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The Dragon Says: How Our Council Is Managed and Run Is Our Business
We are not allowed to know why chief executive David Hill has been sent on special leave, granted, according to a Guildford Borough Council spokesperson “in unusual circumstances which do…
Opinion: Howell’s That! – (This Lord Does Not Speak For Guildford)
By Martin Giles If Lord David Howell of Guildford had been batting for England this week he would have been out ‘hit wicket’. He did not need to enter the…
Opinion: Social Media and Free Speech
By Martin Giles Two questions for you. Do you use Twitter? Do you know the law on libel, defamation etc? The chances are that you have answered ‘yes’ to the…
Opinion: Waiting For Waitrose
Further delay of the Waitrose development in Guildford now seems inevitable. As expected, M&G Investments, the new owners of the Friary centre and linked sites, withdrew its legal challenge, an…
Opinion: The Council Is Right To Makes Homes From Empty Houses
by Martin Giles The news that the council has utilised new powers to bring into use empty housing should be widely welcomed and supported. The inexorable demand for more houses…
The Dragon Says: Openness & Transparency? It’s Time To Walk The Walk
The council says that, “as a matter of law and natural justice” it must preserve the rights of both parties involved in the case between David Hill and Judith Coslett,…
Opinion: Traveller Sites – The Council Has Been Put Between A Rock And A Hard Place
by Martin Giles For the past two years that I have been attending council planning meetings at Millmead there has been a clear message from all parties: we have to…
Opinion: Guildford Must Play Its Part In Commemorating WWI 100 Years On
By David Rose August 2014 sees the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. The government has recently been outlining its plans to commemorate this important event…
Citizens Speak: Views on Guildford’s Shops
High parking charges, increasing rents and no shops for “bored blokes” – a recent letter to The Guildford Dragon News painted a bleak picture of our High Street, in contrast…
The Dragon Says: Hiding Behind ‘Staff Confidentiality’ Has To Stop
So, a grievance procedure has been started against David Hill, the chief executive at Guildford Borough Council (GBC). But we, the people of Guildford, who pay the considerable salary he…
See Dragon story: GBC’s Explanation of Major Land Sale Notice Error ‘Borders on Arrogant’ Says Councillor
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