tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178261752012-02-16T18:46:35.115ZThis blog is to let the people of Leighton Buzzard know what is happening in their Town and Unitary Councils and what issues I am working on as a councillor.Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-28088443098137593462010-05-12T23:35:00.003Z2010-05-12T23:42:09.426Z

No blog post at all in April! Not good!BUT, it was an interesting month none the less with pre election work and general ward work there has been plenty to do.I am pleased that now Billington Park roads are adopted a problem tree has been cut back after its branches were pushing through an upstairs window so thank you Highways team for fixing that.We have also been part of discussions with

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I am organising a ward meeting for the end of April and subject to confirming the date we will also have a Portfolio Holder (David McVicar) coming who can directly help sort some of these minor issues out. In fact, David has just walked past me with a cup of coffee as I write this update in our Saturday morning group meeting!I will also invite our local Safer Neighbourhoods Team (Police) and any

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We often talk about it but Leighton Buzzard really is on the map now after the Google street view car visited our town a while ago. I am not sure exactly when but I am sure people are already having debates about the date and time based on the traffic queues, road works, scaffolding on buildings and so on.The Old Fire Station clock shows the time as 5:40 pm and the Total petrol station in Lake

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I had a very positive meeting today with officers in the Children, Families and Learning directorate at Central Bedfordshire Council regarding increasing the "positive activities for young people" in Leighton Buzzard.I was joined by 4 dedicated people who have achieved great results running 2 independent youth clubs in the town on a voluntary basis and it is hoped that we can work with Central

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There are a number of flood warnings now in place across Central Bedfordshire and in particular around the South East of Leighton Buzzard.for updates you can visit http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods or call 0845 988 1188 and use 'quick dial' number 032322 for Clipstone Brook or 0323211 for River Ouzel.

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As mentioned just a few days ago, with the exception of the Full CBC Council meeting to approve the budget coming up on Thursday and the regular cabinet meetings and Executive meetings the Assistant Portfolio workload is easing for the next month or so and I can now really get my teeth in to the ward issues which when not being affected by snow, tends to focus on fly tipping, parking and general

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Well the last week without email has been in a way quite peaceful (I tend to only get 20 or so emails a day) but also has caused a bit of a hold up with the report from my Working Party on Grants that the authority may or may not make to typically non profit organisations in the Unitary area. This is not to be confused with Third Sector payments including Contracts and Service Level Agreements

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Last night around 10pm a massive hardware fault took down the Central Bedfordshire website, email and phone lines.Early this morning the phones lines were switched over to a back up system and limited usage was restored. However despite receiving the new hardware and having engineers on site the system is still down and is unlikely to be back on until tomorrow.2 separate pieces of hardware seem

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On Friday at 3pm I went with Bedfordshire Highways crew on a gritting run around Leighton Buzzard's A and B roads ready for the freezing weather to come.I went along to show support for our gritting crews who have felt unappreciated by some local paper letter writers but also to see another important area of operation for Central Bedfordshire Council.I learnt a lot on the run -often only a small

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I think we might have just had the last of it and I am pleased! As fun as it was the snow has been terrible.So far this year I have been out and about on foot and on the roads and have noticed that with sensible footwear and a hiking stick or similar getting around has been far from impossible although certainly awkward. Driving using your gears and not being heavy on the accelerator also helps

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We are continuing to suffer from really bad weather and once again teams of people and gritters, some with snow ploughs fitted have been patrolling the streets of Central Bedfordshire in the evening, night time and early morning.As it stands, supplies of "salt" are running low here and across the country. We are receiving supplies periodically and therefore have to conserve resources to ensure

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If you have a Facebook account, why not visit and "become a fan of" Bedfordshire Police?That's right, Bedfordshire Police has a page on Facebook and users of the free social networking site can become a fan. This means important messages and other interesting facts can now be seen on your "Facebook page" giving you superb access to information and giving the ability to ask questions publically

