It appears that Sellindge is the place to be for a plethora of information. Buy a rug, go to the circus, spoil yourself with a spa day or even look for a cat. But if you want information on how to oppose the idiotic developments that our local council and councillors are attempting to foist upon us, then you would have to take a trip to the Civic Centre, Folkestone.
Is there an information desk for residents ? Are our local Councillors finally agreeing to meet publicly with residents ? No, no, no, no, no. Take a look in the bins around the back of SDC offices - It's there that you are most likely to find posters and banners recently removed by the council to suppress any 'voice' that we have.
We will now clearly state that the official S&DRA posters and banners depicting our contact details were handed out to dozens of local residents to post in and around Sellindge with the proviso that they be placed in a public area and strictly within current regulations.
We will now clearly state that the official S&DRA posters and banners depicting our contact details were handed out to dozens of local residents to post in and around Sellindge with the proviso that they be placed in a public area and strictly within current regulations.
On a recent post we told of how a local resident was sent a fixed penalty notice of £80 for the most awful and hideous crime of fly posting. Technically, Authorities have the power to do just that; but when taken in the context or our plight here in Shepway is it not understandable that residents will go to extraordinary lengths (even fly posting) to ensure a modicum of democracy is maintained. The posters contained information on how to join the Hythe March/Demonstration.
The resident in question actually paid the £80 fine because she describes herself as a law abiding citizen. Moreover, in her innocence, she actually admitted to fly posting in a letter to SDC after the posters that she put up were taken down within hours when other commercial posters were left in place We should also mention that a certain lady councillor was following her and her friend, noting the poster locations. Do we think that that lady councillor had anything to do with the removal of the posters: You decide.
So, where do we go from here ? We are calling upon the help of our residents. We need to stay within the law, that's for sure. We are in the throes of producing new posters (unless SDC decide to return all those removed) and are now asking residents to display them in their garden(s) as near to the public areas or highways as possible.
Please email us and we will deliver them to any East Kent area. If you can make your own even better - as big as you can. We also have posters for your cars - just let us know where you are.
Just one other thing to say..... Shame on you local councillors....Shame on you Shepway District Council.
S&DRA.
