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  Welcome once again to this week's blog. As always, thank you for sparing the time to have a read.  Five years ago today, Localism reached the Peninsula when we revealed our existence as we began our first Local Alliance election campaign. Appropriately, nominations closed a short while ago in the election on May 2 for the vacancy in Selsey North for Selsey Town Council , caused by Patrick’s unexpected passing. Our candidate, Gareth Gofton-Dann, is a lifelong Selsey resident and, amongst other things, could be continuing a family tradition as his father Tony was once a Town Councillor too. This week we have been finalising campaign materials, including this video , because it won't be that long before the team is on the delivery trail once more. Ali has kindly taken over Patrick's patch so please say hello if you see her in Selsey North.  The meeting of most interest this week was my regular catch-up with Senior Officers at CDC because It included the new policy for th...

  Happy Easter and welcome once again to this week's blog. As always, thank you for sparing the time to have a read. Whatever your view of them, on a human level our thoughts have been the Royal Family this week since we learnt that the Princess of Wales is their second prominent member to be battling cancer. Both my parents had different forms of cancer: my mother passed away in the summer of 2013 while my father was immunosuppressed because of his chemotherapy when he caught Covid last year, and passed away from pneumonia. We are a week nearer the election for the vacancy in Selsey North for Selsey Town Council, caused by Patrick’s unexpected passing. It is taking place on May 2, the same day as the Police and Crime Commissioner . We will be announcing our candidate this week, and whom, we hope, electors in Selsey North will judge to be the right choice to succeed Patrick. We are going to run a more sombre campaign out of respect to Patrick focusing this week on submitting nomin...

  Welcome once again to this week's blog and, as always, thank you for sparing the time to have a read. The election for the vacancy in Selsey North for Selsey Town Council, caused by Patrick’s unexpected passing, will take place on May 2, the same day as the election for the Police and Crime Commissioner so hopefully it will cost Selsey Town Council a little less than the normal £5000 cost. We will keep you updated but this is the official information . There is CDC’s Planning on Wednesday (and STC’s too!) Donna was at West Sussex today but the meeting of most interest this week was Tuesday’s Full CDC. ( You can watch all public CDC meetings here and WSCC here .) A petition from the Manhood Classics was debated, which followed handily on from last week’s Full STC when their response to the consultation, we succeeded in getting Officers to undertake, was considered. Briefly, CDC did not realise Manhood Classics were using East Beach car park in Selsey for publicly advertised gat...