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Back in early September I spent the day at a TV studio in Bedford as a guinea pig for the BBC science and entertainment show Bang Goes The Theory as we attempted to power a house being lived in by a family of 4 using bikes and generators. The show was broadcast last week.At the back of the studio on a raised platform were 10 rows of a variety of different mountain bikes, 8 per row, each of which

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Around 10 days ago, I and Councillor Ray Berry received a copy of a letter a homeowner in a three storey house on Sandhills had received from Central Bedfordshire Council.We all agreed the tone of the letter was disturbing and one that we could not support. It suggested that the Council "had evidence" that their home was being used as an HMO. An HMO is a Home in Multiple Occupation and is

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After much lobbying, and even suffering by me, The Town Council has finally agreed to accept Social Networking sites as valid methods of communicating with residents.I am a big supporter of social networking and so-called Web 2.0 sites but have always known that online communication is just one channel and should not necessarily replace other forms of communication such as News from the White

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Yesterday I went on a tour to the Coldham Wind Farm in Cambridgeshire run by the Co‑operative Group. I was joined by a number of Councillors from across Central Bedfordshire as well as many planning officers and those dealing with the growth area. They were also joined by colleagues from neighbouring areas.The site at Coldham has 8 turbines and generates enough energy to power 9,000 homes.

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After months of work, the Fees and Charges list compiled by the Working Group I chaired has been approved by the Executive at Central Bedfordshire Council.With just some small issue from Councillor Steve Male that the price of hiring a video from a library has gone up (the cost of borrowing a DVD has gone down) the new charges were approved. They are due to start in April 2010 but some prices may

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Another week and another working party for me to chair.With the creation of Central Bedfordshire Council came a lot of "legacy programmes" that need reviewing. We have done the fees and charges which involved bringing together some 700 services that we charge for but there is a lot more still to be done to truly bring together the old councils as one complete authority.One area where we spend a

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Today was an interesting day, it is true that not every day as a Councillor is a barrel of laughs but today really was interesting.We had a coach tour of the Central Bedfordshire area looking at some of the major planning and growth area issues that we are facing. Starting early in the North with Flitwick, Ampthill, Warren Wood (Centre Parcs), Aspley Guise, Marston Vale, Wixams, Sandy,

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Councillor Paul Record, a Town Councillor for a number of years, died aged 59 on Saturday after loosing his fight with cancer. Friends and Family had comforted him during his final week in the Florence Nightingale Hospice at Stoke Mandeville hospital.Paul had fought the disease for a many years while representing the residents of Grovebury ward and serving the whole of Leighton Buzzard and

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Once again on the first Saturday of the month we have a drop in Councillor surgery at the Library for any issues you would like to discuss with us.We will be in the activity room next to the Children's section from 10am until 12pm.There is no need to notify us in advance - just turn up!

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We are the proud new carers of 20 roads in Billington Park. That's right, all those faults on the highway are now our problem! Insall Close appears to be the only road not adopted.Now this is not really news, the roads were adopted on July 14th 2009 yet it took Central Bedfordshire Council over 2 months to bother to tell me despite pushing for this to happen constantly!Parking will be one of the

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At a meeting on the 21st, Leighton Linslade Town Council's Policy and Finance committee met and discussed amongst other items a so-called "Facebook Policy". I am pleased to say that as seen HERE in the public minutes available on the Town Council's website, it was decided with cross party support that a formal policy on trying to control which websites could and could not use photos taken at

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I am pleased to say we have almost completed our Fees and Charges work for Central Bedfordshire. This is the working group I chaired looking at around 700 charges that the authority makes for discretionary services.The report is being written now and in early November it will go to Scrutiny and then Executive for approval. Once this is done I can link to the information on the Council's website.

