I received in the post today a cellophane wrapped, twenty-five page magazine Issue 14 winter 2008 edition entitled Shropshire, produced by SCC

Most of the pages are very glossy all pictures in colour with no adverts. All very nice I know with most articles based on SCC trumpet blowing on thriving to achieve excellence.

Changing the subject slightly I had to drive the first 4 miles to work at snails pace due to an icy untreated B road. On phoning the council reporting the icy road they tell me they do not have the budget to grit rural roads this season.

Going back to my origional point, why then do I have junk posted through my letter box in the form of this magazine and why can't Shropshire County Council use their funding for better resources rather than pollute the environment with such trash? What an absolute waste of rate payers money

Better for everyone? No. Thriving for excellance? No, more like incompetance :angry:

that is what our council is good at!
wasting our money!!
they are too busy saving it in icelandic banks or organising signs for the new theatre with the old logo when a new one comes into existance about 3 months later!!! ;)

Just look at some of the wonderful things that our council have got planned - Great to know that we'll all be paying for this too.
http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:82TEQZ...en&ct=clnk&cd=2

* Migrant Communities Welcome Pack
KP stated that the Migrant Communities Scrutiny Panel had agreed to the
development of a Welcome Pack and a DVD to be produced with the
Police. It would be important to involve partners particularity Police, PCT
and Fire & Rescue in development of the Welcome Pack. Sarah Trivedi
McKay had been seconded from SABC and was spending part of her
time developing a template for the Welcome Pack that would be
circulated to partners.
It had been agreed that the Welcome Pack needed careful development
and a decision needed to be reached on its format and what languages
would be used. As the situation with migrant communities was fluid it
was likely that that Welcome Pack would be launched early in 2009

I do hope you recyled your magazine Andy? :)

Into tiny shreds, fiercely. Yes, almost immediately :rolleyes:

Telford and Wrekin council do the same thing.

They claim it is cheaper than adverts in the media, but I don't know. Trouble is it is always "Ooh, aren't we wonderful?" so there's never any Balance.