Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,078
Sue Nicholas wrote:Note the word Lane
So when on the motorway I move into the outside
lane to overtake?
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Gary39- Registered: 7 Jul 2017
- Posts: 451
Sue Since when if the views or objections of Aycliffe residents ever been taken into account..
Let me see how Aycliffe views and objections have been ignored
Objections to A20. Ignored
Objections to a hostel being built up here and trees with TPO’s removed. Ignored
Children’s play Park removed without consulting the residents.
King Lear building demolished.
Asked for Dover TAP to be moved back along the A20 away from a residential area. Still ignored
Flats built on King Lear site. Ignored
Asked for funding from council for a small community garden. Ignored
Extra parking...still waiting after nearly 18 months..
You can see why the residents of Aycliffe do not see the point of giving views.
The word ignored comes to mind. Aycliffe out of sight out of mind...
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
I do feel sorry for the residents of Aycliffe.I cant recall any sort of compensation Aycliffe received.Sunny Corner was built .some sort of noise barrier.errected .You are right no lovely play. Area or community hall and as you say the King Lear demolished.
Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,067
Keith Sansum1 wrote:...we have the choice to tell people not to vote for them
Extraordinary. And if 'people' ignore you, what then? Are you one of the Piranha Brothers?
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,920
Weird
As I say it's a choice
If people choose to elect people who don't even know where the ward is
It's a choice they make
It's called the ballot box
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,067
That fails to explain your statement that 'we have the choice to tell people not to vote for them.'
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
sue, its a noise that's not working.
noise from A20 either floats over the top rather than being bounced seawards.
noise from wall Aycliffe side bounces straight back at the ropewalk part of the estate.
simple answer knock down wall and plant trees.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,078
Sod it. Picking up papers for DDC (North Deal), Deal Town Council (North Deal) AND Dover Town Council (Town and Castle) tomorrow.

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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Not sure on the rules about living in the jurisdiction of the relevant town council, I thought candidates had to live within a certain number of miles although I may be wrong. Incidentally in 2015 the then Maxton, Elms Vale and Priory together with St Radigunds were not contested, most rural ones plus Walmer were the same.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,878
I always find local elections are the easiest to vote in.
Look who is standing, decide who is or might be awful if elected and vote for who is still an option, party loyalties never come into my choice.

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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,078
To become a candidate you must be at least 18 years of age and
You must have an entry on the electoral register, or
Have lived, worked or owned property in the area for 12 months
[U] Or[/U] in the case of a Parish Council have lived within 4.8 km of the Parish for the previous 12 months
N.B. It's 'OR' not 'AND/OR'.

"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Brian could not agree more plant some trees in your Nick of the Woods
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,920
Weird
Yep we have that choice to
Trying to run a community association hall etc with missing cllrs doesn't help so I would advise who is active
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,078
At least no-one can doubt my 'activity' Keef?

"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Two district councillors for Brian, Gary and myself - wonder who else Labour are putting up.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Last time 4 town councillors were returned unopposed in the old ward, now there are 5 in the new set up Bob will be confident of bestriding the political world stage again.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,920
Yes
I was told by the present Dep mayor when I said we as a Town council should form a view on boundary changes I was told it doesn't affect dtc
As I explained at the time of course it will
The wards will be same as DDC
So DTC didn't give an official view
Even though priory and other wards were torn up
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
The Deputy Mayor is not that up on listening skills, he knows everything so doesn't need to listen to anyone else.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I always thought that boundary changes came about because of changes in numbers so the new ones would have roughly the same number of people in as the national average.
Nothing like that in our ward changes - some have 1 district councillor while others have 2 or 3 and at town/parish level the lowest number of councillors is 1 and the highest is 14(fourteen).
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,920
Howard
Boundary commission stated Tower hamlets should stay as it has a community identity
Priory has prob more so
But out views were not considered
Priory has little in common with the wards they are imposed with
Disaster
Bob
I keep bumping into you
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