A little while ago I was approached by Ann Mather about the possibility of setting up a North Guildford Food Bank.  Luckily I was able to help by using some of my county councillor allocation towards the setting up costs.  This morning I dropped in to see how the food bank is working and was […]

The Community Highways Officer and I braved the very cold wind this morning to have a look at a footpath in Park Barn Drive which leads to some of the house fronts.  Although it is a footpath, it is being used by car drivers to park at their properties.  It has been repaired a few […]

As I feared when I wrote at the end of January, the Conservatives at Surrey County Council have voted to increase council tax by 1.99% for the year starting April 2013.  This is despite the fact that they could have used the money offered by the government to keep council tax down and used some […]

         For the second year running, the Conservatives at Surrey County Council want to refuse the government’s help which would mean no increase in council tax and instead impose another cost on hardworking residents.  In the current financial climate, people are having enough trouble getting their household budgets to balance.   Having to pay more […]

There was a good turn out of residents to the Park Barn & Westborough Police Panel meeting at the Park Barn Centre last night. There were two police officers and two PCSOs there, Tracy James – one of our Community Safety Wardens, as well as Lib Dem Guildford Borough Councillors Mark Chapman and Julia McShane, […]

I attended a seminar on a Surrey Rail Strategy yesterday afternoon.  There was a presentation from a company called ARUP. It will be interesting to see whether the proposal to restart a direct service from Farnham to Guildford actually happens.  It could help to alleviate the difficulties of people driving along the Hogs Back and […]

Sometimes you wonder if Surrey County Council will ever learn.  Even though they were heavily criticised for their last jaunt to Farnham Castle at a cost of over £4000, they are planning for senior councillors and council officers to go back there in June after the county council elections.  The council leader’s diary has a […]

When I was at a meeting of the Park Barn & Westborough Community Association on Tuesday evening one of the Association members who lives on Cabell Road raised a query about the work which is being done at the moment.  I would like to clear up any misunderstandings.  The patchy work which is being done […]

Surrey County Council’s Conservative Executive have been criticised widely for spending £4000 on a “bonding workshop” at Farnham Castle in Surrey. The Castle, formerly one of the palaces of the Bishops of Winchester, was used for a 2-day get together by a group of 26 people made up of Conservative councillors and officers in which […]

I would just like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous 2013.