Leggatts Rose Winter 2008 Contact your Labour Team: Geoff O’Connell and Claire Ward MP Phone 213579 www.watlab.org.uk Bill Everett sell-off is branded a total disgrace undreds of houses, causing traffic utter contempt for local feelings.” chaos are set to be built on the former Bill Everett Centre site in “Local people want to know exactly how much H Leggatts Way. of that cash will go into funding new recreational facilities for the The former college Leggatts area, or whether it site was flogged off will all be siphoned off and by Conservative-run spent elsewhere. That Herts. County Council would be just typical of the back in October and Liberal Democrats who will now looks certain to give the planning be used for housing. permission, but walk away from the problems Lib Dem-run Watford ED their decision will Council gets to pocket LOS undoubtedly create,” said £1 million from the C Geoff O’Connell sale of the large 2.7 acre site. SOL Residents, especially D in Leggatts Close, Leggatts Way, North Western Avenue and Maytree Crescent, are still reeling from the news of the likely building splurge. Not only have local people lost the popular Bill Everett Community Centre, with the swimming pool, sports hall, community hall and bar, they now face the prospect of hundreds of new homes being dumped on their doorsteps. Meanwhile the neglected building Local Leggatts Labour contact Geoff O’Connell itself is becoming more derelict by the day, said; “What we’ve seen from both the because of repeated acts of vandalism. Labour Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats is has asked the police to keep a close eye out. Labour - working for Leggatts all year round LIB DEM CAR PARK FIASCO « Lib Dem CAR PARK CHARGES INTRODUCED Result » SHOPPERS DESERT car park ungling Lib Dem-run Watford Council has wasted NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH PLAN B a fortune doing up a car park that virtually nobody uses and now cars clog up residential streets. GETS BACKING OF WATFORD MP Thousands of pounds were poured into resurfacing, WATFORD MP Claire Ward is backing a plan painting new parking bays and installing CCTV. by a group of local residents to form a new The formerly free car park at the bottom of neighbourhood watch. The Harebreaks was very convenient for residents who just wanted to pop to the nearby shops. A spate of burglaries has hit parts of the Leggatts area with many families believing they’ve been However after lavishing your hard specifically targeted. earned Council Tax on the project, the Lib Dems then want you stump Chestnut Walk resident Mr Shafiq Ahmed (pictured) up again and pay to park there. said he was burgled after The problem is, that at £2 for two hours, not surprisingly, there aren’t thieves broke too many takers, as the snap taken in through a by our photographer one weekday morning shows. back window in his house. Now local businesses are “feeling the pinch” as trade falls away as people shop elsewhere. The Lib Dems He reported just love pouring your money down the drain. the theft and the police came around LIB DEMS to investigate but he heard LET US nothing more. DOWN "Friends and neighbours have also No Middle Way been burgled It’s your local but I haven't seen the police stepping up foot Labour team patrols. We feel very neglected and the Lib Dem that’s been councillors don't seem to be able to do anything to chasing up this help,” he said. damaged street nameplate for Mr Ahmed — a taxi driver — is planning a campaign repair. Where are to bring a new neighbourhood watch to the area your Lib Dem which he hopes will improve security and he’s off to councillors? a good start with MP Claire Ward’s backing. Promoted by Mike Jackson on behalf of Watford Labour Party and printed by Watford Labour Party all at 270 St. Albans Road, Watford, Herts. WD24 6PE .