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Do you live on Billington Park? Are you fed up waiting for the community facilities you were promised when you bought your home?I have good news. In my election literature I promised the town that firstly a new college was on its way and secondly I was working with Town Council officers to bring the much needed sports pavilion to Billington Park.We have a pot of money to build a pavilion but it

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As announced last month, for the past few weeks I have been chairing a Fees and Charges Working Group at Central Bedfordshire Council in the Chicksands offices. We will be reporting to the Executive in October and later Full Council for approval of our recommendation which will then come in to force in April 2010. We have also been creating a policy document to cover how fees and charges should

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South Street, Leighton Buzzard will be closed for 5 weeks from 1st September 2009 to allow traffic calming work to be carried out in safety. The closure will apply from 0800 until 1700 each day.The alternative route is to continue on Stanbridge Road and use Billington Road/Lake Street/Leston Road and then Hockliffe Street/Hockliffe Road to bring you out at the other end and vice versa.Hopefully

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A response to letter writer Mr Walsh in this weeks LB News (Local Newspaper) following on from an article the previous week...When discussing the High Street and the needs of the Town, it is easy to produce a list of things we need but we need to think carefully for a moment here. There is not a town, borough, district or county in the Country that does not have a shopping list of what the

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As reported in my election literature and mentioned before in the local press, Dunstable College is looking to build a new state of the art college building in Leighton Buzzard and has been working with Town Councillors for some time planning this. They have also put forward their desire to rename the college to Central Bedfordshire College.Whilst this did not find favour with Dunstable Town

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No one likes having to pay fees but they are essential to the financing of Council services so over the coming weeks I will be leading a cross party group of members and officers to look at the different fees charged across Central Bedfordshire.Everything is being looked at and I want to make sure we look at them all from a fresh point of view. Simply putting some up by a few percent and others

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Talented individuals as well as Voluntary and Community groups can apply for grants from Central Bedfordshire (click here). Offering up to £250 for a person and a massive £10,000 for groups so long as this is no more than 25% of the total cost, the application forms can be downloaded from the above link now.There are deadlines throughout the year when the applications will be considered.The Town

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Have you heard of The Big Lunch? It is run by the Eden project and has the support of the Local Government Association and CPRE and a number of national voluntary and community charities and organisations.The idea is to have lunch and a street party with your neighbours in locations all over the country.Across Bedfordshire there are a fair number of events planned but locally the take up has not

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Our local police officers have arranged meetings between themselves and local representatives to discuss any issues faced by our residents around crime, antisocial behaviour and Policing matters.I am going to discuss any issues that you may have in the East of the Town so if you have anything you want me to raise, please leave a comment below.

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The very first full council meeting of Central Bedfordshire takes place on THURSDAY 18th JUNE at Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford, SG17 5TQ starting at 18:30.You are welcome to attend.Before then, some facts and figures about the new authority area -66 Councillors105,400 Households252,100 Residents16th Largest of 56 Unitaries9,645 Businesses3.1% Unemployment (April 2009)4.1%

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Thank you for electing me to represent you again on Central Bedfordshire for the next two years.The turnout in Grovebury was better than some had predicted with 30.4% of you coming out to vote for someone but now myself and Ray Berry have the next 2 years to prove that voting for us was the right choice.Between Ray's votes and mine we had 55.5% of the vote.The full breakdown is as follows:BERRY,

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That's it - the leaflets are done!!I have just finished putting the second leaflet through the doors of Billington Park and Sandhills and now we are ready for June 4th.I had a man suggest I should push the leaflet all the way through his letter box even though his dog had already tried to take my hand off - mmm, that's a good idea!Thanks go to Peter, Duncan, Richard, Colin, Other Peter, Nigel,

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I along with our MP Andrew Selous and a couple of candidates from outside Leighton Buzzard were canvassing tonight around Sandhills.The main issue to come up was one that I have been working on for some time and that is the road adoptions. You can see from previous blog posts that this has been one of the worst handled adoptions in the history of house building it would seem and the delays have

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On the 5th July 2009 I will be taking part in the WOBURN BIG BIKE RIDE raising money to supporting the NSPCC's Child's Voice Appeal.It costs £5 to take part (£2.50 under 16s) and is suitable for all the family as there are two routes to chose from (2.5 and 3 miles). Come along and ride around as many times as you like and when you have finished, you can picnic in the park or take advantage of

