Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It would be good if you could talk to your > colleagues in Dulwich Hill Ward (which also covers > part of the old ED Ward) to see if they too would > be prepared to join this forum. Goose Green and > Dulwich Hill together cover much of what people > think of as 'East Dulwich' (i.e SE22 and its > immediately adjacent areas). As local issues are > often not exactly ward specific (i.e. they cross > ward boundaries) cooperative working may prove > valuable in addressing constituent problems. > Whilst this forum can in no way be representative > (statistically) of East Dulwich views - it might > offer at times a reasonable approximation of some > of them. > > Good luck to you, and while you may not wish to > ape James Barber's policies, copying his diligence > and care for his constituents (and his willingness > to enter into debate) would serve you, and us, > well. Much of what he did was anyway nothing to do > with party, and everything to do with constituent > need. I second that. It would be nice for the Dulwich Hill Councillors to make themselves available via the forum and follow the example set by James Barber. This is the "East Dulwich" forum after all.