Warwick needs vision for the future

Further to the article in last week’s Courier, I could not agree more with the observations of Councillor Higgins, but is this not just another example of our local government being allowed to mismanage important resources on our behalf, (e.g. police and fire stations) with no apparent penalty for continued poor performance. In the case of both the law courts and Northgate Street you have to ask how those responsible from the chief executive through to those charged with town planning and economic regeneration are still in gainful employment, if after ten years of prevarication, are still unable to deliver a plan, even though they knew these projects had a time frame in which to be resolved.

Who holds these public employees to account? In most businesses there are annual performance reviews, the councillors (our representatives) should be all over these records (if they exist) to hold to account the public servants who seem to fail so miserably in these areas. Where are their plans and ideas? And please let’s not just see the usual release of smoke and mirrors telling us why they can’t do things, but the things they have done, and would like to do. Their view of the future could be the start of a much needed debate, in conjunction with the imminent release of the 15-year Warwick town centre plan. So councillors and county officers please take this opportunity to communicate with us the taxpayer, and we your electorate, your thoughts and plans, and then have our public consultation. - Alan Priestley, Smith Street, Warwick