Question! Question! Question!

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We should question where is goes

What is it that persuades the normal well meaning and average community minded individual change upon achieving a stature of Office or Administration within local/county/national government? Why is there a change with the invariable and immediately adoption and need to protect the “establishment line and status-quo” ?
Is it misplaced ambition, misunderstanding, fear of not being accepted by new work colleagues, greed, the instant elevation of themselves above their own roots, the need to be accepted by and to impress new colleagues? Or is it simply to satisfy their own inflatable ego within a perceived status ?

Why is it that genuine change and due consideration to events and circumstances takes for-ever and absorbs so much public time, and public finance, to materialise?

Why is it that particular representatives and guardians of our community interests easily loose the personal values and the obligation to serve with integrity and due consideration?

Why is it so difficult to realise and accept that the finances of governing actual belong to the population and individuals they serve.

We the community, simply ask for an “Open and Transparency” society. We are for the most - adult, with a reasonable understanding for, and a realisation when the need for change is required . We do understand that our personal, local, regional and national circumstances may need an adjustment to meet the changing times, financing etc, WITHOUT the need for the manipulation and oblique mis-informing of OUR SOCIETY SITUATION/OWNED FACTS .

Those within the local Establishment should be aware that many “watchers of public affairs and actions” can and do understand the ramifications of financial balance sheets, together with the means and mechanics used for recording, allocating and attributing specific items between the lines .

As the recent MPs Expenses scandal and the MOD financial allocations clearly illustrates
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Councillors donations

Huum! very interesting

We see that in October last year Cllr John Clarke kindly donated £300 to the Parish Council for a replacement cooker at the Poplars Sports Ground.( owned by the PC )

Is this a case of being well connected?

A County Councillor donating finance to a Parish Council
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Burton Joyce Library proposed cuts

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The proposed Notts library cuts by Notts CC, appear to be causing less concern to some in our community, than the suggested decision of the GBC to remove completely the public toilets adjacent to Roberts Playground.

Evidently the BJPC has been offered the facility at a peppercorn rent, providing they finance the ongoing upkeep accessed to be around £10,000 per year, which they doubt whether they can justify

Very interesting what ?

For more visit www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk
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Local Genealogy

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A message to all local genealogist –

After several years of researching our family name and coming to the realisation that so much of our family’s history is wrapped up in Burton Joyce and the surrounding villages we have posted the majority of our research within a TimeLine on our website www.brianalvey.co.uk (http://www.brianalvey.co.uk/DataBases.htm).


The Timeline within our website at www.brianalvey.co.uk illustrates this and contains comprehensive data bases covering baptisms, marriages and deaths in BJ . through-out the period. It is very clear and evident that there has been and is significant relationships within Gedling, BJ, Stoke, Bulcote, Gunthorpe, Lowdham, Lambley and Woodborough etc .

As Burton Joyce is our ancestral home we are hoping that a general co-operation between local community websites and a closer contact with those individual interested in the area's genealogy will contribute to wider genealogy project which will enhance the knowledge and stimulate a broader interest for producing an interesting and useful record of the social history of the area thro-out the TimeLine period.
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Our parent website is at www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk

Development of BJO Community website

Our Parent site - www.burtonjoyceonline.co.uk

Over the two years this website has existed online it has established a regular and constantly high number of repeat, new and unique visitors ( many 1000’s). These visitors to our site are not only local to the Burton Joyce, but also we have many based in the USA, Canada, throughout Europe, Russia through to the Mid and Far East, Hong Kong, Japan, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand etc.

As a direct result of this popularity, we have successfully fulfilled many requests for information and location searches for parted relatives and friends. Recently it was suggested that we extend the area of interest of BJO to include local adjoining villages also – this we are pleased to develop and are now offering the opportunity to and for all those interested ( Home and Away) in making regular contributions/posting to our website.

These contributions/postings are not only invited for our Forums but also for most other sections and will certainly create additional varied content and interest for ALL our visitors. We hope that all our visitors and readers will join us in developing further this community ( not for profit) website as an effective , up-to-date means of communicationfor everyone with local interests

CONTACT US WITH YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND CONTRIBUTION VIA E-MAIL: bjowatch@gmail.com
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