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Local
& Regional:
The
only Real Issues are Local!
Or are they? We
are surrounded by the relics of the past under-investment in our infrastructure-
no matter where we live- no matter what field we are in. Of
course it is very important to hanker after improvements to our local amenities
and quality of life. Indeed it is vital to aspire to better things and
times. However the questions of Who-Why-What-Where-When and How Much, must
be asked about The Make-It-Happen Programme. As
citizens, we have a shared responsibility towards where we live, play, get
educated, set-up the family home, work and retire. The
majority of people feel this very strongly, despite many being constantly frustrated by
their inability to have impact on the status quo. Others give up before
the start because they feel that their mission in life is to just survive from
one crisis to another. Then there is a few (elected and un-elected) who
arrogantly proclaim that they know what's best for everyone and almost
everything, and make their life's work the delivery of it. It
would be surprising to learn, that this is not a commonality throughout
the world and it is unique to North Devon.
However learning about something
that's happening elsewhere can often help solve a ' local difficulty
'. Are
we taking our democrat right and responsibility seriously? Do we need to take them out of
the wardrobe more often?
Should we leave them to continue to
wither-on-the-hanger?
thendt Network will provide the platform to help deliver the
message:-
We should
not continue to allow social re-engineering and the marginalisation of some
groups,
without permission. We also hope this will encourage more people to play an
active part in community affairs.
Don't be a victim of the 'inertia
selling'.
Register Now and become a
FREE member of our Network.
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