Karl Wallace with petitions against closure of West Bay Post Office
Over 1000 signatures were collected by Karl Wallace and the Lib Dem team for the petition against the proposed Post Office closure at West Bay. We are now awaiting the official decision regarding the future of this essential local service. Karl says ‘We have campaigned hard right from the beginning to try and prevent the loss of this vital resource.’
Sue Farrant, a Sherborne resident, is urging the Town Council to remove the graffiti that is disfiguring the town.
She attended the annual Town Meeting on 21st April and asked for prompt action, pointing out that much of the graffiti had been there for months. “I realise that catching the offenders is not easy,” she said, “but there is no excuse for just allowing the graffiti to remain, especially on publicly owned property such as road signs and bins. Prompt removal has been proved to act as a deterrent in other places, so why isn’t it cleaned off in Sherborne?”
Sue has written to the Town Council but has not yet had a reply. She has also spoken to the local police and been promised that offenders serving community sentences will be used in a clean-up operation but no date has been given.
“I won’t give up”, Sue vowed. “Sherborne is a beautiful town and I hate to see it blighted in this way.”
Sherborne Liberal Democrats have condemned plans to sell Sherborne House as shortsighted and not in the interests of the town.
“The Trustees should be given the chance to create a regional arts centre that we can all be proud of,” said Cllr Robin Legg. “Selling off this important historic building shows an appalling lack of vision by the County Council.”
In the District Council Elections on 3rd May 2007, the following Liberal Democrat Candidates are standing in the Sherborne area:
Liberal Democrat President, Simon Hughes, campaigned with West Dorset candidate Justine McGuinness today in Sherborne. The two canvassed in local estates and discussed issues facing West Dorset residents with voters in the town centre. “Justine McGuinness will make an outstanding MP for the people of West Dorset because she understands what is most important to local residents,” said Liberal Democrat President Simon Hughes. “I am proud to support her and I look forward to working with her to scrap the council tax, end tuition fees, and provide free care to the elderly.”
“I am proud to have the support of Simon Hughes and I appreciate him taking the time to speak with the people of West Dorset about issues that concern them,” said Justine McGuinness. “His visit adds momentum to our positive campaign for West Dorset.”
Mr. Hughes’ visit is one of a series of recent high-profile visits to West Dorset on behalf of Justine McGuinness. Ms. McGuinness is standing in one of the most marginal constituencies in the UK and is widely seen as running one of the Liberal Democrats’ strongest campaigns.
Speaking at the Sherborne Liberal Democrats’ Annual General Meeting on Saturday 6 October, held in Thornford near Sherborne, Parliamentary Spokesperson Justine McGuinness told members and supporters that they had had a successful year but there is much Ms McGuinness said:
“It is time someone stood up for people living in the Sherborne area. West Dorset is my home and I have always had a high regard for Sherborne since my schooldays here. But I know some things just are not right and have not been for some time. We, Liberal Democrats, want to put things right. We want a fair deal for West Dorset.
“We offer people a real choice. It is a choice about values. It is a chance for a fair deal for Sherborne. Over the coming months we will focus on our values - focuses on freedom, fairness, trust - and give people positive reasons to vote for a local Lib Dem at the elections in May 2005.”
At the meeting Cllr Shirley Hewson was re-elected Chair of Sherborne Liberal Democrats for a further year.
Congratulations to Sherborne Tourist Information Centre which has Highly Commended runner up in the Tourist Information Centre of the Year category of the 2004 South West
England Tourism Excellence Awards. Justine McGuinness commented:
“Congratulations to everyone who works at the Tourist Information Centre in Digby Road. Quite rightly it has been recognised as one of the best in the South West.
“Tourism brings in a staggering £210m into West Dorset. It is important to our local economy that West Dorset’s offers a good information service to tourists, which the Centre in Sherborne does. Well done to everyone who works there.”
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