Giving Brighton & Hove the news other papers don’t want to tell you Number 19 Delivered by Brighton & Hove Green Party to 35,000 homes in your area SUMMER 2002 REMEMBERED: FEATURE: COFFEE BREAK: THE LATE ACUPUNCTURE A famous vegetarian SPIKEMILLIGAN No longer alternative: refuge in Hove Not just a Goon: a man what you need to THE SANCTUARY who stood up for Green know Pg 6 CAFE BARPg 6 values Pg 4 PUT OUR CITY FIRST City of Culture bid puts local people at the ‘back of the queue,’ say Greens he Green Backed by celebrities and paid jobs in service and Party, local artists including local DJ tourism. Tpeople, husband and wife team Fat voluntary groups Boy Slim and Zoe Ball, the “The political priorities are and trade unions 'Where Else?' campaign is wrong. What Brighton & have formed an lavishly supported by the Hove needs is real sustain- alliance to oppose council. It is funding a able regeneration which Brighton & Hove's third of the total cost of offers stable jobs at decent the bid which includes a wages. Our city council is European City of 15 minute glossy promo- too prone to self-promo- Culture bid, recently tional film fronted by Zoe tion without thinking launched by the Ball. The Tories and the through the consequences. New Labour city LibDems, who are working Our vibrant cultural scene council. closely with Labour on the deserves national recogni- tion and we are lucky to Appalled by council leader have so many talented peo- Ken Bodfish's decision to ple in our city. We believe spend £150,000 of public these people should be put money on the 'Where else?' to use to regenerate city of culture campaign, Brighton & Hove rather while essential services than promote just one from the children's depart- aspect of it which does lit- ment to Citizens' Advice tle for many ordinary peo- Bureaux are being cut or ple who need secure frozen, the alliance is step- employment. ping up its campaign with a series of public meetings. “The council claims that “What Brighton & business stands to make Brighton & Hove has Hove needs is more than £140 million as entered the UK competi- real, sustainable a spin-off from a successful tion for the title which will bid. If that is the case, be awarded in 2008. regeneration then business can fund its Other cities in the running which offers own promotions.” include Bristol, Oxford stable jobs at and Belfast. But the bid decent wages.” Greens would switch the has run into controversy as Green City £150,000 from the bid to the council has been forced Councillor Pete front line groups affected to slash £3.4 million worth West by the cuts including the of funding from essential Rape Crisis Centre and the services while approving a council, also support the Citizens Advice Bureau, 11% tax hike - almost bid. Greens believe that, in which has had to close its £100 for the average a time of budget hardship, Hove office after serving householder. it is wrong for the city local people for 60 years council to spend council following a £60,000 cut. tax payers' money on the Many community groups bid when essential services are “unsure whether they are suffering cuts. will make it to the end of the year” according to an “We want greater support official of a voluntary for local arts but initiatives organisation who did not that use public money and want to be named. By Peter Poole, 2002 hype up the city are actual- ly harmful,” explains Greens are urging people Green city councillor Pete to back the campaign May the force be with him: it will take more than a light West. “ The danger is we against the bid. sabre for Ken Bodfish, New Labour Leader of Brighton & Council leader Ken are left with sky high Bodfish OBE:a house prices which price More information from the Hove Council, to fight off an ‘attack of the cuts’ to front- staunch defender of local people out of the Green city councillors. line services and pay for the City of Culture bid, too. City of Culture bid property market and low Tel 01273 600 883. - GREENLEAF NEWS FOR BRIGHTON & HOVE - Off-licence scheme to Wipe Out deter street-drinking The pictures no one wants you to see ave our Seafront reen Party Peters and North especially near St (SOS), the local councillors Laine area of Peters Church. We Sgroup campaign- Gare setting Brighton. If success- think that this initia-ing against the St up a voluntary ful it may be extend- tive will help every- Modwyn proposals for a scheme to regulate ed throughout the one. We