Doug Green - Tunstall Candidate - Questions/Answers from the MyTunstall Community
Without very much budget how will you implement your ideas?I will cross that bridge when I come...
Thanks to Doug, who is standing as a independant for Tunstall.
- What are the biggest problems facing this area?
Drugs, ABS - What issues would you tackle first?
until I know what issues - Without very much budget how will you implement your ideas?
I will cross that bridge when I come to it - How would you generate income for the local area?
I am not going to disclose that until after the election. - What are your thoughts on Anti Social Behaviour?
it has got to stop - Will you be working full time or part time as a ward councillor?
that is my business
Questions by Jon Morgan, Bankeyfields
- Who should be running of the council the Council Officers or the Councilors.
the ones that get voted in - How do you envisage keeping local facilities such as Tunstall Pool Open.
it is shut - How would you deal with Anti-Social Behavior.
I am already dealing with it - How are the council / you going to get Business to move to the area.
- How will you get money spent in our area in preference to other areas.
By taking
- Will you fight the officers of the council and return the power back to its rightful place (in the hands of the councillor)?
yes - Will you take steps to have the 106 money (with acrued interest) returned to its rightfull owners. The area that it was designated for?
it's a long story - Who will be your priority your party, your voters, or the council?
voter - Will you serve the voters irrespective of political beliefs?
Yes
- What past experience do you have that makes you think you are prepared for the responsibly of being a Councillor?
my vast experience - What are your major strengths?
not giving in - What are your major weaknesses?
working for Tunstall - What is more important, to fix a street light or to install a park bench, and why?
fix street light h@ s - What experience do you have in securing funding?
my record, I have raised £23000 in funding - What are your thoughts on keeping a weekly/bi weekly blog on MyTunstall if elected of
- work you are carrying out?
- ongoing ward budget?
- key local news?
We will see
- What green initiatives do you think can benefit all in the ward?
clean living - Which members of the community are your priority?
children
- What power have you got ?
N/A - Where did it come from ?
N/A - In whose interest do you use it ?
N/A - To whom are you accountable ?
no one - How do we get rid of you ?
get voted in first
- How will you communicate what you plan to do / have done with us?
get voted in first - How will you engage the electorate?
- Where do you see the line being drawn between the community solving their problems and the local government doing it?
No lines goverment getpaid to do a job - What are your views on a Big Society?
N/A
- In your view, what are the major challenges facing this ward and what do you think a councillor's role is to address them?
ABS, Drugs, Dog litter - General question that would probe local knowledge and their interpretation of what they can do/achieve
N/A
- What are your connection to this ward, why have you chosen to represent this ward?
n/a
- Can you explain -in detail- your strategy to bring big business into the area, particularly in sectors such as finance which is a well paid sector and is entirely under represented in Stoke on Trent? (Remember the business rates on office premises is much lower here than in other areas.)
N/A - If you do manage to attract businesses into the area, what will you do to ensure that a high proportion of managerial and supervisory jobs go to local people rather than allowing companies to import their top paid employees from outside the area? (As is the case now)
N/A - What will you do to bring local salary levels up to the National average, or at least the average in the West Midlands?
N/A
Comments
i think it is the electorates
i think it is the electorates business how hard you would work, tunstall needs a lot of care and attention. not a good set of answers (can I call them that) here.
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