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Welcome to 'Ask the Leader'

If you have any questions that you would like me to answer then here is the place to do it. If I am unable to give you a direct answer then I will do my very best to find out where you can obtain a response. Questions on our previous Ask the Leader Forum have included:

Do you feel that the proposed Gateway is a good use of public money when you’re debating moving the town hall?
There seems to be, in the past two weeks, an outbreak of graffiti in the town centre. Is there anyway CCTV can find the person responsible and get them arrested?
What is happening with the Morrisons site?

So have a think about what you would really like to know and share your question with others here at ‘Ask the Leader’.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Many thanks,
Roy Bullock, Leader of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

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Comments & responses

Bus Station

from: maurice.verrall@mypostoffice.co.uk
posted 02/05/10
I believe that a consultation on a new transport strategy will start this month(May).Will this include a future central bus station in Tunbridge Wells. At present the bus stops at the War Memorial and Monson Road cause endless congestion to pedestrians...

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Re: Bus Station

from: RBullock
posted 17/05/10
Dear Maurice, I do not agree with your comment but in an ideal world the interchange should be just that a short step away from the railhead and I am afraid neither the Cinema site nor the Town Hall are in that category. Thanks for the message. ...

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amalamation of Parish Councils

from: harryukriding
posted 26/04/10
Dear Roy Can you please let me know what would be the approximate savings if Horsmonden Parish Council were to merge with Brenchley and Matfield Parish Council, afterall the Council seat now afterall is a joint ward so why cannot the parish councils...

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Salaries of TWBC staff

from: jhbaker
posted 10/02/10
Dear Councillor Bullock, In the light of planned cuts to front line services by TWBC could you advise me: 1. How many employees of TWBC have salaries (including any bonus) in excess of £ 50,000 per year. 2. What is the salary of the current chief...

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We will not be paying for meal

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from: C,TWells
posted 09/12/09
From the Courier website Saturday, December 05, 2009, 12:00 "Now the council has performed a U-turn and said the cash will not come out of public funds. But council leader Roy Bullock has refused to say who will be settling the bill". P...

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Re: We will not be paying for meal

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from: daveybarnett
posted 10/12/09
Personally I would rather the Council paid than have some unidentified benefactor paying for this meal. Are they expecting any favours in return or is it purely an act of selfless generosity. We need to know so we can decide!

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Council 'beanie'!

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from: A.E-B
posted 08/12/09
Sir, May I respectfully request that you state the source of funding for the new Chief Executive interview process? Your assertion in the Kent & Sussex Courier, viz. "It doesn't matter where the money is coming from, but it won'...

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Re: Council 'beanie'!

from: CllrBullock
posted 16/12/09
To C TWells and A.E-B, As far as I am concerned the public interest has been satisfied by there being no charge to the Council Tax payers for this part of the process of finding a replacement Chief Executive.

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Re: Re: Council 'beanie'!

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from: AdamWright
posted 20/12/09
Respectfully Councillor Bullock, this does not satisfy the public interest. Either the meal was important in the selection process, or it was not. In the later case, then spending council time on it was wasteful (and even proposing to fund it through t...

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Single person discount

from: kfa38
posted 05/12/09
I have recently received a letter from the council asking me to confirm yet again that I am entitled to the single person discount for the council tax.Every year I have a form to complete confirning this is still the case. This letter related to an add...

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Re: Single person discount

from: CllrBullock
posted 16/12/09
I have asked our Benefits Manager whether it is necessary to ask for this confirmation on an Annual basis.

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Re: Re: Single person discount

from: CllrBullock
posted 18/12/09
This is the response I was given: ‘Unfortunately, many people claim a Single Person Discount when they are not entitled to it. The Audit Commission estimate that Single Person Discount Fraud could be costing taxpayers as much as £90 million a ye...

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Broadwater Lane - Parking

from: Norman Pitt
posted 30/11/09
There are two issues around parking in Broadwater Lane: 1. Parking on the pavement forcing pedestrians to walk in the road - this is done with seeming impunity, why? 2. Parking around the W A Turners factory causes difficulties for the lorries servic...

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Re: Broadwater Lane - Parking

from: CllrBullock
posted 16/12/09
Dear Norman, I have asked our Parking Manager to look into this.

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Re: Re: Broadwater Lane - Parking

from: CllrBullock
posted 22/12/09
Dear Norman, Our Parking Manager has come back to me with the following response: 'Unfortunately there are no restrictions in the area where the vehicles are parking on the pavement so we are unable to enforce them, however we will ensure th...

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More publicity

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from: Howard
posted 08/11/09
Looks like this area of the site needs more publicity. I only found it by accident. Most of the other links to 'Ask the leader' still say the facility is off line. Anyway, good to see this back again.. Howard

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Re: More publicity

from: Local Vocal Admin
posted 21/12/09
Dear Howard, Thank you for alerting us to the faulty links, I have updated the all the ones I could find. If however you discover there are any I have missed, please do respond and if possible include a URL address to that page. Many thanks

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This site

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from: daveybarnett
posted 24/10/09
This site has been active for several weeks now and as far as I can see it has not been promoted very much, if at all, and has not been used or at least no entries are visible. Does a site like this really need text, audio and video options? Wouldn&...

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Old Discussions and Questions?

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from: Anke
posted 13/10/09
What happened to all the old comments and discussions on the old Ask The Leader page? They would make a good reference for all the new visitors to the site.

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