are aware development which will soar 22 ft above the prom- many drinkers have the sale of super enade either side of the strength alcoholic medical, social and West Pier, has released drinks from off- mental health photos of what the pro- licences in Brighton difficulties which posed development will & Hove. need to be addressed. look like from the prome- nade. Campaigners say The project will “Our scheme will The Argus is not willing to publish the pictures. encourage off- give responsible licences to sign up to retailers a chance to reens are urging as a code of conduct help their local many people as and a pledge to take community. We hope Gpossible to write in ‘high octane’ drinks they will co-operate” with their views to the planning department off their sales list. Police have worked said Taylor. Partners in the proj- which is considering the hard to manage bid. Sue Paskins of SOS For information ect will hopefully street-drinking said, “This development Pier view: before (top) and after (bottom) include the council, contact the Green will destroy the seafront. the police, churches, city. Green Party Office. Make your voice heard North Laine Squat community and councillor Keith Tel: 01273 600 883 Please write in to the coun- residents groups and Taylor said, “ Street- email: greenparty cil to help stop it.” QuoteBlaze Shows drug and alcohol drinking has become ref. BH2002/00881FP @brighton.co.uk www.saveourseafront.co.uk agencies. It will be a big problem in Council Neglect piloted in the St parts of Brighton After a fire at a They are used for drug squat in North Road dealing, and they blight in June, Greens whole streets reducing the City mobile masts mappedhave hit out at value of the homes around Brighton & Hove them,” explains Bill Council for failing Randall, local Green Party after health fears to bring 2,000 housing spokesperson. ollowing approach to planning new empty properties growing masts. “This has prompt- Safer back into use in the “It is shameful that the Fpublic ed us to publish a loca- Stations city. council should have concern over the tion map showing the allowed nearly 2000 homes safety of mobile masts in the central area Petition Citing the squatted build- to stand empty last year. phone masts in of Brighton, which has ollowing fears ing, which had been left residential areas, Some buildings have been revealed, to many people’s unused for ten years, as an Green councillors about safety empty for many years. surprise, that there over example of what happens have published a 60 in the central area Fat local House, for exam- when the council ignores map of all mobile alone,” explained Cllr railway stations, the ple, is only two years short masts in central Taylor, “The next stage of Green Party is its responsibilities, the of its Silver Jubilee as Brighton. our work will be to take launching a petition Green Party is renewing its 's most readings of signal strength to persuade the city call on the council to pro- conspicuous empty Green councillor Keith of microwave transmis- council, Railtrack duce a coherent policy to property.” Taylor said, “While most sions throughout the and South Central bring empty properties of us enjoy the conven- town, and compare the to improve back into use. Greens argue the council ience of mobile phones, readings to the conditions, safety should lobby the govern- we need to make sure thatrecommended levels in and access in and The building destroyed in ment for the immediate their use is absolutely the UK and other around smaller the fire was one of 2,000 introduction of community without risk.” countries.” stations in Brighton long-term empty properties leasing, which would give & Hove. in the city. Meanwhile the The government’s Stewart Copies of the mobile councils powers to take city has the highest rate of Report into telecommuni-mast map are avail- Microwave shade: over empty buildings and able from Green Party The petition will be rough sleepers in the UK. cations said it was “not Green councillor Keith make them habitable. councillors at 145 handed into the city proven” that there was no Taylor checks out a Refurbishment costs would Islingword council, Railtrack and “Empty homes are a target risk from masts and base Road, Brighton BN2 mobile phone mast on be met from the rents. stations – and recom- the Labour transport for arson and vandalism. 9SH or tel: 01273 600 a Brighton roof top. mended a precautionary 883 secretary.

