Friday 27 February 2009
Look After Our Elderly Properly
It is very worrying to be contacted by an elderly constituent, in her late nineties, in a very distressed state, because of the way that she has been treated by the very people that are supposed to be caring for her. St. Peter's hospital, carers, and GP's. What is wrong with people today that all they can think about is money, and not about how they talk to and treat our most vulnerable people. Someday they will be in the same boat, and I am sure that they would want to be treated better than they are treating our elderly now. This is another horrific symptom of what this country is turning into under this awful Labour government.
Contacting me
To contact me:
Telephone: 01784 255706
e-mail: carol.coleman@surreycc.gov.uk
in person: at Ashford Library, my surgery is on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-12noon.
Write to me at: 3A Nelson Road, Ashford, Middlesex TW15 3QT
Telephone: 01784 255706
e-mail: carol.coleman@surreycc.gov.uk
in person: at Ashford Library, my surgery is on the first Saturday of the month from 11am-12noon.
Write to me at: 3A Nelson Road, Ashford, Middlesex TW15 3QT
Friday 20 February 2009
Arras, France trip to the Battlefields of WW1
A very moving trip to Arras in France to see the battlefields and war grave and memorials of WW1. Many graves of young men of all nationalities who gave their lives so that we could live in Freedom and liberty. What on earth would they think if they were able to see what our government are doing to just give these freedoms and liberties away. ID cards! Please read 1984 again if you have not read it for some time, or read it at all. It is very scary and eerie how it seems to be coming true. If you want to buy alcohol or even party poppers, you could be asked for ID, even if you are in your 60's. This is just another way to get ID cards in by the back door.
No Third Runway
Demonstration against the governments plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport at Downing Street at 5.30 pm on Thursday 19th February 2009. This demonstration was very well attended, with hundreds of anti expansion demonstrators taking the message to Gordon Brown that we don't want his new runway. A handful of pro expansion demonstrators turned out too, showing the true reflection of people's views on this issue. Gordon Brown should listen to the people who pay him and his government to run this country for us. The destruction of a community, while advocating sustainable communities, compliance in BA/BAA's plans for a third runway which will see CO2 emissions soar, while setting targets for reductions in them are just two examples of how two faced he and his government are. We will not let him get his way, we will see the back of him and his government before he can see this wicked plan come to fruition.
Friday 13 February 2009
Number 10 Petition
Low levels of government funding during a recession will damage the local economy.
Surrey Conservatives have today urged the Prime Minister to review the inadequate funding for local government in Surrey. Surrey’s services and infrastructure have long been under-funded by central government, with Surrey people having only £205 p/a allocated to local services whilst those in Manchester get £856 p/a, but County Leader Nick Skellett believes that during the current recession this will become an even greater problem.
“Surrey’s infrastructure is crucial to the economy of not just Surrey, but the UK as a whole, and if the government are as serious as they claim about getting the country out of a recession they could start by ensuring that public services are properly funded. It is no good talking about helping the country through a recession whilst leaving local authorities consistently short of money and forcing us to borrow money that will eventually have to be paid back, leaving hard-pressed taxpayers with a large bill further down the line.
My colleagues and I have long argued that the £5,000 p/a NET that each man, woman and child in Surrey contributes to the national economy would be under threat if the government continued to furnish us with inadequate levels of support, but now the economy has started to contract this is a far more immediate problem. Local taxpayers already contribute 80% of Surrey’s funding and we have always done our best to try to keep the Council Tax down as low as we can, but this isn’t easy when we are hit with an annual shortfall in our funding settlement. For 2008/09 for instance the government only provided us with £4m for our Highways maintenance, forcing us to borrow £25m just to ensure we spent up to the level that the government thought we should be spending. This sort of shortfall is a problem at the best of times, but it is an even greater problem now.
The Conservative Group on Surrey County Council will continue to work hard to deliver budgets that fund our services as well as we can and we will make savings wherever we can, but it would be a lot easier if we didn’t constantly have to work with our hands tied.
I have written to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State to ask them to urgently review funding for Surrey’s local authorities and we have started a petition on the Number 10 website where residents can register their views: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Surrey-Funding/
I sincerely hope that the government will listen”.
Surrey Conservatives have today urged the Prime Minister to review the inadequate funding for local government in Surrey. Surrey’s services and infrastructure have long been under-funded by central government, with Surrey people having only £205 p/a allocated to local services whilst those in Manchester get £856 p/a, but County Leader Nick Skellett believes that during the current recession this will become an even greater problem.
“Surrey’s infrastructure is crucial to the economy of not just Surrey, but the UK as a whole, and if the government are as serious as they claim about getting the country out of a recession they could start by ensuring that public services are properly funded. It is no good talking about helping the country through a recession whilst leaving local authorities consistently short of money and forcing us to borrow money that will eventually have to be paid back, leaving hard-pressed taxpayers with a large bill further down the line.
My colleagues and I have long argued that the £5,000 p/a NET that each man, woman and child in Surrey contributes to the national economy would be under threat if the government continued to furnish us with inadequate levels of support, but now the economy has started to contract this is a far more immediate problem. Local taxpayers already contribute 80% of Surrey’s funding and we have always done our best to try to keep the Council Tax down as low as we can, but this isn’t easy when we are hit with an annual shortfall in our funding settlement. For 2008/09 for instance the government only provided us with £4m for our Highways maintenance, forcing us to borrow £25m just to ensure we spent up to the level that the government thought we should be spending. This sort of shortfall is a problem at the best of times, but it is an even greater problem now.
The Conservative Group on Surrey County Council will continue to work hard to deliver budgets that fund our services as well as we can and we will make savings wherever we can, but it would be a lot easier if we didn’t constantly have to work with our hands tied.
I have written to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State to ask them to urgently review funding for Surrey’s local authorities and we have started a petition on the Number 10 website where residents can register their views: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Surrey-Funding/
I sincerely hope that the government will listen”.
Contact Surrey County Council
New contact number for Surrey County Council:-
Libraries 0300 200 1001
Registration 0300 200 1002
Roads & Transport 0300 200 1003
Schools 0300 200 1004
Adults social care 0300 200 1005
Children's social care 0300 200 1006
Jobs 0300 200 1007
Libraries 0300 200 1001
Registration 0300 200 1002
Roads & Transport 0300 200 1003
Schools 0300 200 1004
Adults social care 0300 200 1005
Children's social care 0300 200 1006
Jobs 0300 200 1007
Potholes
I am aware from my postbag, telephone calls, and from being out and about in Ashford, that there has been a huge increase in the number of potholes. This is as a result of the winter weather. The roads are in a state that demands urgent attention to prevent further deterioration, and provide satisfactory travel for the public. As of Monday 16th February, there will be an additional four community gangs, working on potholes for the next two weeks. Please report any that you have seen to me, or directly to Surrey County Council on their website (link on the left of this page) or to the contact centre on 0300 200 1003. Drive Safely.
SURGERY
My next surgery will be in Ashford Library on Saturday 7th March at 11am to 12 noon. I will have free benefits checks for the over 60's, and free advice on flooding in Spelthorne. Do you know if you are in an area that is liable to flood? Do you know how to protect your family and property? Come and see me to find out.
Sunday 1 February 2009
Reverse Graffiti
http://www.graffitihotline.co.uk/news.htm#reverse
Check out this website to find out about reverse graffiti. This is where the artist cleans away dirt to form artwork, in it's basest form, wash me, written on the back of a dirty van.
Check out this website to find out about reverse graffiti. This is where the artist cleans away dirt to form artwork, in it's basest form, wash me, written on the back of a dirty van.
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