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GBC Keeps a Closed Mind to Open Government
Guildford Borough Council clearly does not understand the fundamental imperative of openness in democracy. A stark example this year has been the way it handled the proposal to invest a…
The Dragon Says: Why The Secrecy Over University of Surrey’s Student Housing?
Why is there so much secrecy over the University of Surrey’s student housing? The university and Guildford Borough Council (GBC) have been talking about it in private for months. According…
The Dragon Says: The Solum Plan Must Be Fought With A New Style of Leadership
“Shocked!” That’s how Guildford Borough Council Leader Paul Spooner described the reaction to an inspector’s decision to signal a green light to the “Solum Express” and its plan to redevelop…
The Dragon Says: The Dongying Proposal Will Test Our Council’s Democratic Instincts
There is nothing inherently wrong with our town deciding to link up with another. The twinning arrangement with Freiburg seems to have worked well enough for decades. But surely an…
The Dragon Says: Bill and Doreen Bellerby Should Be Our Inspiration
With the sad announcement of the death of Bill Bellerby it is timely to consider why he, and equally his wife Doreen, were held in such affection and esteem by…
The Dragon Says: Congestion Charging Should Not Be Ignored
We all hate congestion. Sitting in a queue of traffic when we are trying to get somewhere is extremely frustrating and if a price is put on the time wasted…
The Dragon Says: What Value A Vote – If We Don’t Know What We Are Voting For?
“The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.” So said Niels Bohr, the Danish physicist who helped…
The Dragon Says: The Vision Group Plan Must Be Taken Seriously
The Guildford Vision Group (GVG) plan might not be perfect. Perfect plans don’t exist and anyway who says what is perfect? But The Guildford Dragon NEWS says it is the…
The Dragon Says: Newspaper Redundancies Should Concern Us All
The Guildford Dragon NEWS takes no pleasure in the news that two senior editors have been made redundant at the Surrey Advertiser. They may be a competitor news service in Guildford,…
The Dragon Says: Justice Must Be Seen To Be Done
We are all familiar with the maxim: Justice must not only be done, it must be seen to be done*. But not at Guildford Borough Council (GBC), it seems to prefer its…
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