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Green city Tcampaign for a residents in Hanover & councillors will be ask- special type of traffic Elm Grove Ward. ing the city council to calming known as draw up a plan to intro- ‘Home Zones’ in “Home zones promote aduce pilot home zones Preston Park and greater sense of com- as a precursor to Hanover after the munity and a degree of extending them more council missed the informal ‘street watch’, widely. Greens believe deadline to apply for which can contribute tothat money could be funding for the lower rates of crime. set aside for pilot schemes from central They offer the opportu- schemes under the government. nity for landscaping andtransport budget. lighting improvements.” The first UK home zone opened in Manchester last year and covered 50 homes and cost £150,000. Larger zones are planned in cities North Laine pavement: Green councillor Pete that did not miss the funding boat. West and his sondemonstrate the dangers for pedestrians of cars on pavements. Back-out warning on station site Pavement parker Home zones enable residents to enjoy and make more use of their road space. evelopers crackdown behind the Green city have had to push my offending obstruction.” Home zones have Last year the govern- proposed councillors are son's buggy out into busy proved a success in ment invited local coun-D harnessing the traffic because a thought-“The city police and the continental Europe - cils to apply for funding public in the fight less motorist has parked council's community safe- especially the to develop home zones against motorists their car or van so far ty team have expressed Netherlands. “They in their areas but the who obstruct across the pavement that their keenness to see a recognise the need for council forgot to apply pavements. I cannot get by. This campaign in Brighton & people to use cars but for the cash. problem especially Hove. Experience in strike a balance Greens have distributed impacts on older people, other places such as between vehicle traffic Home zones cover thousands of free ‘pave- people with sight loss, as Oxfordshire has shown and other street users -about 90 per cent of all ments are for people’ well as countless parents how powerful direct pub- pedestrians, residents, residential areas in the stickers to encourage with small children. We lic involvement in raising cyclists and business Netherlands. By reduc- people to post stickers on need the message to get awareness of the prob- people,” explains ing speed limits, calm- offenders’ vehicles. back to those obstructing lems faced by pedestrians Richard Mallender, a ing local traffic and Provided the stickers are has been.” member of the Preston banning non- peelable, they are legal. Park Green Party. essential vehicles, they However, aware of recent reduce road accidents Greens are campaigning difficulties over the new “We have had an over- and local pollution. for the city council to parking waiver system for make car-free pavements local tradespeople, whelming response to Where possible, play a part of its community our home zone propos- areas and sitting out Greens will be asking the safety strategy following council to streamline the als,” says Hanover- areas are provided so public concern about the system to make it easier based Green Bill that adults and children hazards caused to to apply. At present pedestrians by pavement traders must undergo a parkers. lengthy and bureaucratic Trams are only part of application process before “Pavements are for peo- our pavements. they can obtain a permit ple’ is a message that all Experience elsewhere to park in restricted-park- city transport solution pedestrians want to con- shows that may be effec- ing areas of the city. righton & Hove’s transport prob- vey to those obstructing tively achieved by placing lems will not be solved overnight, say our pavements.” says special, easily removable, Call the Green Party Greens, after the city council Brighton councillor Pete ‘Pavements are for Office 01273 600 883 for B West: "Time and again I announced that it would undertake a trans- People’ stickers onto the stickers. port study and will examine the feasibility of trams.

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HOLD OVER the local environment As an actor he would Darren Johnson, the pop up in places as Green Party's national OUR CITY diverse as his own speaker and leader of autobiography - play- the Green Group on ing his father - and as the Greater London the husband of Assembly, said: he government has been in its first term to Tory levels, Raquel Welch in the accused of being too thus starving vital local public Alexandre Salkind “Spike will be remem- Tcontrolling. No news there, services of much needed cash - 80 film of The Three bered by millions for I hear you say, but something of a per cent of local government is Musketeers. his huge contribution bombshell when none other than dependent on central government to British comedy - Peter Mandelson levels the criti- grants. Secondly, the local Labour cism. administration managed to cock But Spike also had a but also by some of up local finances, so part of the passion for the envi- us for his tireless n a flurry of interviews to pro-latest rise in council tax and the ronment. He was a Spike: tireless campaigning on mote an up-dated version of business rate in Brighton & Hove life member of the campaigner Green issues.” Ihis book ‘The Blair is to try and make up for a £7 mil- Revolution’, the former Prince of lion black hole in the accounts Darkness had the brass neck to caused in some part by the admin- say the government was perhaps istration's sheer incompetence. too controlling' and needed to decentralise more. Mandelson, he result? Cuts in services to