PRESS RELEASE Kent County
Council Election Candidate calls for Abolition of KCC
Ramsgate
Independent KCC election candidate, Ian Driver, is calling for the abolition of
KCC and arguing for its replacement by a new East Kent Coastal Council (EKCC).
“KCC is
old-fashioned, expensive and out of touch with the needs of Thanet and East
Kent” said Driver, “ Being ruled from
Maidstone by councillors and officers who don’t understand our problems, or
appreciate our massive potential, means that we will never get a fair deal”.
“I believe
that a new East Kent Coastal Council made up of a merger of Thanet, Dover and Shepway
District Councils and possibly
Canterbury City Council, should replace
KCC. This is already beginning to happen. Thanet, Dover, Shepway and Canterbury
councils are sharing services like housing, human resources, IT, planning. So
why stop there? A new unitary council in East Kent could eliminate large areas
of service duplication which will save
the taxpayers £millions”.
Most important
of all said Driver “a new East Kent Coastal Council will be run by councillors and officers who live in the area and genuinely understand the
needs of our communities and the possibilities for developing business
opportunities and the talents of our people. This has got to be more effective
than depending upon faceless bureaucrats in Maidstone”.
If elected on
May 2nd Driver will immediately launch a major public campaign to replace KCC with a
new style local authority in East Kent.
Driver has
also published an election blogsite which sets out his policies for the
forthcoming KCC election http://vote4driver.blogspot.co.uk/
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How can you stand for election to a council you do not believe should exist? Even if elected you will be a lone voice in the wilderness unlikely to have any impact. Conservatives will not support you because they already control KCC and Labour will not because, whilst they have a chance of power in Thanet, they would have none in a merged East Kent.
ReplyDeleteSurely, if this is what you truly believe, you can have more impact as a Thanet District councillor and committee chairman than as a one off lone voice in Maidstone.
Not against the idea of an East Kent unitary authority operating down through town and parish councils, but TDC is the one to go, not county level.
Tom there is an old saying that change comes from within. If elected I will be well placed to use my experiences at KCC to justify why there is a better option. UKIP have adopted a similar approach with the EU and it appears to work. Not that I support the politics on UKIP, apart from the need to leave the EU
DeleteSo, you want us to vote you leader of KCC but you also want to abolish it? I'm confused.
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