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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…

Opinion: Does President Mansbridge Need a Hotline?

by Martin Giles In 1962 the world probably came closer to a nuclear Armageddon than at any time in history. The USA, worried about the installation of nuclear weapons in…

Opinion: The High Street – The Local Committee Has A (Not So) Cunning Plan

by Martin Giles I was wrong! I apologise. In March, when I commented on the Local Committee’s decision to take three months to come up with a strategy to repair…

Opinion: Guildford Holds Another Great Event. Long Live The Lido!

By David Rose Friday evening’s Picnic At The Lido, to celebrate its 80th birthday, was yet another fantastic event here in Guildford. Following on from last year’s Olympic Torch Relay…

Opinion: Mum About Town – Budgeting and the Cost of Raising a Child

The latest of our Mum About Town opinion articles written by “Towny Mummy”. This time she writes about budgeting and how much it really costs to raise a child. I remember…

Opinion: Pretty, Hilly, Expensive – Guildford – A Student’s View

As often acknowledged, Guildford is not well connected to the University of Surrey even though it lies less than a mile from the High Street. Most of us rarely visit…

Opinion: Councillors Need Their Allowances

by Caroline Reeves Liberal Democrat Councillor for Friary & St Nicolas Councillor allowances are a touchy subject. Clearly there are plenty of people who think we should not receive anything…