Drive it day 24th April

[Ivor Hawkins]

The key is in Reckers' location, but then N Yorkshire has always been a little independent so perhaps there is a secret vote for independence there too...

North Yorkshire County Council is being abolished in a year's time, so anything could happen.

What's certain to happen is a new type of dual-council with twice as members (with doubled expenses) and a CEO's salary topping £350,000. He or she will have two assistants on £200,000 and they, in turn, four sub-assistants on £100,000. A nuclear-free zone will be established to deflect Russian ICBMs, and - of course - every resident will collect a tax-free, £25,000 per-annum salary. Ever known a set of bureaucrats do themselves out of a job or close down unnecessary departments?

That’s almost exactly what has already happened in Oxford...one of the council members discussing the continuing campaign against cars in the city quoted “the new multi story car park at the Westgate is a magnet for motorists” ...and we are paying these people’s salaries...sorry for the rant I try desperately to avoid politics on this forum and promise not to do it again, but I thought it was relevant!