credited as one of the main archi- the most vulnerable in socie- tects of the New Labour project, Tty and no guarantees that managed to say all this while the increases in council tax and keeping a straight face and avoid- the business rate will enable the ing a single blush. council to balance the books. The reason for this is simple. There here are however signs that are not enough properties in My part of town! the government may be heed-Brighton & Hove on which to levy Ting his advice, as far as council tax, so the money raised health is concerned with the from this source is never going to Hanover-based writer and Green announcement that the best per- be able to make up for the differ- forming NHS trusts are to have ence between what we all know campaigner Bill Randall explains what he more freedom to run their own needs to be spent on local services affairs. Don’t get excited though. and what we can afford, once the wants for his Brighton neigbourhood There are only four NHS central government grant is taken ‘Foundation Trusts’ out of more into account. than 400 with this freedom. ill Randall is a freelance writer cademics, such as local who has specialised in eedless to say, the iron economist Mike Barrow of grasp of the government, ASussex University, agree Bcommunity and environmental Nor, to be more precise the with the Greens’ solution that a issues since the 1970s. Married with treasury, has not loosened on the form of locally raised income tax affairs of local authorities. would provide a far higher tax three children, he lives in Hanover base and longterm stability for where, if selected, he will stand for the ouncil tax in Brighton & those trying to develop services in Green Party in next May’s city council Hove has risen by a stagger- response to local needs - rather Cing 54 per cent since 1997. than having to second guess how elections. There are only two possible caus- generous or miserly the es for this. Either central govern- Westminster control freaks will I am a community Green. ment has been systematically be every budget day. Previously a lifelong member of the starving the town halls here and elsewhere in the country, or the his solution would mean Labour Party, I joined the Green Party local New Labour administration local political parties having because I support its stand on global warming, globalisation, has been incompetent at managing Tto be far more responsive to world peace and fair trade. finances. Unfortunately, it's not local needs, but more importantly an either or situation though. it will mean less control for Mr “ Blair and that nice Mr Brown. A “I also joined the Green Party because it believes in strong local esidents of this fair city freakish prospect for the communities making their own decisions about health, education have been hit by a New Downing Street neighbours of RLabour double whammy. course, so I guess Brighton & Hove and the neighbourhoods they live in within a strong local government First Blair and Brown courted can look forward to even more framework. It is the only party that advocates the introduction of a Middle England in the 1997 elec- cuts in local services. national house-building programme of 100,000 affordable housing tion by pledging to peg spending association homes a year. Geoffrey Bowden writes widely on health and social services issues E mail him your views: [email protected] “In Hanover, I am fortunate to live in a strong and safe community. I believe that local services based and managed in the area would The Lord Nelson make it stronger and safer. If I were a councillor I would work to 36 Trafalgar Street Tel: 695872 encourage this. For example, the empty post office in Southover St A Complete Range of Harvey's Products and the empty shop on the corner of Elm Grove and Cromwell St Beer Garden would make ideal area offices for two local beat police officers and Great lunches Mon-Sat including a wide selection of two neighbourhood wardens. Vegetarian Dishes Home Cooked By Beth Children Friendly “City councillors would work alongside police officers and wardens as part of a vibrant and inclusive neighbourhood forum which would also include local people and small businesses to identify local prior- - THWAITES - ities. Special local council teams would be responsible for keeping MOT & SERVICECENTRE the streets clean, dealing with dumped cars, fly tipping and grafitti 33 MIGHELLSTREET and working with Magpie to improve recycling in the neighbourhood. (Nr John St. Police Station) TEL (01273) 681414 “Hanover is already a good place to live. Our approach could make it QUALITY- SERVICE - VALUE Cleaner, Greener and Safer. ”

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Some Recent Green Action -- GreenLeafGreenLeaf -- is published by Brighton & South Downs NationalRichmond Road to Cllr KEITH TAYLOR Hove Green Party Park 145 Islingword Rd, through traffic, to pre- (Green Convenor) Brighton, BN2 2SH vent rat running off 01273 291165 tel/fax Tel: (01273) 600883 Greens are campaigning Mayo Road. E-mail: for a more consistent keith.taylor@brighton- [email protected] position from Brighton The Open Market hove.gov.uk Website: & Hove Council which Cllr PETE WEST www3.mistral.co.uk/greenparty champions the National Greens are pressing for Park, but joins the rush 01273 291205 tel/fax - Editors - redevelopment of the [email protected] Simon Williams to ‘claim’ vulnerable site, with a brand new Rik Child urban fringe sites for market at the heart of a Cllr RIK CHILD development such as mixed-use development. 