Keeping the people of County Wicklow in the dark..

This is Countywise - a "Newsletter of Wicklow Local Authorities". It was delivered today, 30th November 2009. (Btw, you can see larger versions of all these photos on this page, where you can actually read the text..)


Can you vote in the next election? No? Oh.. Well, if you'd received this newsletter even a few days earlier, you could have applied to have your name included on the Register of Electors, and on the Postal or Special Voters Lists. However, the last return date for all those applications, was five days ago, so you won't be voting in the near future..


Sorry, you've been socially excluded from taking part in the Social Inclusion Week events, last month, but you can read about it now that it's all over..


Please, do have your say in the future of Bray Town Development Plan! The initial consultation period of 8 weeks, ended nearly five months ago. Some 29 submissions were received, so some people must have accidentally heard about it in time to actually have their say.. (Note to local authorities: don't let this mistake happen again! After all, you don't really want anyone to have a say, do you?)
BUT! See the last bit; A copy of the Draft Development Plan will go on public display in February 2010, followed by a 10 week consultation period, so if you write that down now, in your 2010 calendars, you could still have a change to make a submission - don't forget it now as they probably won't mention it again until later in 2010, when the last submission date is safely gone..


Oh, this is my favourite.. About a Quality Bus Corridor plan for Bray.. If you wanted to submit a comment or observation in relation to the plan, you should have done it before 4:30pm today. When I got my hands on this newsletter, it was 5pm. Not that I personally had any comments or observations to submit, but the point is, it would have been irrelevant, anyway as it was already too late.. And, had I wanted to attend the public information evening, too bad.. It took place a week ago.


Here's something interesting, though! You CAN still see the Draft County Development Plan 2010-2016, and associated documents, until Wednesday 23rd December! :O That will also be the last day of making submissions, so you have about three weeks.. Oh, and you already missed the Public Information Days in Wicklow Town and Greystones, but there's one last chance tomorrow, in Baltinglass..


There's no need to watch Val Falvey TD - just observe the reality.. Just as entertaining, if not more!