Thanet Star - actively improving Thanet one idea at a time
A valuable lesson in very careful note taking
I know it happens to the best of us but it is still embarrassing when it happens to you. To make matters worse I can not immediately go back to the source document and ask myself "let me check a third time" as I do not have a copy of said document any more.
So it should probably be not be taken as read that Tesco are recruiting presumptively as they might not be. If I have got it wrong (and simply cannot check until Monday) I offer my apologies to all concerned.
The effect that the snow has affected
Basically affect is the cause and effect is the result.
Now we can all talk about the effect that the snow has affected and sound like we had a reasonable education.
Bums, Banditry and How to Lose Votes.
I am off course hoping to weigh in on the latest storm in a tea-cup that is the Cllr John Worrow vs James Maskell. Anyone further left of the political spectrum than the boundary of "undeniably right" might have missed this one completely. So here is a really brief recap:
Apparently someone said something like
we have J Worrow now on our side backs to the wall you know what I meanwhich is arguably a touch ambiguous but potentially a little childish.
Anyway on the 22nd James posted Mucho Worrow where he talks about Worrow departing the Conservative party (thus removing the one seat lead they had). In this post James talks about Worrow's blog posts. Sadly as he linked to the home page rather than the post I can't check this out any further.
The first reply seems to have been Worrow casting aspersions on James's accuracy which is fairly typical for a right of centre councillor in my own experience (you know who you are each of you). Generally this rarely amounts to anything and later the member in question cannot be reached for comment when the information they had been shouting "it's all lies" at turns out to be true.
Worrow was then called a drama queen and it went rapidly downhill from there.
Some anon suggested that Worrow and Will Scobie had a thing going and within the hour Will had popped in to point out that he preferred the fairer gender, sorry to disappoint.
Worrow got mad and demanded the post be taken down.
James said that it did not breach his personal comments policy so it was staying.
Worrow made vague threats about litigation.
James unsurprisingly failed to back down.
That's the back story but could you spot who has made a miss step? (It might surprise you).
Keep reading to see not only a number of councillors miss the mark, the point and the opportunity to win votes and just as interesting how Worrow himself is costing himself support with what should have been a free PR boost.
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I'll keep blogging until the lights go out
I will however keep blogging until the lights go out.
In the unlikely event that my hosting company are very understanding I hope to pay up in the new year (somehow) and maybe come back on line. If not it has been great knowing you and my many thanks for staying around to read the blog.
Farewell cruel world...
Just kidding. I am taking 5 days out from everything. I'll be back.
The lights are on and we are home
The lights have been kept on at Thanet Star and Thanet News Network thanks to your fantastic donations. I would like to thank the following fantastic people (in no particular order)
- Harry
- Tommy
- Frank
- Sherrie
- Sarah
- Maya
- Vlad
- James
- Mike
- Esmaa
Keeping the lights on: A social Experiment
Right now there is one web server that runs not only Thanet Star but also my personal blog and hosts the Thanet News Network project.
It would be a shame to see it all go dark and this is where the experiment comes in.
They say many hands make light work and this is what I hope to prove. I have created a "pool" on Friend Fund and now it remains to be seen if enough people value Thanet Star and my other efforts enough offer to chip in £1.
How it works: there is one central pool controlled by a trusted third party. We all pledge a pound (or more) and if as a group we hit the target we pay our pledges. If we miss the target then we shrug, say "oh well" and move on.
The money will be used exclusively to keep Thanet Star and Thanet News Network online and live by funding the server they are hosted on. Contributors will be thanked publicly (if they wish) and we may just prove that as a group we can do anything.
Perhaps for our next experiment we can raise a lot more money for a worthy local charity.
To Impressed of China
A user writes:
I'm impressed! You've managed the almost impossible.
Given the user's email address comes from a big Chinese email host I am assuming that the impressed user is from China. If you are reading this I am very glad that you like what you see and I would love to know what it is that you are specifically impressed with.
Thanet District Council press office breaks up with bloggers
Thanet District Council have for a good long while sent out press releases by email. Independent media (blog writers and the like) along with newspapers, pressure groups and any other interested party could have Thanet District Council's press releases arrive in their inbox.
It seems that Thanet District Council may be shutting down their press office but they are also cutting off all but a select few from mail shots which seems strange.
Keep reading to find out why they are doing this and how big a cock up they have made.
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