Whoops! Update-politics.

Ok - I haven't kept up to date but I have been so busy but I am determined to update at least once a month now!

We had a good election here in Prettygate. Ron decided to step down as a Councillor - he had done what he vowed to do and turned all 3 Prettygate seats over to the Conservatives. He is still busy writing a couple of books.

Beverly Davies was elected and together with Wyn Foster who was elected in 2007 we keep Prettygate sorted. We still do a lot of litter picks, campaigns and visits to the local schools.

I am so lucky to work with a great group of people and together with the rest of the Prettygate Conservative Action team we will keep busy and continue working as hard as we can for the people of Prettygate - it is such a great place to live!

I am now Chairman of the Finance and Scrutiny Panel at the Town Hall and it is our job with other Councillors from all parties to scrutinise the finances of the Council. It is quite a task but we will ensure that the tax payers money is spent wisely - including that of Colchester Borough Homes. I am also Chairman of the Conservative Group of Councillors and Chairman of the Conservative Womens Organisation in Colchester.

I have done a lot of training in the past year and been to different conferences both on behalf of the Council and for the Conservatives. I met Sebastan Coe last year to promote Colchester as a base camp for the 2012 Olympics. We succeeded and hopefully we will get competitors from all over the world visiting the town and using the facilities of the University and the Garrison. Many residents do not realise the role of a Councillor - that to promote the town and if it was not for this we would not have new businesses bringing jobs, new stores such as Waitrose, and new facilities coming to Colchester.