (aren’t they always?). Perhaps the Government is being over-prudent and it is not necessary. 1 pray that it will never be called into use. If it is — then it will be worth every penny. Let us not forget that we were on the path of Pan Am


Regarding the emer­


the services of an excellent C O U N . officer due to no fault of ATKINSON, his own. The


The council, therefore. Labour Party), has two options. Either we TH E S E A R E THE


A L B E R T 11a Crow Trees Road, Facts victim of election


IN reply to Coun. B. Parker, if the Direct Ser­ vices Board is a Tory trick and the “loan” to the chief executive a Tory decision, can he explain: (a) Why Coun. Bert Jones, leader of the Labour group, was vice-chairman of the Direct Services


Jones (Liberal Democrat) and seconded by Coun. Bert Jones (Labour) at the Policy and Resources Committee? Obviously, we are close to an election and facts are


Board. (b) Why the “loan” was proposed by Coun. llowei


the victims. So come on, Coun. Parker — TELL THE TRUTH!


BILL BOWKER, (Retiring councillor). Rose Grove, Hcskcth Lane. Chipping.


Uneasy about opt-out scheme


ce s s o r M r D a r 1 e y ’ s assurance that “the essen­ tial character of the school will not change as a result of this” and thanks “all those who have been involved in making it pos­ sible” — among whom, I have no doubt, he would wish to include the “good losers” in the parental vote.


WE CRGS parents have now received from the new headmaster, Mr Stuart Holt, a buoyant letter confirming GMS (“opted out”) status as from September 1st. He repeats his produ­


ten on the opt-out matter with apparently impene­ trable forcefulness. (I have been warned before — it is doubtless due to iny pride in my absurdly hard-won A-levels in Eng. Lit., hist, and Lat.). 1 remain, so far as I know, the only self- confessed, current, non- party-affiliated and non­ governor parent who has


I have previously writ­ Unfailing generosity


MAY 1 use your columns to thank the people of Clitheroe for their generosity in our latest collec­ tion for Save the Children? A magnificent £832 was raised.


help avoid similar prob­ lems for other groups next


took on the Friday collection in addition to our noble hand of regular volunteers. We should also like to thank the management of Tesco for providing us with a draught-free environment for our collectors. Finally, I should like to thank the people of Clith­


Special thanks must go to the Ladies Circle, who . AIRS. M. J. MCGLYNN,


Chairman, Clitheroc branch Save the Children Fund.


shown unease in your columns about the whole conducting of the opt-out


process. What I therefore wish


simply (I hope) to ask now is this — may now be the moment for the governing body to take steps to set course to regain the confi­ dence of parents (and others, including potential future CRGS parents) who remain deeply uneasy? It is not just a matter of good and bad losers. The crucial unease (even if mostly hid­ den) is surely over how that parental vote was LED UP TO.


eroe, whose unfailing generosity makes our fund-rais­ ing efforts so much easier.


steps to allay this unease, how CAN the broadest and best of the school’s “ essential character”


Without courageous remain uncorroded?


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AT last a sensible planning decision has been made tor the future of the derelict caravan site at Mdl raim, Waddington. What a pity, though, that_ the “sensible decision has been made outside the Ribble \ a'ley, i.e. by an inspector from tile Department ot the


Environment, on appeal. Permission has now been granted to erect two


Lane and maintain the tranquillity of the area. Why couldn’t such a sensible outcome have been achieved without having to involve the Department of the


This will have the effect of reducing traffic m Mill , .


Environment?In the case of this planning application every resi­ dent in the vieinitv was in favour ot the house devel­ opment, hut we could not find helpful representation and our p etitions to councillors went un­


heeded.


gaps within a group of houses, or minor extensions to such groups, mav often be acceptable depending upon


To quote the inspector, " . . . the filling of small , . „


houses on the site, rather than have the caravan site redeveloped.


the character of the surroundings. 1 consider that there existing group of dwellings.


is sufficient land to enable two well-designed dwell­ ings to he sited and integrated into the landscape and to be considered as a minor extension to the


impact on the appearance of the area than the cara­ van site and would lead to a considerable reduction in traffic using Mill Lane during the summer months. “1 can appreciate the views ot the local residents


“In my view this would be likely to nave less . .


that this would be an improvement in their environ­ ment. Provided the buildings are well integrated with the nearby dwellings and attention is paid to the natural scenery, 1 consider that the development would preserve the area’s natural beauty.” Thank goodness there is access to a higher level,


BARRY U’lTLEY,


Mill Farm, Wnddington.