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On Sunday 10th we held the second Wheelie Bin Race in aid of the Mayor's Charity Fund.Seven teams took part in two heats with The Golden Bell, Church Square the clear winners followed in second place by heat 1 winners, The Culture Cafe on the First Floor of the Library.Around £150 was raised for the charity fund which was great fun for all those taking part and the spectators. It was also great

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The elections to Central Bedfordshire are on the 4th June. In Grovebury Ward you are selecting TWO Candidates for Central Bedfordshire. You can also vote for your MEP on the same day.I would like to state on the record I am extremely pleased to be standing against a full slate of candidates, 2 Liberal Democrats and 2 Labour Supporters. A quick look through the list that has been published today

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The CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) have recently asked Councillors to respond to a survey they are conductiing on our views with the results being published on their website in early May.I have filled in my response and copy the answers below for you all to see.1. What will be the single most important thing YOU will do to protect the countryside of Bedfordshire? There is no single

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I am hoping to have a walkaround the ward this Saturday, late morning as I like to get the shopping done first and don't wake up too early :)If anyone has any issues or wants me to visit an area in particular, please let me know. I am hoping to bring another Councillor from a different ward along for the experience - I will let you know which one it is when we decide!I am thinking of Billington

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Good news I say sarcastically as I let me head drop in to my hands at the thought of the latest rubbish to be handed "down" to Councils.The Local Government Information Unit together with UNISON and some organisation called "Association for Public Service Excellence" have produced a new pamphlet introducing us to a new word, yes that's right, you read it here first, Local Government bodies have

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We have had reports of fly tipping around the Richmond Road area and would like to thank the residents who have reported it and worked with us.The rubbish has all been cleared and is being looked at to help identify the owners but in the mean time we have trimmed some of the hedge around the site to make suspicious behaviour visible from the roadside.If you are in this area and see any vans

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I really can't believe this is still an ongoing issue but Billington Park and Sandhills roads are still not adopted. The fault lies somewhere between the developers and Anglian Water as until they have reached their agreement, Central Bedfordshire cannot adopt the roads.If you find these sorts of things interesting, it is the Water Industry Act 1991 (Section 104) that governs the adoption by

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Welcome to Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) and Welcome again to my blog.I have taken about a year out from blogging on local council issues but now as I begin as Central Bedfordshire Councillor for the next two months at least, I thought it would be a good time to bring the blog back and keep you all informed.Having spent the past 9 months or so helping to create Central Bedfordshire and

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-87318264004277760542008-04-24T15:26:00.006Z2009-04-05T16:05:12.227Z

Did you notice the clock above ASK on the Old Fire Station has not worked since before the work was done? You may have also seen the LB News article indicating that nothing has been done about it.Well the good news it has not been forgotten and should be up and running in a few weeks. I have today been speaking to the officer at the District and there is a lot more too it than just being a

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I spent today with the firemen based at the Leighton Buzzard Fire Station on Lake Street, not just seeing what they do but actually doing some of it myself.Steven Allen, the Station Commander and the rest of the watch made me very welcome and went through a lot of the training that a member of the service goes through.It was all very hard work and makes you relaise just how important the fire and

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In January I visited our Twin Town again for "Fasnet", their Carnival week. It is a tradition going back hundreds of years and very different to our own carnival. The Mayor hands over the key to the town in a ceremony to mark the start of the "5th season" and then "the fools" who are the Carnival groups run the town. (yes we can all see the obvious joke here).It is a real honour to be able to

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Welcome to my 2008 roundup. At the end of January, I only have 3 and a bit months of my Mayoral year left. 9 months has just flown by.I attended the Leighton Buzzard Swimming Club awards presentation night on the 4th. I really like events like that as people work very hard not just swimming but in supporting the club and it is great for me to be able to show some appreciation for all the people

