Tunbridge Wells Green Party is shocked that KCC has voted to cancel the next election.
They say: we are using hyperbole.
We say: denying 1.8m residents their democratic right to vote is worthy of shouting about!
Sitting councillors have, in effect, elected themselves for up to 3 extra years with no public consultation. They believe that they are the best ones to carry out the imminent local government restructure and that you should not get to vote for your councillors.
They say: the public don’t care.
We say: let’s see about that!
We want our right to vote for councillors we trust to represent us on matters that affect our everyday lives like health, housing and roads. Conservatives at KCC said we don’t need a vote this year because they are the best ones for the job and “the public don’t care who is running the council, as long as it works”.
Well that is simply not true. The truth is that we haven’t been asked. Just 39 councillors decided the elections should be cancelled for 1.8 million of us.
Cancelling our election will affect residents in Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Sevenoaks, Swale, Thanet, Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells.
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