01273 291164 tel/fax Thanks to Nigel Tart, James Toads Hole Valley and Lea, Geoffrey Bowden, Fiona and want a new planning richard.child@brighton- Ladies’ Mile, currently brief for the area. The Williams, Matt Dunton, Peter protected areas. New Labour council hove.gov.uk Poole, Bill Randall, Lizzie Council Switch Board Readers are welcome to write recently voted down in with their views. Opinions Belmont Street Green moves to bring for- 01273 290000 Green city councillors Pete West, Rik Child Amenity Area expressed are not necessarily ward improvements. Police Station and Keith Taylor, with Pete’s son Eoin, test- the official views of Brighton & Hove Green Party. 0845 6070 999 Work is about to start on Duke of York’s Cinema run the play facilities at The Level. East End Offset, London the second phase of this playing city centre community Working with the cinema fields was backed by Dr space development, with and the community Caroline Lucas, Brighton major funding secured Greens are evaluating &Hove’s Green MEP. for a public artwork and ways that the cinema can Green councillors sup- landscaping. expand to two or three ported community screens without a nega- groups in their successful Endeavour Garage, tive impact on the neigh- bid to stop selling off Preston Road, near bourhood. playing fields for residen- Time The Argusgrew up the viaduct tial development. Green councillors have Balfour Schools merger ESSO Boycott n June, the day before the city council produced an information Following Green council- sheet on the controversiallor support for the cam- Following the USA with- administration rubber-stamped its go-ahead housing development. paign to save the two drawal from the interna- Call the Green Party schools from merging, tional Kyoto agreement for a giant stadium on the edge of the South office for a copy 01273 Greens are engaged in I which sought to reduce Downs national park at , The Argus, a 600883. the search to deliver solu- emissions of global warm- tions to the educational ing gases, Green council- local paper, ran an astonishing attack on the needs of children. lors suggested a council Road Closure in boycott of the largest US Green city councillors who had decided to boy- Roundhill Area Varndean Playing oil distributor and ‘global cott the planning meeting which made the deci- After calls from the com-Field warming denial mer- munity, agreement has The campaign against the chants’ Exxon Mobil. sion. (Time to grow up, Greens, The Argus, 11 been secured to close threatened sell-off of June 2002)

Greens question city council’sThe Greens boycotted the meeting to highlight the fact that the ‘arms trade’ pension fund council administration had already “railroaded” through the reens are calling for Brighton and human rights groups. In a letter to council application and that the real decision had been made in secret & Hove Council to leave a £1 leader Ken Bodfish and chief executive David Gbillion pension fund unless the Panter, Cllr West said the fund's investments and without giving a fair hearing to the case against Falmer or fund adopts a more ethical invest- were contrary to the council's policies and rules on ethical investment. full consideration of other suitable sites. ment strategy. He said Brighton & Hove should not claim to Councillor Pete West wants the East Sussex be a ‘Peace Messenger City’ while its fund Pension Fund, which holds pensions from invested in the defence industry. He said: "We Out of touch employees of Brighton & Hove City Council, to urgently need to review where our pension fund withdraw investments in the tobacco companies, is being invested and make changes to ensure arms industries and multi-nationals. our city's fundamental principles are not com- The Argusaccused the Greens of behaving “undemocratically” promised. It is wholly inconsistent for the coun- and “childishly” because they did not attend. “Are these the A recent report in The Argus revealed that the cil to say it is working to reduce global warming pension fund had investments in controversial while investing in major polluters." same Greens?” it asked, “who are so keen on democracy and companies, including weapons firm Lockheed, baby milk manufacturer Nestle and British The fund represents local authorities throughout last year campaigned against a directly elected mayor?” American Tobacco which have been criticised by East Sussex. trade unions, international aid, environmental Yes - it’s the same Greens. Unlike the The Argus, whose unques- HEALTH FOODS ON SUNDAYS tioning support for New Labour’s agenda, from the ‘big city AT boss’ referendum last year to the City of Culture bid now, SUNNY FOODS 76 Beaconsfield Road, Brighton shows just how out of touch the paper is on so many issues, (just up the road from the Duke of York Cinema, Preston Circus) OPEN 8 to 8 EVERYDAY Greens are prepared to challenge the way decisions are made. wOrganic vegetables wOrganic Wholefoods w wEcover Refills wVegan Friendly wWe sell Infinity Foods w The problem is The Arguscriticises only one political side, not the other. It notably failed to criticise the city council for the disbandment of its Albion task group. The cross-party group Municipal Market, Crown St, Brighton met to explore all issues surrounding the stadium until the administration decided to throw it into the long grass when it w Bigger selection of all types of timber asked uncomfortable questions. The Argusremained silent. w Loads more old pine floorboards and joists w more sheet materials of all types w Lots of wooden furniture Overall, The Argusserves the community well but occasionally its editorials cross the line from informed commentator to par- Planet Cyclestisan player. When The Argus lectures Green city councillors Madeira Drive 2nd Hand Bike Sales about democracy, it should remember it is the Greens, not the New + 2nd Hand Spares newspaper, that have been elected under a difficult electoral All Repairs system, and have the courage to make a stand which may be Bikes Bought 01273-695755 unpopular but which they believe is right. 5 - INTEREST - GreenLeaf Coffee Break Focus Thinking of acupuncture? What you need to know

