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Subject: Some Event News


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justin smith
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Date Posted: 3/07/09 12:57:10
Hi

Please note that these are only provisional dates and may be subject to change etc, but here they are

15th August - Fun Day - Halstead Playing Fields - 12pm to 4pm with a wide range of activities.

12th October - Mountsorrel ward walk - this is an exercise by all of the agencies such as the county council, borough council, the police and others to indentify what issues the residents have in the area - no problem too small.

1st December - Partnership action week - this is a joint venture again with different agencies’ to participate with the local residents on various themes including a cleaning up exercise (animal mess scops, bags, leaflets and information will be provided).

More information will be released nearer the dates.

The success of these events etc is largely down to the participation of the residents in the respective area, so please come along and join in. I will be there as much as I can, so drop in for a chat and to enjoy yourself.

Regards

Justin

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Subject: Arriva service changes


Author:
Neil
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Date Posted: 2/07/09 10:13:08
From 12th July 2009 there will be a number of changes to various Arriva bus services in the county. This will include changes to the 127 service passing through Mountsorrel.

Once I have had a chance to browse through the new timetable leaflets then I will post the major points of the 127 changes on this forum.

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Subject: Fair on the Green?


Author:
HG
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Date Posted: 7/06/09 9:20:35
I thought there was meant to be a fair this weekend? Did it get rained off? I had a friend up for the day and having missed it in previous years, I thought I'd give it a go. Instead we went to Stonehurst Farm (anyone else think it's far too expensive btw?)

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Subject: Plan for new waste site facility


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BBC News Website
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Date Posted: 21/12/08 11:19:30
Plans for a new facility for recycling household waste in Leicestershire have been revealed.

Leicestershire County Council wants to replace the recycling and household waste site in Sileby with a state-of-the-art facility in Mountsorrel.

The new site - on an industrial estate on Granite Way - will offer improved access to the facility and also to the recycling containers.

Subject to approval, the new site will open in spring 2010.

Nick Rushton, the council's deputy leader, said: "This is a win-win for local residents - we will replace a cramped, out-dated site with a state-of-the-art facility with excellent access, which will make recycling even easier for local residents".

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Subject: Cars parked on the Green


Author:
Cat queen (Why????)
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Date Posted: 30/06/09 22:47:13
Can I just ask, why have people started parking their cars and VANS on the road coming up the green? It's a nightmare!!! Perhaps the council should pop some more double yellow lines along the road instead of wasting money on barriers that get nicked!!!

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Subject: Dog fouling in the parks!


Author:
Angela Weedon
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Date Posted: 5/06/09 20:34:08
i sent this email as dated to the Parish and have so far had no response!
16th March 2009
Dear Parish Council Members,

I am writing to you about the article published in the March edition of the Mountsorrel Post ‘Dog Ban Considered’.

I am one of the many responsible dog owners in the village that use the Mountsorrel Playing Field to exercise and socialise my pet dog. We have a very good group of dogs that all play off lead together in the park, with no trouble and we all clean up after our dogs.

Wherever possible we encourage those who! walk away from ‘the poo’ by offering ‘poo bags’ to pick up their mess….. With varying results and reactions!

While we all understand the problem of irresponsible dog ownership, I am not sure that a ban on dogs is the way forward.
Firstly… if the people responsible for the fouling problem don’t pick up, then it’s unlikely that they will respect a by-law ban and stay off the park anyway.
We could leash our dogs, but the how are they to get their exercise and socialise with other dogs?
If we had to take our dogs away from the area to walk them off lead, then the temptation, when we've had a day at work, is ! to drive them, therefore increasing the traffic in the village.

Also, we used to see the Dog Warden fairly regularly up until a couple of years ago. What happened did she go into hiding? The Lesser Spotted Dog Warden has not been seen since!

I am pleased that the Parish Council has asked Charnwood to step up it’s patrols. It would perhaps be prudent to let them know that most of the people who are ‘to posh to pick up’ visit the park early in the morning and late evening. However as I have recently discovered that we have no Warden...... who will be increasing the patrols?
Last, but by no means least. If dogs are banned from the playing fields, how are we to get to the Marsh= 0via the Mountsorrel Round?

Mountsorrel Playing Field is a wonderful spot that all the community should have full access to. It would be a shame to have to impose a Ban because of a minority that are irresponsible, ignorant and rude!

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Subject: Quorn Car Boot


Author:
HG
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Date Posted: 27/06/09 16:20:08
I went along to the Quorn car boot last week and Budgens have now started to chain off their carpark. I walked as it happened but I was shocked at the number of cars along the road which are narrowing the road and potentially making it unsafe.