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Ok for regular readers (do I have any?) you will realise I am actually writing this in 2008 as I have been really bad at updating the blog for the past few months.Christmas was a great time for fundraising and networking in. My own Christmas Carol concert was very well attended and I think quite good fun too so I would like to thank everyone that visited and helped out. We did quite well on the

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Anyone living in, working in or travelling through Grovebury ward between 14th January and 27th January should be aware of a road closure at the END of STANBRIDGE ROAD where it meets Billington Road.The official diversion is shown with the blue circles and because it has to be suitable for all vehicles, it involves going a very long way around the bypass. Local residents can use alternative

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After 9 weeks of sitting there being tested, our Town Christmas lights were switched on last night by ITV Anglia News reporter Philippa Heap live on TV after a countdown led my your Town Mayor and Town Crier!I have a video on my Facebook account of the switch-on which you can see if you have a Facebook account - Click Hereor you can go to the itvlocal.com website and see it - ITV Local

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For remembrance day on the 11th November I was pleased to be able to thank those who gave their life for our country but also pleased to thank the many local British Legion members who do so much good work locally.Being at the front of the parade and laying a wreath from the Town Council on behalf of all Leighton-Linslade residents was a duty I was proud to perform.Thank you.

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I had an enjoyable weekend "mayoring" at two fundraisers this weekend.On Friday I attended the Chairman of Bedfordshire County Council's (Cllr Robin Younger) reception. He is raising funds this year for the Bedfordshire Air Ambulance Appeal and Bedfordshire Advocacy Alliance.On Saturday I was invited to light the bonfire at the Town's fireworks display organised perfectly by the Lions and held at

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Hello, I have to admit to cheating slightly here. I wrote this article at the end of November but backdated it to October so it flowed better!So here we are at the end of October. We held an Extraordinary Meeting of the Council on the 15th to discuss Brooklands school. The school is supported fully by the Council and our response to the County's consultation made this perfectly clear.There is no

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The 2007 Living History Day with the theme "Popular Pastimes" has been a great success last Saturday and I was pleased to be able to take part in so many activities.With sports, arts, music, acting and general interest clubs all over the town there should be a club for everyone and the Town Council has details of a number of them. If your club wants some publicity I am happy to put details up

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Together with our Deputy Town Clerk, I attended the National Association of Local Councils conference in Bournemouth from Friday to Sunday.Exhibitors were on hand to demonstrate some great pieces of playground equipment we may be installing soon as well as many other service we could use. There were also representatives from various associations all working hard in the background to support us

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At a District Council meeting on Tuesday, it was asked by a member what was happening with the Old Fire Station / ASK restaurant in the town.An update has arrived this morning for all the District Councillors with details of the delay but it does confirm it will still happen and they "anticipate that completion of the lease is imminent"The Old Fire Station Action Group and threats of legal

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This could be my worst ever headline pun but today I have been meeting representatives from the Indian Ministry of Railways when they visited the wonderful hard-working volunteers at the Narrow Gauge Railway right here in town.As they are looking at improving the heritage and tourism side of their world famous railway, they have come here to Leighton Buzzard to see our volunteers and experts.As

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September started off slowly. I helped at Andrew Selous' MP surgery on the Tuesday 4th at the library and attended a Town Centres Management Committee meeting on the 6th before a weekend camping in Chingford for my birthday on the 7th.I went to visit the Mayor of Czernikow in Poland with Bicester Town Twinning Forum as they looked to take their 5 year friendship to an official twinning status. We

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August was a quiet month, still the end of the summer "holiday" season. On the 25th I attended the Carnival at St Neots. The floats were very impressive and the entertainment superb with some very talented singers and performers.I don't know how much was raised for charity in total but the collector seemed to be filling their buckets with coins quite quickly.

