tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146278836891082902.post7659110765348459024..comments2023-07-25T16:47:45.388+01:00Comments on Bob the Black Country Brummie: What a differenceBob the Black Country Brummiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01854624203714692383noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146278836891082902.post-83640748572120962352008-10-30T10:42:00.000+00:002008-10-30T10:42:00.000+00:00He's a bloody good councillor and deserves all the...He's a bloody good councillor and deserves all the respect he gets.Bob Piperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792439016502695274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146278836891082902.post-79813538963521394182008-10-30T10:23:00.000+00:002008-10-30T10:23:00.000+00:00BobBob I had a lot of respect for Cllr Howsell bef...BobBob I had a lot of respect for Cllr Howsell before he got elected. Its so nice to see somebody locally who doesn’t just drift in ,sit there and say nothing and then not seem to actually understand the issues or what went on. Let alone do out about it (I would refer you to the Q3 swimming pool issue raised at the last Great Barr forum meeting!!!!!).Having said that it is easier for someone who has the force of the ruling party to get things done. There are some of Cllr Howsells colleagues including M.P.who will only agree to things that a labour councillor has proposed. The lib dems are a tiny proportion of the council and cant realistically push anything.Again respect where it is due MRS and I underline the MRS Underhill is of the same ilk as Howsell. Does that mean to say then that people should only vote for a labour candidate? Of course not the conservatives are the largest opposition party and have the real weight of opposition. And you never know they may have the weight of an M.P soon!!<BR/> I would like to say something about telling people how good we are also. We are brought up not to blow our own trumpet and I guess Howsell relies on people like you to tell us what he’s doing at t’ council (but don’t believe the stuff on the net coz its often wrong!).I find the lib dems often find out what someone else has done, stand next to it and put it out in their local stories paper as what they have been doing for years!!!!! You are often critical of Cllr Ward and yet my experience is that he does more at the council than all the affore mentioned. Should he be putting out a paper regularly saying that hes the one that has consistently opposed the waste of council tax payers money on the Public(amongst a million other things)?. I notice the local MP has taken a leaf out of his book and is opposing the advertising thingy-cant wait to read his self promoting thing in the observer. Perhaps all local cllrs should have a slot in the local paper!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com