The Fight to Stop Over Development Continues

At a time when Councils are cash strapped and the Tory austerity still bites hard, somebody (and it wasn’t us) has called for an expensive by election in Downhall & Rawreth. We’ll leave you to guess who it was! You may even notice that other opposition groups are not standing – they too think this by election is unnecessary and would of been better to have been held in May with the scheduled elections.

Any Tory influence in Downhall & Rawreth would be an impending disaster for West Rayleigh, with so many sites put forward for development the green belt would be desimated in just a few short years. Our infrastructure is already creaking and the Tory Councillors elected at District and County level, have done nothing to even begin to remedy the situation.

Craig Cannell our Lib Dem candidate, is as passionate about stopping overdevelopment as the rest of the Lib Dem team. He spent a lot of time with the late Cllr Chris Black campaigning and getting to grips with the issues that Rayleigh and Rochford District residents face.

Craig will be canvassing, with the rest of the team shortly, so please take the opportunity to get to know him better.

Satire Aid Reaches Kids Less Fortunate

I can across this post on Facebook – a toy drive from kids less fortunate and in poverty. It allows you to donate a gift from Amazon. It’s as easy as click a couple of buttons and can make a big difference to those in need.

Mr Snowman

Great to see lots of families out enjoying the snow today, I came across lot’s on snowmen on my way from London Road to Asda.

Here’s a particularly delightful one that I bumped into.

Do You Want To Build a Snowman?

Totally unrelated and non political post….. if we get snow, while everyone else is panic buying bread and milk you’ll find me over at Sweyne Park building my own Olaf. He’s soooo cool

Meanwhile if you’ve got to get some place and you want to track Essex County Councils gritters…..

http://www.essexhighways.org/Roads-and-Pavements/winter-travel/track-the-gritting-lorries.aspx

Social Media Silence

Readers’ letters: Contempt over more homes in Rochford

Readers’ letters: Contempt over more homes in Rochford

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Readers’ letters: Contempt over more homes in Rochford

I read the report ‘Rochford can’t cope with 7,500 homes’ on page 4 of Thursday’s edition of the Echo and, for the first time ever, felt I had to write in response.

It does not surprise me that councillor Sperring is so dismissive of the responses of the electorate when he says ‘I am sure we will hear the usual views…’ as many of us are aware that some of those who purport to represent us on Rochford Council view our comments with disdain, or perhaps more accurately, with contempt!

Perhaps he would explain why he is so contemptuous of how a significant proportion of us feel.

Does he consider that our roads, doctors, hospitals and schools etc are all perfectly capable of dealing with the increase in population that Rochford is planning?

Or is he so gullible that he is taken in by the facile attempts to ameliorate these issues put forward by the planning officers when pushing these applications through?

However, what really surprised me was that he was happy for these comments to be published in the Echo, now, in my opinion, that really does show contempt!

However, what really surprised me was that he was happy for these comments to be published in the Echo, now, in my opinion, that really does show contempt!

Perhaps the electorate of Rochford would do well to remember this when voting in the next round of elections.

STUART MENNELL Lambourne Hall Road, Canewdon