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I will use this post as a bit of a roundup over the past few days as I have been a bit quiet on here (my official site).On Friday 17th, I was fortunate enough to take a tour of the Anglian Water Education Centre and Sewage Treatment works which involved a tour of the site where some of Leighton Buzzard and Linslade's waste water is processed before being pumped in to the sea.It was a bit smelly

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-15699369348949918642007-08-14T18:17:00.000Z2007-08-24T18:45:09.605Z

I am not suggesting there is any link between Beds Police and the Girl Guides although the Police held a cadet passing out parade on the same day the Girl Guides opened their County Camp with The Great Escape as its theme. I was at both events - Sunday 12th August.There were not too many faces from Leighton Buzzard at the lunch time parade but a lot of officers have put a lot of time and

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It's not every day you go in to town to the late night drinking establishments and end up having a discussion with the Mayor about traffic lights, education and general council business. Tonight was clearly no ordinary night!I am not sure if other Mayor's and councillors have done it but I have just got back from a night out, joined by Cllr Ashley Ryder (who left EARLY about 1:30am!) and found a

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The 5th Canal Festival took place on Saturday 28th, just before a charity BBQ I attended for The Mayor of Dunstable making Saturday a very full day.It was good to see a lot of familiar faces from the town and also some new ones. Tiddenfoot pit is a big site and I ended up walking around it many times with the Police, St John, Air Cadets and others who were supporting the event.A walk along the

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Thanks to everyone who supported the spaghetti wrestling event, we raised just over £200 for my charities..

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Last week I spent 5 days in Titisee-Neustadt in the Black Forest, Germany which is one of the 2 towns we are twinned with. The other is Coulommiers in France.Their political system is very different with the local Mayor ("Burgermeister") being an elected but paid role more like a Chief Executive, overseeing huge budgets but being very accountable and local.Also there were the Grand Union Rapper

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Well not just yet but they could be on their way...I have been talking to licensing officers at SBDC about the possible benefits of licensed taxis using either greener fuels, hybrid engines and otherwise being less polluting than they are now.It is early days and we are just starting to look at the implications and ways to encourage the use of greener vehicles. Then we will look at what other

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Here's an event for your diary, July 29th, 12pm at The Sun Pub on Lake Street.We have SPAGHETTI WRESTLING, I realise spaghetti wrestling is not a traditional Mayor's event but I like to think when I was elected, people were supporting someone a little different and so this should come as no surprise!This event is a fun, family event organised to raise money for my charities.Turn up on the day to

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-22399889715443714802007-07-08T21:33:00.000Z2007-10-17T15:35:26.088Z

Girl Guiding South Bedfordshire is one of my charities this year and I was invited to the Rainbow's Section 20th birthday party today. The only problem was the theme was Disney and I had to dress up!So this is my attempt at fancy dress (I am meant to be Mickey Mouse).Visit the Bedfordshire Guides websiteAlso in the past 2 weeks, I have listened to a choir from Coulommiers (our French Twin Town)

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-25797084487985515932007-07-06T21:39:00.000Z2007-07-09T18:51:12.727Z

Tonight at an event I hosted, Past Mayor Cllr Mark Freeman presented a new award to two people who have done a lot for the community in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade over the past 30 or so years.Reverend Peter Lymbery and Roy Gibbons were both presented with an Honorary Burgess award and their names will be displayed on a new display in The White House on Hockliffe Street.

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I had Full Council at South Beds tonight. Nothing major at the moment, 2 questions I raised were on the current situation with the new market operators as there had been some reports on counterfeit goods circulating in the press and also on the new district 0845 numbers.All numbers for SBDC will now have an 0845 alternative which for most people will cost more to call than the 01582 number and

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-9864102008139820102007-06-18T20:09:00.001Z2007-06-18T20:34:23.135Z

Since I last wrote about the events I have attended, I have been to many more representing the town.On the 24th May I was a judge at The Carnival Princess Competition. That was very hard, having to pick just 2 people from a room full of young ladies that really wanted to win! In the end we chose Adrienne and ChloeOn the 26th, I attended the Leighton-Linslade Arts forum play which was superb,