dles used are very different tion procedures for the use from those used in conven- of equipment are followed, tional medicine. Injecting and practitioners use dispos- needles are hollow and able, single use needles. much thicker, while an Those procedures are acupuncture needle is approved by the Department extremely fine and solid. of Health. In fact an indica- Patients who have had tion that you are safe when acupuncture report a slight being treated by a BAcC tingling when the needles member is that you will be are inserted. The healing eligible to donate blood 51-55 Brunswick Street East, Hove effects though can be imme- through the National Blood Tel: 01273 770 002 diate. 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Secret of CASUALISATION success!The Wood Recycling KILLS! A focus on a successful Project Simon Jones business that gives some- Circus St, Brighton Tel: 01273 570 500 email: thing back to the community [email protected] Memorial Campaign landfill; it is fast becoming ning a shop, as we didn't a model for similar groups know if there was any nation-wide. Most of the demand for recycled tim- wood comes from local ber nor what people sites, from companies with would be prepared to pay wood waste or from local for second hand wood". people who have scrap He need not have worried NOT THIS wood languishing in their because the demand has sheds and garages. It is outstripped supply and then sorted and reused. the project turns over TIME around £1,500 each week. THE STORY OF THE In March 1999 the Project The Wood Recycling Project has saved more than opened what it believes to "This Project is benefiting SIMON JONES MEMORIAL two thousand tonnes of wood from landfill be the country's first shop our community in many CAMPAIGN that sells a proportion of ways," says Richard ucked away In fact it is a shop that what they collect (around Mehmed, the project's (2002 update) is now available. inside the old sells nothing but waste - 10%) that can be re-used founder. "It provides low- fruit & veg waste wood that is. T for DIY, building or the cost wood, reduces waste imon Jones was killed on 24 April market in Circus garden. It is well stocked and saving resources and It is operated by Brighton Street, Brighton, with a large selection of has created five jobs for 1998, aged 24, on his first day as a & Hove Wood Recycling lengths, planks, sheet long-term volunteers. The casual worker at Shoreham dock - the WoodStore Project, a community recy- S materials, floorboards, Project is always looking another victim of our growing casual (opposite the All- cling group set up in 1998 joists, doors of every for enthusiastic people to nite Diner) is proof to recycle timber from the description and lots of volunteer. If you are labour economy. that concern for city that would otherwise interesting bits and pieces. interested in helping us end up in a hole in the Richard Simpson, the please get in contact." the planet and a ground. He was sent to work unloading cargo sharp business Project's Operations Director explains: That's a lot of jobs, a lot of inside a ship - one of the most dangerous sense can make a The Project has saved trees left standing and a jobs in the country - with only a few min- more than 2,000 tonnes of success story. " It was a big gamble to lot less waste ending up at utes ‘training’. Within hours of starting wood from ending up at commit ourselves to run- landfill. Tel 01273 570 500 work his head was almost severed by the grab of a crane.

A 25 minute film of the history of the What motivates me! Simon Jones Memorial Campaign has been Ruth O’Keefe, a mother of four, is a Green councillor in Lewes who used to be in the updated. It costs £5 - more if you can Liberal Democrats. Ruth reveals what led her into a new life of community action. afford it - from the Simon Jones Memorial Campaign, PO Box 2600, Brighton BN2 2DX. teacher in Their party is, as it says, left the Liberal Hove and one of liberal democracy; Democrats, my party mother of if the people in an area membership having qui- “ We want this film to be seen by as many A people as possible, especially in schools four, Ruth O'Keefe, want something then it is etly lapsed, and joined 39, is the first my understanding the the Green Party. and colleges” said the Campaign. Green councillor party representatives on Lewes Town generally follow that lead.During my time as a Tel/fax 01273 685 913 Council and lives So if the local people town councillor I have www.simonjones.org.uk in the town. want a by-pass or an continued to be a school e mail: [email protected] Formerly in the incinerator etc they sup- governor at a local LibDems, she port this, if the local peo- primary school and joined the Greens ple want to oppose road worked with local groups last year. Ruth building, then they sup- such as the Pells Pool explains why she Ruth O’Keefe is port this instead. action group which runs became a Green. making sure Green a pool in Lewes. I sup- values count in Lewes I found this a potentially ported a new box recy- “In a way I have always earth. I wanted to get rather precarious posi- cling scheme by knocking been a Green. 