Fiona White

Liberal Democrat Councillor for Guildford West Learn more

First day of the new term

by fionawhite on 7 May, 2013

Today was the first day of the new 4-year term at Surrey County Council.  All members were invited up to County Hall to receive the packs giving us the statistics of our divisions, other paperwork and to sign our declarations of office.

Once that was over we gathered in the Ashcombe Suite to listen to the Chief Executive talking about what the council does and statistics about how many adults receive care packages, how many children are cared for, the number of school places and even how many kilometers of roads we are responsible for.  My real problem with it was it was all “sold” to members as being a huge success story whereas those of us who have been around for a while know there are problems and we have to deal with them.  I prefer a balanced presentation with the warts on show as well.  We have to be realistic if we are going to face up to the issues and find a way to do things better.

I will find out shortly which committee(s) I will be on for the next year.

 

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