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Open Debate: Should We Pay Our Councillors?
Part of the reason that The Guildford Dragon NEWS was created was to encourage local debate. Here are presented two points of view on the subject of paying councillors. Even…
Claire’s Column – A Poisoned Chalice?
In this regular monthly column – a must read for all those interested in Guildford business – Claire Dee reports on the government’s business bank and Autumn Statement This week,…
The Dragon Says: Major Decisions On Guildford’s Future Must Be Made By Full Council
Democracy is the cornerstone of our country. Local democracy is a vital element. It requires that major decisions about the future of our town must be taken in full council…
Millmead Views: Grow Your Own
An occasional column written by our local GBC councillors… by Angela Gunning Cllr for Stoke Ward and Leader of the Labour Group Food airmiles, water use, Fair Trade… Worried about…
The Dragon Says: A plan for Guildford? It’s Time For All Of Us To Step Up To The Challenge
Whatever else the Guildford Vision Group meeting on Tuesday may have done it has certainly stirred up interest in GBC’s plans for our town. This is a good thing. We…
Time Ladies and Gentlemen Please! – Does the Demise of Guildford Pubs Matter?
By Martin Giles My great-grandmother was a bit of a character. She was a brown-ale-drinking, Players-Weights-smoking (at 85 she could still blow a mean smoke-ring), Victorian lady that liked to…
Exciting, Nerve Wracking, Sad – Izzie Radley Reports On Her Part in the Olympic Closing Ceremony
By Izzie Radley And so it’s all over! I can’t really believe The Games have finished and my Olympic experience is at an end. After the Opening Ceremony, came three…
Bye Bye Thorntons – Is It Just About Chocolate?
By Martin Giles Where do you buy your chocolate? Probably, along with most other things you eat, in a supermarket, or perhaps it is an impulse buy at a convenience…
Guildford Can Be Proud of the Way It Welcomed The Olympic Torch
A personal view by Martin Giles I am not a crowds person. Normally where there is a crowd you will find me walking away, but yesterday I was part of…
The Dragon Says: There Is Something Wrong
There is something wrong at Guildford Borough Council. So say seven Alderman who between them have decades of experience of council affairs. Five of the seven served as town mayors…
See: Tumbling Bay Footbridge: National Trust Says It Is ‘Committed to Finding a Resolution’
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