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Representatives ... My arse!

We have these "things" within our community called representatives, also known as councillors who are elected to "represent" the community and the town. Sadly in Thornaby we have some who, in better terms are poison and are non reflecting of the community they claim to represent.  A proportion of councillors are in the role as they believe they can do a great job representing their community, some actually do but there is others who are just along for the ride and the healthy allowance at the end of the month. Sadly there is some of these in Thornaby and sadly it is having a negative effect on voluntary projects within the town.  Over the past few months we have seen a food bank close, a community kitchen close, advice services cease to operate and soon we will see the end of a youth project that has worked with over 1,200 youngsters in 18 months. Obviously these people are not interested in what is going on in "their" communities otherwise they wou...