tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post7855183461457920599..comments2023-12-09T07:21:51.160+00:00Comments on The Druid: Fighting for Anglesey: Anglesey's new electoral map? (Updated)Paul Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021606156107333019noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-22315890404805680612011-11-28T20:03:09.273+00:002011-11-28T20:03:09.273+00:00Let's hope the commissioners start opening up ...Let's hope the commissioners start opening up some juicy scandals soon, lurid planning permissions coupled with hot enforcement notices make titillating reading...bring it on...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-15203344190658415952011-11-23T21:55:29.567+00:002011-11-23T21:55:29.567+00:00The best thing that happened was the day the Commi...<i> The best thing that happened was the day the Commissioners came,</i><br /><br />Hear! Hear!An Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-83081840653516254412011-11-23T19:18:40.525+00:002011-11-23T19:18:40.525+00:00The shame of this Council for being unfit for purp...The shame of this Council for being unfit for purpose, it was destroyed years ago, when politicians had their own agenda and narrow minded, poorly educated Councillors made sure that their priority was to enhance and create their own wish list at the price of democracy. <br /><br />Now they moan, we have to listen, when the people moaned, the council stonewalled us all. The best thing that happened was the day the Commissioners came, and I hope that they will not fail us, like we were failed for so long.<br /><br />Democracy died on Anglesey years ago, ask around and speak to the people their voices will tell you how disappointed they have been with this Joke of a Council.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-40134640068941726032011-11-23T09:10:39.588+00:002011-11-23T09:10:39.588+00:00'What Anglesey Council needs is more transpare...'What Anglesey Council needs is more transparency,that means getting Council minutes onto the website more quickly .......'.<br /><br />Quite the most sensible thing I have ever read regarding Anglesey politics!<br /><br />Why, oh why, oh why can this issue not be addressed and resolved today, or tomorrow at the latest. <br /><br />Democracy in action ... and available for all to see and hear!kphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313438657508449613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-13403880545864968612011-11-23T00:15:12.462+00:002011-11-23T00:15:12.462+00:00I agree with Anon @ 22.09 having experienced a mul...I agree with Anon @ 22.09 having experienced a multi member ward where 1 Councillor did good and effective work on behalf of the Community yet the other Councillor also claimed the credit. It can be difficult for the electorate to know exactly who was responsible for what. <br /><br />What Anglesey Council needs is more transparency,that means getting Council minutes onto the website more quickly; having live video recordings of meetings available on the website - and left on the site within an archive section. Other Councils have been doing this for years. It's an essential measure given the history at Anglesey Council - a measure that at a stroke would solve many problems.<br /><br />But what Anglesey urgently needs is a Council election. I hope the Welsh Labour Party realise they will probably pay a political price on the island if elections are deferred til 2013 as Carl Seargent is reported to be "minded to do". Does Labour believe in democracy?mairede thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-83857137572379032342011-11-22T22:09:22.338+00:002011-11-22T22:09:22.338+00:00Multi member wards have there problems. It means a...Multi member wards have there problems. It means a proactive councillor has to cope with 2 or 3 times the number of residents. Leaving quiet/ineffective councillors to sit back for 3.5 years, and wake up just in time for the next electionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-51846188834984215992011-11-22T16:49:35.683+00:002011-11-22T16:49:35.683+00:00Well said Mr Dixon.Well said Mr Dixon.Prometheuswriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576137015868454301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-71080213728744512532011-11-22T13:33:03.525+00:002011-11-22T13:33:03.525+00:00I'd also agree with Red Flag that a limit on t...I'd also agree with Red Flag that a limit on the number of single party members standing for a ward should be in place.Prometheuswriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576137015868454301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-87777082167157055202011-11-22T13:31:31.049+00:002011-11-22T13:31:31.049+00:00This should be an interesting debate.
One of the ...This should be an interesting debate.<br /><br />One of the things I like about living here is that in the absence of a particpatory democratic process we at least have several elected members we can approach to access our portion of 'representative' democracy.<br /><br />I like having the choice of a different elected party (or independent) to go to if some of the others appear to be compromised by conflicts of interest (Plaid) or complacency (Labour). <br /><br />I'm not a 'natural' tory but Mr Isherwood gets my vote every time with his rigourous questioning of dodgy practices and blind eyes at the Welsh Assembly, (and closer to home).<br /><br />Maybe multi-wards are the way to go - (I've never had any political representation in my life when voting using the first past the post system).<br /><br />Maybe it would help break the 'thinking of personal/ward interests instead of the interests of the wider community', behaviour exhibited (and critised by C.Sargeant) of some of our local councillors.<br /><br />And as for a first past the post multi-ward system for National (Welsh) elections - that's just gerrymandering and deserves to be kicked out of play.Prometheuswriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576137015868454301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130000348899973408.post-67595556846874437422011-11-22T12:49:50.220+00:002011-11-22T12:49:50.220+00:00What must not be allowed to happen is what happens...What must not be allowed to happen is what happens in England. There in a full election in multi-seat wards the parties stand as many candidates as there are seats and voters in turn are given as many votes as seats and it is the 'norm' that all three seats in a ward are held by the same party. If your party of choice is Party X and they are standing three candidates for three seats and you've got three votes then you will tend to use all three on them. Very quickly 'personality' drops out of politics because you have so many candidates when a full election takes place. Take what will be Holyhead Port Ward. If the four main parties field three candidates each then you are looking at 12 there before you throw in odds & sods such as the CDA, BNP, UKIP etc etc.<br /><br />It needs to be curtailed that in multi-seat wards each party can only field one candiodate, with no restriction on the number of independents other than they mustn't use 'Independent Labour' or what ever.<br /><br />The thing that is good about multi-wards in England is that as well as a 'full slate' every 5 years, the sitting councilor who came third on the full election must re-stand at the end of year 1, the person who came second at the end of year 2, the person who came first at the end of year 3. Nothing year 4. Full slate again year 5. <br /><br />This means that the council continually evolves to reflect the changing opinion of the electorate.An Eye On...https://www.blogger.com/profile/08811559231632281053noreply@blogger.com