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CONSERVATIVES

Editors: CLLR. BILL OAKEY December 2000
JOHN GILBEY

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Councillor Bill Oakey writes:- the River Nailboume has brought the worst
flooding to Bishopsboume and Patrixbourne in living memory and my heartfelt
sympathies go to all our residents who are suffering. I have taken up, in the
strongest terms, the need for a better co-ordinated response team from the City
Council. Tributes must be paid, in particular to Malcolm Mitchell the Chairman of
Bishopsbourne Parish Council and to Viv Pritchard the head of Transportation and
Engineering of the City Council, for their unstinting work during the worst of the
emergency. Once again, it is the Conservative Members of the Rural Members
Panel who have taken the lead in putting together a long-term plan to combat the
effects of such natural disasters.

TRAFFIC CALMING MOBILE PHONE MASTS

We are well on our way to having two The Conservative majority on the
Crossings in Bridge and a series of Rural Members Panel of the City
other measures to calm traffic in the Council is determined to stop the
village. We must thank the Parish spread of these ugly, and potentially
Council and Canterbury City Council dangerous monstrosities from
for their support in helping me get destroying our Area of Outstanding
these long overdue measures in hand. Natural Beauty.

Relief is also coming to Bekesbourne Well done to the Bridge group of
in the form of extending speed residents who have effectively
restrictions. However, I will not rest mounted a campaign against the
until I achieve a 20 mph speed limit One20ne proposal of Dering Close.

throughout all of our Villages.

Primed and published by N Parsonson 9 Hawks Lane Canterbury CTI ZNU

Kent County Report - Your County Council

Since taking over the running of the County Council, the Conservatives have had to
clean up after the previous Lib Dem/Lab coalition. But, time and again since then
Kent County Council and the local taxpayer have suffered because the Government
continues to reduce the grants and other funds. These should have been made
available to Kent, but were withdrawn, mainly without informing the County
beforehand! Here are some examples where funding has been withdrawn:

. £5 Million per year that Kent should have received for running Nursing and
Residential Care Homes.

. £1 Million per year when it was said by the Government that Traffic on Kent’s
Roads had fallen!

. £8.7 Million per year because they are threatening to ignore technical
adjustments tied to the cost of living. This is equivalent to a 3% rise in Council
Tax.

. £63 Million per year (compared to 1997) for repairs and building of roads.

We do know where this money is going - northwards to the Labour heartlands!

Despite this, the Conservative led County Council has made significant progress in
the past 3 years, since inheriting a burden of escalating debt from the incompetent
and bureaucratic previous Lib Dem/Lab coalition at County Hall.

. £50 Million per year in bureaucratic, efficiency and administrative savings.
. We have restored the Lib Dem/Lab cut in Libraries, Adult Education and the
Youth Services as promised. ‘
C We have trebled spending on crime reduction and community safety.

Even with the cuts in Government grant money, your Conservative-led Council has
dramatically improved efficiency and performance measured _a_1gainst_ the _ Audit

’Commissio’n’s performance indicators.

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