Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary

This might not be the best time of year to encourage reader participation, but here goes anyway… 

As many of you will be aware, the leaders of the three Council groups on Salford City Council each pen a column for the Salford Advertiser every third week. I know that my group leader and Leader of the Opposition, Cllr Karen Garrido, receives excellent feedback from her articles, and you can read all Karen’s contributions on the Salford Conservatives website.

Karen ended her last column of 2007 with a wish-list for Salford in 2008:

The other day I was asked if I was going to make a New Year’s resolution. I said “yes”. I am not saying what it is but I would like to share with you some of my wishes for the City in 2008:

1. Affordable Council Tax
2. Encourage good schools – not close them
3. No congestion charge and improved bus services
4. Affordable housing for families – not apartments
5. More youth facilities
6. Less crime
7. Community facilities in those parts of the City which have none

My final wish is that more Conservative Councillors get elected in May to achieve these wishes. On behalf of the Conservatives on Salford City Council may I wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a healthy and peaceful New Year.

So I have a question for all the good readers of this blog. If you live in Salford, what would you like to see from Salford City Council in 2008? If you live elsewhere feel free to comment both on Salford and on your own local area. Finally, what would you like to see from the Government in 2008?

I’ll publish my own wishlist on New Year’s Eve – something to vaguely look forward to I hope!