Posts Tagged ‘Town Council’
Cockwaving Makes Welcome Return
St Neots welcomed this week the return of local political one-upmanship, the Cock Wave. Since the disappearance of local award winning Cock-Waver extraordinaire Cllr Larry Hackman the town has found itself without a Self-Promotion Champion. All that changed this week as [Read More]
Lack Of Parking Infuriates Residents
Locals were today perplexed and angered that it had become impossible to park in the town centre. Parking on the Market Square has been suspended for the weekend to allow for the time wasting SunFest, also known as the August Festival, Summer Festival or Sort-Of Carnival, [Read More]
Candidates Quiet As Election Day Dawns
The Citizen were surprised that local councillors had been surprisingly quiet in the run-up to today’s elections. Only Militant Steve van der Whitevanman and Conservative opponent Harry “R” Rogerson had anything new to say, with the rest of the councillors [Read More]
Councillor Re-Brands!
“Opal Fruits” became “Starburst” and “Marathon” turned into “Snickers”. The marvellous “JIF” is now “CIF”! All lame attempts to increase the profile of the product and the latest ruse by genial local [Read More]
Winter Weather In Winter Shocker
Councillors from the town, district and county councils deluged local papers with letters blaming each other for the inclement weather which has today replaced the lovely sun we had yesterday. Within minutes of the first cloud looming into view over St Neots, cllr King [Read More]
Merger Talks Break Down
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Discussions of a merger between St Neots and it’s inferior neighbours Huntingdon and St Ives today ended without conclusion after councillors cited ‘irreconcilable differences’. The Citizen reported on the merger last month, with councillors Marcel and van [Read More]
Going For A Spin
Councillors have announced a new plan to reduce accident rates on St Neots' roundabouts [Read More]
St Neots Trials Alternative Alternative Vote
The town council today announced that from the next by-elections, it will trial the new Alternative Alternatvie Vote system. The Government was last week voting on a referendum to change the system for general elections to AV, where votes for the least-popular candidate are [Read More]
Mubarak Definitely Not In St Neots
Following Egyptian former president Hosni Mubarak’s resignation over the weekend, Eynesbury councillors have denied he is staying with them for a bit. The Citizen reported how councillors Dougall and van der Whitevanman had been sent to Cairo to try to help Mubarak [Read More]
