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Letter: The Housing Assessment Report Is Objective
From Phillip Scott This letter is in response to the Opinion Piece: This Crucial Decision on Housing Must Be Scrutinised. The Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) and Objectively Assessed Need…
Letter: More Thought Required For Masterplan Traffic Proposals
From Bibhas Neogi No doubt the vision for a transformed Guildford, as proposed in Guildford Borough Council’s (GBC) recently approved Masterplan, looks very attractive but for such a dream to…
Opinion: This Crucial Decision on Housing Must Be Scrutinised
By Susan Parker Leader of the Guildford Greenbelt Group at Guildford Borough Council Setting a housing target for our borough is probably the most important decision Guildford Borough Council will…
The Dragon Says: Readers Have A Right To Comment, The Dragon Is Right To Scrutinise
Who would be a council leader? The pay is modest, the responsibilities and time demands heavy and the likelihood of popularity, in current times at least, almost negligible. At the…
Letter: Councillors’ Criminal Records Should Be Made Known
From David Roberts In a recent opinion piece the question was posed: “Should a criminal record bar political activity?” Common sense says: yes, of course. Monika Juneja’s conduct is an…
Letter: Voters Will Suspect An Elected Mayor Would Have Too Much Power
From Keith Childs Former Mayor of Guildford I wish to comment on one aspect of the budget announcements which is the Chancellor’s statement that more areas of the country are…
Letter: Pre-Determination Gagging Issue Goes Back a Decade
From Gordon Bridger Hon Alderman and former Mayor of Guildford I would like to correct the claim made by Mr Paton in The Guildford Dragon NEWS that gagging of councillors…
Letter: Newlands Corner – What’s the deal?
From John Oliver People are allowed to roam freely at Newlands Corner because of an access agreement between the Albury Estate (the Duke of Northumberland’s estate which owns the land)…
Letter: Newlands Corner – Is the County Council Really Listening To Us?
From Valerie Thompson After the riotous meeting at Holy Trinity Church, regarding developments at Newlands Corner, I find it horrifying that a report in the Surrey Advertiser (18 March), refers to SCC’s…
An Unfortunate Injury Offers A Rare Close Up View Of A Lesser Known Bird
By Malcolm Fincham A photo submitted by Guildford Dragon readers Colin and Joan Mills has prompted me to write about one of our less mentioned birds, the siskin. Although frequently…
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