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Council Leader Should Resign – Says Effingham Residents Association

A residents association in Effingham has called on the Guildford Borough Council (GBC) leader Stephen Mansbridge (Con, Ash South & Tongham) to resign. The call comes in a press release…

Letter: Budget Hole Suggestion Based on Incorrect Assumptions

This is a response to an open letter: How The Council Can Fill Its Budget Hole written by Dragon NEWS reader, Neville Bryan following the announcement of a £6.5 million…

Letter: Lib Dems Did Not Support Unseemly Rush to Draft a Local Plan

From Liz Hogger This letter is in response to a comment from Ben Paton attached to a reader’s letter: Parish Forum Survey Results Are Unsurprising.  As a Lib Dem councillor…

Letter: Onslow Parking Zones – Committee Design Has Produced An Ass

From Ross Connell The extension of the Onslow village parking zone CPZ2 [Controlled Parking Zone 2] is now underway. But it differs from the existing CPZ2 (and CPZ1) in that…

The Dragon Says: We Must Have No Double Standards in Guildford

The Mayor of Guildford has acknowledged his mistake in allowing a councillor to overrun his speaking time limit while, in the same debate, cutting off some public speakers mid sentence.…

Autumn Might Be Here – But Hurry to See ‘Summer Green Scenes’ At Guildford House

By Ruchi Srivastava If you want a last chance to enjoy a fresh breath of summer art at Guildford House then hurry to see the Summer Surrey-Scenery exhibition on show…

Dragon Editor Forecasts an Eventful Year for Local Politics

The story of The Guildford Dragon NEWS was told last night (September 9) to the Guildford branch of the National Women’s Register by publisher/editor Martin Giles. Using the reporter’s five…

Letter: Parish Forum Survey Results Are Unsurprising

From Adrian Atkinson The Guildford Parish Forum survey does not surprise me in the least. [see: Widespread Discontentment Over Local Plan – Say Parish Councils] Yet again the council, albeit…

Letter: Let’s Not Throw The Vision Opportunity Away

From Robert Burch Nigel Trellis’ response [see Letter: The Vision Group Are Not Living in the Real World ] raises some important issues, but misses the point. GVG’s* vision for…

Letter: The Vision Group Are Not Living in the Real World

From Nigel Trellis The Guildford Vision Group (GVG) plan seems naive. Their scheme to have a single carriageway road wandering off around the western side of the railway will be…