‘Let’s focus on the future’ - Hartlepool Mail
One year ago the Hartlepool Mail reported that many services were under threat in our communities due to coalition government cuts.
One of our county councillors chose to appear in the Mail to bemoan our fate and tell everyone that there was no future for our villages: "Blackhall is already at the bottom of the pecking order" he moaned. No positive action was proposed or offered.
The other county councillor however decided to organise and fight back and that's why today we have an established youth drop-in service at the Welfare Park, a thriving new Neighbourhood Group in Station Town, a popular play area at Blackhall Rocks and a busy library in Blackhall Colliery with an assured future.
Which approach do you think was the most effective - a public declaration of defeat, or an effective community fightback?
....and which councillor do you think took a stand, and which ran scared?
Our communities need action and leadership, not defeatism and surrender!
Read the Hartlepool Mail article by clicking on the link at the top of this post.
