Comments for highbarnet.org http://highbarnet.org News from High Barnet Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:46:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Site update by Jill Stocker http://highbarnet.org/2011/03/17/site-update/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Jill Stocker Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:46:56 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=379#comment-347 I totally agree. The more residents communicate the stronger their voices will be. Community rules. I totally agree. The more residents communicate the stronger their voices will be. Community rules.

]]> Comment on Only 54 by sam http://highbarnet.org/2010/01/25/only-54/comment-page-1/#comment-346 sam Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:27:13 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=278#comment-346 i'm new to the area having moved in just before christmas, and have already been welcomed by one of the friendly young chaps outside the Tesco Metro opposite the Odeon Cinema who acted in a very threatening way to my girlfriend and I while we were walking the dog, then followed us around tescos and said if he saw us in the area again... something bad would happen. The problem is in the current society there is no incentive for me to report this; at best he will get a slap on the wrist and we would be left to deal with the repercussions. What really can we do about these sorts of antisocial behaviour, which ultimately are a much greater concern than parking on zig zags and dog littering (i use a pooper scooper thanks). Also is this kind of behaviour common in the area? i’m new to the area having moved in just before christmas, and have already been welcomed by one of the friendly young chaps outside the Tesco Metro opposite the Odeon Cinema who acted in a very threatening way to my girlfriend and I while we were walking the dog, then followed us around tescos and said if he saw us in the area again… something bad would happen.
The problem is in the current society there is no incentive for me to report this; at best he will get a slap on the wrist and we would be left to deal with the repercussions. What really can we do about these sorts of antisocial behaviour, which ultimately are a much greater concern than parking on zig zags and dog littering (i use a pooper scooper thanks).
Also is this kind of behaviour common in the area?

]]> Comment on Is this what you voted for? by Moaneybat http://highbarnet.org/2010/07/16/is-this-what-you-voted-for/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Moaneybat Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:21:05 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=374#comment-344 "Local democracy will only be restored when Councils are given back much of the powers that central government has taken from them and when central government does not step in to subvert local decision making." LibDems are not part of the central Government!? It presupposes, that the local community will be allowed to vote at every committee meeting. The Whigs are still stuck in the past. Listen to the rhetoric three months down the line it blames New Light Blue Labour. Be patient and wait for Julius Caesar because tjhere is very little the Dems amongstt the Cons will be able to do about the Future Shape of Britain. Sadly,the Condems leader is flying out to the "Jewel in the Crown" that we lost, offering them a say in our immigration policy. That's how contempteous you are of the electorate's benevolence “Local democracy will only be restored when Councils are given back much of the powers that central government has taken from them and when central government does not step in to subvert local decision making.”

LibDems are not part of the central Government!? It presupposes, that the local community will be allowed to vote at every committee meeting. The Whigs are still stuck in the past. Listen to the rhetoric three months down the line it blames New Light Blue Labour. Be patient and wait for Julius Caesar because tjhere is very little the Dems amongstt the Cons will be able to do about the Future Shape of Britain.

Sadly,the Condems leader is flying out to the “Jewel in the Crown” that we lost, offering them a say in our immigration policy. That’s how contempteous you are of the electorate’s benevolence

]]> Comment on Thank you by simone strauss http://highbarnet.org/2010/05/07/thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-341 simone strauss Sun, 09 May 2010 10:20:48 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=328#comment-341 Duncan, I am so shocked and surprised that you did not get in for another term. You have done a brilliant job working as our ward councillor. As Chairman of the High Barnet Community Action Panel, working with the police and residents, you have been invaluable, you have always strived to get things done for the residents, and worked so efficiently and effectively. You were one we could definitely count on. We will miss you and High Barnet will certainly be worse off without your help and support. Good Luck for the future Regards Simone Duncan,

I am so shocked and surprised that you did not get in for another term.

You have done a brilliant job working as our ward councillor.

As Chairman of the High Barnet Community Action Panel, working with the police and residents, you have been invaluable, you have always strived to get things done for the residents, and worked so efficiently and effectively. You were one we could definitely count on.

We will miss you and High Barnet will certainly be worse off without your help and support.

Good Luck for the future

Regards

Simone

]]> Comment on Thank you by Rog T http://highbarnet.org/2010/05/07/thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Rog T Sat, 08 May 2010 08:47:57 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=328#comment-340 Duncan, You are one of the good guys - keep at it Rog Duncan,

You are one of the good guys – keep at it

Rog

]]> Comment on Thank you by Mr Reasonable http://highbarnet.org/2010/05/07/thank-you/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Mr Reasonable Sat, 08 May 2010 07:58:32 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=328#comment-339 Duncan, Barnet has lost a great, hard working councillor! Duncan, Barnet has lost a great, hard working councillor!