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Government inspectors to build the 20,000 refusal to explore fall-back may turn the Falmer application capacity Albion FC sites and have in reality down while the club and council stadium on the just passed the buck to a have no back-up plans. Downs. public inquiry which may rule the Falmer site a Greens point to key factors that may This follows revelations non-starter. This is a cyn- lead the government public inquiry to that the New Labour ical manipulation of reject the whole project leaving fans administration railroaded expectations of the fans high and dry: through June's decision to and the people of the city approve the planning and they will have every Unconvincing Transport Case application over the heads right to blame the council of officers who were leadership if things do Greens point out that predictions of the number of spectators poised to reject it. not turn out right." who will walk, cycle or use public transport to attend matches compared to the present modes of transport used at Withdean are Green councillors boy- Investigation unrealistic - as many as 4,000 under some estimates. cotted June's council plan- The impact of a brand new A27/A270 junction and flyover and ning meeting which Greens want a special road through woodlands in the Grade II listed approved the application council 'scrutiny' inquiry which is within the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) by Brighton & Hove to investigate why the and the draft boundaries of the national park. Albion Football Club for timetable for the plan- a stadium, branding the ning decision was rushed More weight should be given to the objections expressed by meeting a “stitch-up”. English Nature, the Countryside Agency, both universities, as well through by politicians Historic Stanmer Park Lodge gates: the new inter- as those of local groups and organisations the application should The application should rather than the planning change will run 15 metres from these gates while a not be decided in the absence of comments from two statutory now go to a full govern- case officer who original- consultees, the Highways Agency and English Heritage. ment public inquiry. ly managed the case was fly-over will be built nearby. away on holiday at the its business case earlier added, "It is clear that a Damaging to the Environment The Green Party fears time. An investigation is this year, leaving council top-level council decision The Village Way South transport Interchange and coach park site that the council has mis- needed into why the officers, unqualified in not to stand in the way of is classified as in an area of outstanding natural beauty' and is led fans and abused its special councillors task football business assess- the application has within the draft boundaries of the proposed national park. position as a planning group charged with look- ment, to make a judge- already been made authority and guardian of ing at the feasibility of the ment on patchy informa- behind the closed doors Environmental groups point out that to build there is contrary to the city's interests, leaving existing policies designed to protect our environment, and in an application was disbanded tion provided by the club.of the political groups - area that the council has previously pledged to protect pressure on the stadium at risk of out-and why the views of but what is really happen- local transport infrastructure, notably the A27 and Falmer Road. right rejection by govern- organisations such as the Pass-on blame ing is an attempt to pass ment inspectors at the Highways Agency and game on blame when things Inadequate undertakings to improve the small four-carriage rail- public inquiry later this English Heritage have not ultimately go wrong. way station at Falmer. Greens also point out there is no view year. given from train operating companies as to how the expected rail been considered even Greens are especially con- use projections will be met - track and station capacity should be though the council must cerned that that the The politicians already questioned. Albion fan and Green city legally consult them. council has rushed the know that many planning councillor Pete West said, decision through, prevent-professionals maintain Unconvincing Business Case "The Albion is a vital Independent ing adequate consultation the application should be part of our city's life and business consultants The lack of commercial detail being given to the committee, par- and has failed in its pub- refused. For the sake of ticular areas of concern which are not adequately explained. This deserves a first division- sidelined lic duty to scrutinise the the fans and the city - the includes doubts over the sustainability of the Stadium revenue standard home but this is financial strength of the council and the club stream, given its high reliance on income from the club (90%), being put in jeopardy by The Green councillors project, leaving the club should put together a seen in context of the collapse of ITV digital contracts worth unrealistic expectations also want answers to why and the council tax payers 'Plan B' for another site some £8 million, and the restriction of other income-generating and cynical politicians. the original independent uses of the stadium. A discrepancy exposed between the capital potentially exposed to big which they refuse to do. build funds available and that required to complete construction expert consultants who losses if the gate charges If things go wrong the which represents a shortfall of £14m according to the council's “We think the public and questioned the business and venue income do not blame will lie squarely own figures. Concerns over a high level of reliance on rent from the fans have a right to viability of the Falmer site cover the £48 million cost with our city's New the club (90%) of stadium income given the other uses of the sta- answers to some mysteri- were passed over when of the project. Pete West Labour politicians." dium are to be strictly limited. ous aspects of the coun- the Albion re-submitted The great Brighton & Hove bike ride GO FOR IT! 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