Bert Jones (leader of the


LAST week’s letter in any people in Clitheroe.


' Many of us had not rea­ lised that our vote counted for so little and that 32 councillors were virtually wasting their time, as all the important matters were dealt with by an inner core of six council­ lors and, until recently, a non-elected employee of the council. Quite obviously this is


your columns shocked


are in serious financial dif­ ficulty, is a matter of pub­ lic concern, not of secret council meetings. There is inevitably something sinis­ ter about decisions that take place in secrecy. If someone will kindly


not a healthy situation for any council to find itself in, but the final and rather helpless way Coun. Barrie Parker presented this news to us suggested he felt that it was a state that was unlikely to change in the near future. What is the point in us


let us know who these six or seven councillors are, we need not trouble the others. We can then keep a steady eye on their per­ formance. They will then be obviously and properly accountable to the public who are providing the money that they are being so dubiously generous


with.


all going to the polls today when, and I quote,“a lot of what goes on is done without the consent of the


ROBIN F. SHARI’, Ashlcigh, 6 Goosebutts Lane, Clitheroe.


full council”? Thirty-two members do


not know where the inner circle meets, what is said or what has been decided — in fact they are banned! Who in their right mind


I can’t repair my house


is going to vote for a coun­ cillor who will be banned f r o m a l l m a j o r decision-making? It is a waste of time


IS an equity loan morally right, asks your corre­ spondent Robin F. Sharp. Mr Hopkins, Ribble


people making themselves available for public duty and a waste of time going to the polls to vote for them. In fact, six or seven people are making fools out of the rest of us. Coun. Howel Jones is presumably one of the


Valley Council’s chief executive, says the council would not act unlawfully. Law is based on pos­ session being nine-tenths of the law. I have not carried out


privileged few and I feel he has his confidentiality and his public duty mixed up.In the opinion of all the people I have spoken to over the last two weeks, £100,000 of public money being given for the benefit of one family, while others


repairs on my house, con­ sidering the cost. Yet I am forced, through paying the community charge, to con­ tribute to repairs on Mr Hopkins’ second house, which he says he cannot sell (is he asking too much for it?). Is not one house enough to live in at one time?


J. G. Hartley, 8 King street, Whallcv.


Site litter bins in better places


IN mid 1989, the plastic litter bins were removed from the street lighting columns in Eshton Terrace, prior to new street lamps being commissioned two months later.


been no litter bins along the length of Eshton Ter­ race and Thorn Street. I wrote to the Ribble


Since then, there have


ago, but to date have not had the courtesy of a reply — I delivered the letter to his office to avoid it being “lost in the post.” A few weeks ago, TWO


Valley Technical Officer, Mr G’. Jugger, over a year


that people should be dis­ couraged from depositing litter, but pizza cartons, chip trays and the like are regularly discarded along the streets. May I express the hope that one day soon suitable receptacles will lie provided where they are


1 agree with Mr Jagger the young people who con­


likely to be used. Lastly, may I appeal to


litter bins were placed adjacent to the forms at the little used Mitchell Street car park, presum­ ably to enhance any photo­ graphs of the finished site! I suggest that one of


above local procedures. We still maintain the grea­ test Civil Service in the world — weil done, inspector!


these could have been sited at no extra cost adja­ cent to the street lamp at the side of Eshton Court. This would not cause extra impediment for pedestri­ ans and would be more useful.


gregate near the old well on the approach to the Castle field to use the lit­ ter bins which have been provided, instead of depos­ iting empty drinks cans and bottles on the footpath and grass. Let us all help to keep


Clitherot: tidy.


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