I understand why Budgens do it. I've been annoyed by not being able to park there on a Sunday if I've been lazy and driven but there's surely a comprimise possible? Budgens doesn't open until 10am on a Sunday and the car boot is open at 7:30 am and probably busiest from 8-10. Can the organisers and Budgens not come to some kind of arrangement? It seems crazy to have a chained off, empty car park at that time. I don't want there to be a major accident around that area just because of sheer bloody mindedness!

Also, council, any chance of getting the foliage cut back a bit on the slip road coming off the A6 norhtbound between Rothley and Mountsorrel? It makes it very difficult to see at the moment whether there's traffic coming across the bridge until you're right at the roundabout.

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Subject: rent increase


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 28/06/09 21:54:09
with our beloved (cbc) not,, has anyones rent gone down a bit as hearalded in the echo,?. well i did a bit of digging and heres what i found , and be free to check it out yourselfs, the govmt had £150 million quid to give councils to keep rents lower than inflation,and as inflation is nearly zero the rents were to be increast by 6.1%but now going to be set at 3.1%/ there bloody great at maths in the council, but check this out , go to the cbc ,s web site and look for tax and finance meetings ,cabinet report for 23 april 2009.
report of the chief executive, item 6 rent increase for council dwellings ,, scroll down and you will see a box with risks titled, but just above it is a paragragh that says that they want to increase it to £110. a week, that is there goal, so much for honesty, now it time for people to start shouting LOUD AND CLEAR ,that this is unacceptable ,and would be way to much for some on modest or low incomes to pay.

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Subject: just to say i'm still alive & kicking


Author:
justin smith
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Date Posted: 8/06/09 21:45:10
hi

despite the election result,i would just like to say i still will be doing some work within the background,i'm not dead & buried but will continue to work for the next election in 4 years.

I always wanted a challenge and the chance to build my own reputation within mountsorrel,so in the words of a famous film actor "i'll be back".

all the best

justin

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Subject: Councillor Payments


Author:
justin smith
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Date Posted: 12/06/09 20:13:26
for information

last year Cllr Parsons had an allowance of £19,860.95 whilst the leader Cllr Rushton got £38,981.58 but even more interesting was that Your county councillor for Mountsorrel & Rothley ,Peter Osborne got £12,300.These payments are quite possibly on top of there other jobs,such as Peter Osborne who is also a borough councillor (Lead member of Finance - what a coincidence)at Charnwood Borough Council (and you all read newspapers) who are currently £2.5m in debt.Expect council tax rises from this conservative County & borough council to pay for there financial mis-managerment.

The old conservative promise at election time - No tax this year whilst elections are due but pay afterwards.

My question however is this - what have any of them done for Mountsorrel or Rothley except nothing,they cant even be bothered as i have been told on polling day to respond to emails or even have a voice on here.

I rest my case

Justin.

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Subject: Other Councillors


Author:
justin smith
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Date Posted: 12/06/09 20:49:25
With regards to other councillor allowances etc

Parish Councillors are unpaid volunteers who purely do this for the benefit of their respective areas.

Borough councillors also get paid.Cllr Peter Osborne (Rothley & Thurcaston),John Capleton (Mountsorrel) and Cllr Leigh Harper-Davis (Mountsorrel)all conservative by the way get a whole range of wages,the minimum being £4,772 and then additional payments placed on top if your part of the cabinet (another £4,772 on top) or on a committee (amounts vary).

I wonder why a certain parish councillor left to become a borough councillor ?

justin

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Subject: Mountsorrel Parks/Open spaces


Author:
justin smith
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Date Posted: 16/06/09 20:47:04
An idea

Would anybody be prepared to form a residents working party for a day or series of days/evenings etc,to clear up any mess in the park and politely inform any offenders of their wrong doings etc.I will join in,if some residents/councillors would be equally keen.I'm sure that even CBC cleansing/environment would be keen to join in.

We could also invite the local press (i know them very well) to get some positivity/promotion in the village and highlight the problem further to those who have the responsability to undertake this task but fail.

Just an idea i'm floating.

cheers

justin

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Subject: Parish Council Meeting


Author:
Niraj Samani
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Date Posted: 21/04/09 22:36:18
Has anyone ever attented a Parish Council meeting? Either as member of the Mountsorrel Public, or as a Business Person conducting business in Mountsorrel? Do you even know what goes on at these meetings? What is actually being discussed? Are we as residents, our concerns and interests important to the Parish council? Do they view them as a priority? I would love to know of your experiences as I attented the one on Monday (20th April 2009) and was disgusted by the behaviour of a couple of the councillors!

I have written a letter raising some questions in the hope that I get some answers. I'll keep you posted. Anyone who wants further information, please drop me a line.

Thanks
Niraj

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Subject: Local Elections


Author:
Forum administrator
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Date Posted: 5/06/09 8:19:24
I intend to remove all the electioneering posts on the Forum after today. Thanks to all the people that posted messages, replies and comments. There was some debate about whether this website should host this 'political' topic but I think the sheer number of posts has shown that politics is not yet dead in Mountsorrel. Also I have been been impressed by the standard of debate and lack of personal abuse. So thanks to you all and see you in (up to) a year's time when we have a general election.

