tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694454756676640378.post6504718595672641471..comments2023-04-03T07:27:12.949-07:00Comments on Whittlesey North Blog: New Politics - Same old Cambridgeshire Lib DemsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1694454756676640378.post-61899483570166449622010-05-21T05:38:42.611-07:002010-05-21T05:38:42.611-07:00The most annoying thing about it is the suggestion...The most annoying thing about it is the suggestion that a petition with LESS than 15,000 signatures would be ignored. <br /><br />Absolutely nonsense.<br /><br />Any petition is a useful tool for the local councillor to take forwards to committees and meetings and to inform members of public opinion. Councillors are generally very happy to see - and use - petitions in the proper way.<br /><br />Its also ignoring the fact that CCC already ahs all sorts of ways to encourage and allow public participation.<br /><br />A political stunt indeed. If the Lib Dems were serious they would have put in a serious proposal. Or talked to us beforehand rather than trying to spring an impossible amendment. <br /><br />It takes two sides to properly debate an issue. If one side only wants to indulge in political theatre we get nowhere.Steve Tierneyhttp://www.stevetierney.org/blognoreply@blogger.com