Hot TOPICS 
New venue for crunch Assembly Hall decision meeting
(October 12, 2010)
A dispute that is increasingly pitting a beleaguered town council
against its residents took another twist with the battleground being
moved to a new venue and date and a 'call not to arms but feet'.
Warminster Town Council want to present the results of its random
consultation about plans to spend 'megabucks' on their Assembly Rooms
project. It cost them one pound to start a handful of years ago.
"I am pleased they have bowed to widespread concern from all sorts
of directions about their original meeting decision," says Paul
Macdonald
"We have to get this right and do it in the right manner. If the
new approach is to hold extraordinary meetings for issues that upset
the community then they have got it right.
The town council provoked another furore (which left Paul not
knowing which f-word to use - fiasco or farce) with their decision to
hastily hold a meeting on Thursday week with just 13 seats available to
the public.
"Using proper procedures Steve Dancey, Alan Shepherd, myself and
others too many to name called a parish poll about this issue," claims
Paul.
"The result was marred by the fact that somehow the local
authority system mucked up publicity but nonetheless the result was
clear."
The town council will now face the public without getting the
relevant committee to produce a report (see hot topics - October 11th)
and then rely on the outcome of a crucial decision.
"I now call on all those who said yes or no in the parish
poll, and others who missed out, to attend the the latest meeting about
this to 'vote with their feet' and attend.
"I suggest the Ayes to the right. The noes to the left as we are
being accused of being political. I know many who have represented the
Tories in the past will be on the left!"
*An Extraordinary meeting of the Town Council will be held by the Mayor Cllr. Fraser on Tuesday 26th October at Warminster Assembly Hall. The agenda will be issued on the 19th and will be posted outside Dewey House.
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