Eric Neal
County Councillor For Aldershot East
County Councillor For Aldershot East
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Willow Way Heronwood off street parking for residents nearing completion. "Living with the car not fighting it."
FROM THE LABOUR LEAFLET
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Weed spraying was taken over by Hampshire County Council in 2001.
Traces of the Weed Killers which were used in the past that very effective at killing off the roots of the weed were found in the water we drink, so it was banned.
I sent the following letter to the local press and it was published:-
MY OLD PAL
I see my old pal that Labour diehard Alex Crawford moaning about the weeds in the roads (Star letter 4 September) He wants Action! Not excuses as he is paying £1400 Council Tax.
I agree with him the Council Tax is far to high but his Labour Government uses the Council Tax support grant which is about 50% of HCC income to increase taxes by constantly reducing the yearly settlement! It is the only thing these Labour people seem to be good at is increasing taxes.
In regards to the weeds HCC highways contractors are forced to use weak weed killers due to environmental reasons. This weed killer is dissipated by the wind and rain can only be effective when sprayed during dry weather but checks are made by officers from HCC to see if the contract is being for filled.
I am not a gardener but gardeners tell me they are having a massive problem this year controlling weeds.
Regards
Cllr Eric Neal
It was not that long ago when HCC offered to return this contract to Rushmoor Borough Council
They refused as the money on offer from HCC in their view was insufficient.
Personally I felt they were not to keen on trying to eradicate weeds with such weak weed killers
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:-
Some members of the EU particularly Germany, require their residents to weed the footpath and road outside their homes?
FROM THE LABOUR LEAFLET
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Today they are even contemplating the sale of all our shares in the Post Office.
FROM THE LABOUR LEAFLET
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I remember in the last local elections they promised if elected Aldershot residents would have free car parking in the Town Centre, how would they have paid for that?
Increase the Council Tax?
In Willow Way Heron Wood
About now some 20 + car parking spaces costing £25,000 will be built on HCC land, Residents will see more parking spaces provided for their free use in the next 4 years.
FROM THE LABOUR LEAFLET
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The Local Aldershot Labour Party do like to confuse issues, a Discovery Centre is principally an enhanced Library. They also want an upgrade for the existing Library, so we presume they want 2 libraries?
Are they really in favour of a Discovery Centre?
With the kind permission of Hedy Brennan we include the following letter to the Aldershot News:-
I am pleased to see that since Cllr. Keith Dibble's recent visit to the Discovery Centre in Gosport, he now supports the possibility of one here in Aldershot.
What a turn about face! Only a few weeks ago an Aldershot Labour Councillor rudely dismissed the very professional document produced by the Aldershot Civic Society entitled "The Aldershot Discovery Centre, a place for Culture and Learning" by writing:
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This is becoming a bananas proposal after another one which rightly bit the dust Ive never seen anything so daft in my life which mirrors those from whence it came. Can some people stop proposed nonsense suggestions on the basis that they stand up when these suggestions do not nor have any merit what so ever.
What I cannot understand is why it took a visit by Cllr. Dibble to Gosport's Discovery Centre to enable him to understand this concept. Bearing in mind that he would have needed merely to look on "Hantsnet", Hampshire County Council's Website, under "Discovery Centres", where he would have found pages of information on the subject.
Hedy Brennan Aldershot News, 16th January 2009.