]]> Comment on What’s happening in High Barnet by Don't Call Me Dave http://highbarnet.org/2010/04/25/whats-happening-in-high-barnet/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Don't Call Me Dave Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:13:49 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=325#comment-335 Well it will be interesting to see what disaffected Tories do in Chipping Barnet. I doubt many of them will want to vote for UKIP given that their candidate, James Fluss, has made some pretty repulsive statements about the Gurkhas. http://www.barnetbugle.com/journal/2010/4/21/chipping-barnet-ukip-candidate-james-g-fluss-in-gurkha-contr.html Well it will be interesting to see what disaffected Tories do in Chipping Barnet. I doubt many of them will want to vote for UKIP given that their candidate, James Fluss, has made some pretty repulsive statements about the Gurkhas.

http://www.barnetbugle.com/journal/2010/4/21/chipping-barnet-ukip-candidate-james-g-fluss-in-gurkha-contr.html

]]> Comment on What’s happening in High Barnet by duncan http://highbarnet.org/2010/04/25/whats-happening-in-high-barnet/comment-page-1/#comment-334 duncan Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:16:38 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=325#comment-334 DCMD A bit of both I think. Many of the people who mention Europe are tories who are only likely to switch to UKIP. They wouldn't vote Lib Dem anyway. The change us happening amongst the floating voter not the hardline supporters. Duncan DCMD

A bit of both I think. Many of the people who mention Europe are tories who are only likely to switch to UKIP. They wouldn’t vote Lib Dem anyway. The change us happening amongst the floating voter not the hardline supporters.

Duncan

]]> Comment on What’s happening in High Barnet by Don't Call Me Dave http://highbarnet.org/2010/04/25/whats-happening-in-high-barnet/comment-page-1/#comment-333 Don't Call Me Dave Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:09:10 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=325#comment-333 Duncan I appreciate you will be somewhat biased, but do you really think that people are switching to the LibDems because they believe in your policies or simply as a protest against Labour and the Conservatives? Opinion polls consistently show that the public is opposed to the Euro and greater European integration - yet these are two of the mainstays of LibDem policy. Nick Clegg’s antipathy towards Israel, and in particular his comments about a nuclear Iran, are not likely to be well received in large parts of Barnet. Clegg clearly understands how fed up the public are with the political classes and the whole rotten political system and has cleverly positioned himself as something new, even though he isn’t. But if his policies were subjected to forensic scrutiny, I suspect people would not be quite so enthusiastic. I have often argued that most people vote “against” rather than “for” and this is probably what is happening now. Whether the Clegg bounce will translate into seats, time will tell. My gut feeling is that come the day of the election, the Conservatives will win a majority because of the fear that voting for the LibDems in protest will simply help Labour more than the Tories, and Cameron is a more palatable option that five more years of Brown. Duncan

I appreciate you will be somewhat biased, but do you really think that people are switching to the LibDems because they believe in your policies or simply as a protest against Labour and the Conservatives?

Opinion polls consistently show that the public is opposed to the Euro and greater European integration – yet these are two of the mainstays of LibDem policy.

Nick Clegg’s antipathy towards Israel, and in particular his comments about a nuclear Iran, are not likely to be well received in large parts of Barnet.

Clegg clearly understands how fed up the public are with the political classes and the whole rotten political system and has cleverly positioned himself as something new, even though he isn’t. But if his policies were subjected to forensic scrutiny, I suspect people would not be quite so enthusiastic. I have often argued that most people vote “against” rather than “for” and this is probably what is happening now.

Whether the Clegg bounce will translate into seats, time will tell. My gut feeling is that come the day of the election, the Conservatives will win a majority because of the fear that voting for the LibDems in protest will simply help Labour more than the Tories, and Cameron is a more palatable option that five more years of Brown.

]]> Comment on The Lib Dem budget for Barnet by duncan http://highbarnet.org/2010/03/01/the-lib-dem-budget-for-barnet/comment-page-1/#comment-332 duncan Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:04:18 +0000 http://highbarnet.org/?p=319#comment-332 Maria The winter maintenance budget is used to repair damage done to roads by ice. snow etc. Cutting this means that repairs take longer or are only done as temporary repairs. We think that this approach is flawed. Regards Duncan Maria

The winter maintenance budget is used to repair damage done to roads by ice. snow etc. Cutting this means that repairs take longer or are only done as temporary repairs. We think that this approach is flawed.

Regards

Duncan

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