PaulRogan

Would Brighouse be better in Kirklees than Calderdale?

The Press Release issued by Brighouse Forward following the Open Forum Meeting in February 2008 is the only written statement on the subject.

There have now been three newspaper articles since.

Huddersfield Examiner, (28 Feb 08 )  http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/02/28/let-brighouse-join-kirklees-says-councillor-86081-20533271/

Yorkshire Post, (24 March 08 )  http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Row-as-top-Tory-urges.3907402.jp

Halifax Courier, (25 March 08 )  http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Call-for-Brighouse-to-switch.3909245.jp?CommentPage=2&CommentPageLength=10#comments

A number of comments attributed to me in these articles were in fact not made by me and do not constitute my personal views. Most certainly I am not a ‘top Tory' as stated in one particular article. Therefore, for the sake of absolute clarity I wish to state that I have no personal position on whether Brighouse should leave Calderdale and join Kirklees. Many will know, that if this were to happen, I would automatically be unable to represent Rastrick ward, as I would then reside in another Authority area.

My reading of the present situation in Brighouse and Rastrick is that the electors feel they have been shabbily treated over the past 30 years. That a re-amalgamation with Kirklees could not be any worse, given Calderdale's perceived past record. And, that a change could only bring improvement in the eyes of local residents.

Very shortly now the elector's views will be solicited and they will have the final say.