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I will shortly but putting up a an update on all the events I have attended but I wanted to discuss today's events.Firstly, I handed out certificates to children in the Library yesterday for their entries in the BBC RAW (Reading and Writing) Campaign in conjunction with Beds County Council where the family all helped to write a short story.After this, I opened the Brooklands Middle School Family

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I am ashamed of my allotment. I have not visited for weeks and it is full of weeds which don't seem to understand I don't want them there. Every time I go I dig them up then a week later they are back! I think I should start trying to grow them, that is guaranteed to kill them. I will be going back soon (Hayfever permitting) to put my tomato plants in but if anyone wants to join me thinking an

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Traffic and Rubbish. Today's theme at the County, District and Town Councillors surgery at the Library today starting at 10am.I had 4 people visit during the two hour session and overall it was a very constructive day. We talked about traffic calming, speeding motorists and the implications of the new waste collection system to come in to force in September which is also the time when the new

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-52118882900012087262007-05-28T10:12:00.000Z2007-10-17T15:36:12.007Z

It took a while, and I would like to thank everyone for their ideas but I have now chosen three charities for this year.I wanted a charity that would benefit local people, was based locally, did not get ongoing national funding and did not spend large amounts of money on "admin" although local bramches of national charities would not be ruled out if they fitted the above criteria.So, the

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This first week and one day as Mayor has been amazing, so many events meetings with other Mayors who of course I am hoping will come to my events later in the year and buy lots of raffle tickets for charity :) Starting on Monday 14th May I chaired the majority of the AGM working through the agenda in between the numerous mistakes and pauses to learn the finer procedural points that as a member of

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-75428345001665759792007-05-14T22:39:00.001Z2009-06-13T23:05:22.297Z

At tonight’s Town Council AGM I was voted in as the new Mayor of Leighton Buzzard for 2007-8!!!I am of course thrilled and honoured and know I have a big reputation to live up to from the previous Mayor Cllr Mark Freeman.I am looking for a charity or two to support and would appreciate suggestions. I am looking for charities that do not automatically get nationwide publicity and lots of money

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-26306947860236258802007-05-12T14:45:00.002Z2009-06-13T23:04:54.112Z

Do you have a mobile phone? I have 2 (one work and one mine) and some people I know have 3 or more and they can be very important items to have. However, of all those people that use a mobile phone, how many really wouldn't mind a mast placed within 100ft of your back garden?This is the problem we face in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade. Mobile networks need to fill in gaps in their coverage yet so

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-56007235582420087382007-05-11T22:58:00.001Z2009-06-13T23:04:31.288Z

James Chard from the Citizen has kicked off the "press coverage" with a story that the leading Conservative Group has moved the Town Council meetings to a Thursday meaning that 4 out of 5 Liberal Democrat Councillors can not make the meetings.While I appreciate your rights to know what is going on (hence this blog!) I do wish people would get it right and listen to us when we try to get the truth

Cllr Adam Fahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08257790037171548603noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17826175.post-50823226836707427462007-05-04T13:41:00.001Z2009-06-13T23:05:59.174Z

Thank you for the second time today.Myself, George Rolf, Maureen Rolfe and Paul Record have been elected as your Grovebury Ward Councillors.In total there are now 16 Conservative Councillors and 5 Liberal Democrat Councillors.There will be some meetings early next week to put in place a lot of the plans for the coming year and then shortly after that it will be back to work working with you all

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With 913 votes (the second highest of the night in the town) and a fraction under 58% of the total, I have been elected to South Bedfordshire District Council.Thank you.As promised on the door step, in leaflets and in previous blog posts I will be ensuring Leighton Buzzard as the largest and best town in the District continues to be recognised as such and we as a ward and town stand proud in our

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Just 9 hours left until the polls close.I will be back on early Friday morning with the results...

