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Tsk.

[James Wilkinson]

Sounds like a mess. So do you get to vote for each one?

[spuorgelgoog]

Yes and to make it worse some councils elect by thirds, this means that a t hird of councillors are elected every year over a four year cycle (with no elections in the fourth year) and others elect by halves, half of the counc illors are elected every two years. Other local authorities, such as the Lo ndon Boroughs, elect all of their councillors every four years.

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[Tim Streater]

Here in East Kent we have Canterbury City Council, elected in one go last year. All councillors will next be re-elected (or not) in 2019. Then we have Kent County Council which will be elected in one go next year.

The city council looks after rubbish collection and the county looks after roads, education, social services (each council looks after a lot of other stuff too).

There are arguments in both directions as to whether Unitary Authorities would be a better way to go. Brighton-and-Hove is one and Medway another, as examples of unitary authorities (i.e. responsible for all services).

Personally I prefer the historic counties but that needn't preclude services being handled by unitaries.

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leaned, so they don't smell.

ce a month but only those bins that they are pains to clean.

ave people come and clean their windows rather than next doors windows.

can mor eeasily tell them apart.

anyway, what's the point ?

was before it was cleaned and given to me, I end up with a clean bin.

Is that because you paid for it or someone else did.

No they don't.

Here's the facts.

from £4 per bin every 4 weeks not every time you use it !. It can;t get clear than that with a sign on the cleaning vehichal

next, polish the insides of your sewer pipe?

It's need when the fat builds up.

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The sewer pipe or the bin?

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[James Wilkinson]

I guess having things seperate is better because you can vote a different way for different types of services.

[charles]

Community Councils were originally called Parish Councils as in England. However they lost their revenue raising powers in the 1920s and were re-named Comunity Councils existing on a grant from the county councils.