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Subject: New Charnwood Events website


Author:
justin smith
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Date Posted: 10/06/09 20:50:45
Change of subject

I have been told of a new website set up to show all of what events are happening within Charnwood - some interesting ones within mountsorrel and news on others.

see what you think by placing the website address into your internet browser.

www.happeningincharnwood.co.uk

cheers

justin

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Subject: just for a laugh


Author:
tony
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Date Posted: 10/06/09 21:20:31
with all the stupid titles the loonies come up with these days,i thought we could laugh at them, heres one i found earlier, councillor susan hall,of harrow council, goes by the title, portfolio for the enviroment.what the heck is that when its at home , go on ,whos got one better. more please.lets have a laugh at them for a change.

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Subject: Planning Application, Mountsorrel School


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Leics County Council (contact : Dominic Kazmierczak)
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Date Posted: 14/05/09 8:35:03
I have recently received a letter from the County Council regarding a planning application for the school. It was sent by Mr Kazmierczak at County Hall.

LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL - PROPOSED DOUBKE MOBILE CLASSROOM WITH TOILETS ANS A 3M HIGH BALL COURT FENCE TO TWO SIDES OF EXISTING PLAYGROUND - CHRIST CHURCH & ST PETER'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, ROTHLEY ROAD, MOUNTSORREL, LOUGHBOROUGH (County Council Identity number: 2009/L049/02).

A planning application has been submitted to carry out the above development. A copy of this may be inspected at:
x The planning offices of Charnwood Borough Council, Southfields Park, Loughborough
x County Planning Office, County hall,Leicestershire
x The Leicestershire County Council website (The address I have found is : http://www.leics.gov.uk/index/environment/planning/community_services_planning/planning_applications/index/environment/planning/community_services_planning/planning_applications/eplanning_searchform/eplanning_resultpage/eplanning_detailpage.htm?appno=2009/L049/02&map=f )

If you wish to make comments about this proposal then please let Dominic Kazmierczak know within 21 days of the date of this letter (letter is dated 11th May 2009) to be certain that they will be taken into account.

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Please also send a copy of any comments to the chairman of the Planning & Highways committee at Mountsorrel Parish Council so that they can guage the village opinion when making a parish response to the application.

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Subject: Desperately seeking pole


Author:
Village Flag
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Date Posted: 9/06/09 11:28:54
Hi there, has anyone seen any flagpoles wandering around the village recently as mine has gone "walkabout" ? It was white, 12' long and used to live on the Green.

Can everyone please check their back pockets & garden sheds to see if it has gone into hiding ?

Thanks

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Subject: Lindens


Author:
Helen
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Date Posted: 7/06/09 9:30:15
Has the Lindens changed hands recently? I went in and instead of being an empty pub, it was almost full and had a band. Seemed completely different.

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Subject: ELECTION 2009 - THE RESULT


Author:
Leicestershire County Council Website
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Date Posted: 5/06/09 14:53:15
The result of the 2009 election in Mountsorrel & Rothley is as follows :

(1) Peter OSBOURNE (Con) 1878 (51.7% of vote) - and re-elected
(2) Ted SMITH (Lib Dems) 664 (18.3%)
(3) Carol COLLETT (BNP) 650 (17.9%)
(4) Justin SMITH (Lab) 443 (12.2%)

we achieved a 38.7% turnout.

In 2005 the result was Con, Lab, Lib Dem, BNP.

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Subject: Mountsorrel & Rolls Royce


Author:
Justin J Smith
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Date Posted: 27/05/09 20:08:31
Hi

Change of subject.

My late grandad once worked at the Rolls Royce aircraft factory in Mountsorrel and i was wondering does anyone have any old pictures etc of staff,workshops etc.I used to go with my grandad when i was very young to the open days there and so i do have an interest in its history etc.

I'm also looking out for the blue&white commerative plate that was produced as an anniversary gift to its work force.

cheers

justin

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Subject: waste of our money,(again).


Author:
tony.
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Date Posted: 18/04/09 0:33:40
who,s going to say sorry for the key pad entry barrier thats now useless opposite the parish offices,, about £9.000 it cost and how long did it last, who in there right mind thought that was a good waste of our money. please explain..?.

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Subject: Tarmac needed!


Author:
L-Peds M/C training
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Date Posted: 8/05/09 20:39:56
Hello all!
I am a recently qualified motorcycle instructor living in Mountsorrel and looking to start my own training school.
To teach compulsory basic training I need a level tarmac area of at least 80 feet by 30 feet that is traffic free. Would only be needed for the odd morning and very rarely at weekends. If anyone has any suggestions or even a spare bit of tarmac please let me know!
Thanks for reading

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