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As the election is now just under 1 month away I will be pausing my blog so as to keep everything above board. I will be standing in Grovebury for both Town and District. If anyone does not yet have their postal vote sorted pleased get it sorted NOW or arrange for a proxy voter on the day so you do not miss out.If you are a first time voter either aged 18-22 or older but feel "we are all the same

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There will be the Annual Parish Meeting TONIGHT starting at 19:30 at Vandyke Upper School.This page tells you about it on the Council website - HEREWith the agenda being a bit more hidden - HERE

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Hello left hand, allow me to introduce you to right hand...Do you ever get the feeling that the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing and between LLTC, SBDC and BCC the three councils sometimes lose messages between them?The good news is that my Cycling Tour mentioned only last week is growing in popularity and has become a Three Tier Tour with Leighton-Linslade Town Council, South

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With the help of the Cycling Forum, Leighton-Linslade is getting close to being a Cycle Friendly Town, something that I have asked for in the past and I have supported the Cycle Forum to achieve this.I am attempting to put together a cycling tour of the town in the coming weeks and have invited Council Officers, Councillors and the Police amongst others to join me.The aim is to feedback problems

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What's your view on the Old Fire Station/ASK Restaurant situation?I supported and still support the District Council's decision to grant ASK the right to turn it in to a high quality restaurant, returning it fully refurbished to the Town at the end of the lease and paying a good rent.I have received emails from people in the past setting up a support group FOR ASK as much of the publicity

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I have been promoted!Following the resignation of Peter Rawcliffe as Conservative Group Leader (he is still a Councillor just not the group leader), Paul Record has moved on to be the leader of our group and I am now the Deputy Leader.This is a great opportunity for me having been on the council for little over 15 months now and I think it marks the continuation and future increase of what our

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On Sunday I was a judge at the Young Enterprise Trade Fair in Milton Keynes, I was asked to do this as an employer and not as a Councillor but it is worth mentioning here as it is a great chance for groups of young people to experience business while at school.There were some very good companies and a company from Cedars won an award too.Have a look at www.youngenterprise.org.uk and if you have

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In a desperate bid to cling on to some power, Councillors at Mid Beds and South Beds are considering options for them to join up and kick out the County Council.While I support the County Council's Unitary bid (although I am only up to page 52 of the 84 page proposal) I can understand South and Mid Beds (S&M Beds) decision to put in their own but find the press release they issued very

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At yesterday's CCWP (Combating Crime Working Party) we received reports from Inspector Barrett and Sargeant Bull amongst other issuesThe good news in theft of a vehicle has dropped but theft FROM a vehicle is on the increase. There are numerous campaigns and strategies the police are working on now but the best advise is to remove Satellite Navigation Systems from you car - COMPLETELY. Don't hide

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Earlier this year I spent some time with the residents involved in the gating order on Russell Way looking at the legal paperwork involved including some guidance documents obtained from The Home Office.It was very interesting legal stuff which took a few reads to figure it out and it has since been presented to SBDC from one of the residents who are now considering our findings.More updates to

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Planning and Environment tonight. A few planning applications, including some rather odd looking extensions, Christmas lights and a few of the usuals coming up.Don't forget Monday January 22nd is Full Council. Starting at 19:30 please feel free to come along.

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As the new year is with us, it won't be long until we are having the usual banter in the Council chamber, resident's issues to deal with, community events and so on so I thought before we get in to the mad rush of life, I would share my Christmas story with you of volunteering at a Crisis shelter in central London over Christmas.http://www.crisis.org.ukIt was the first year I volunteered for

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At this time, there is not much to say apart from Happy New Year.

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Yesterday at the South Beds District Council "Executive" committee meeting over 1,000 years of Leighton Buzzard history was destroyed over money in my opinion.The running of the town market has been given to Wendy Fair Ltd and not the town council. Not to us under devolution of power, not to us as a result of our bid. Instead they sold our market for a very large sum of money and I am sure they

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Calling this post "alligating" would have been a snappier title...Leighton Buzzard could see the first "Gating Order" in Bedfordshire under powers given to the Disctrict Council under The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 (View the act).I, together with District officers and Councillors have been working on this as a solution to the problems of annonymous residents reported in the

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