Comments on: How close is local? http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Promoting innovation and a conversational local politics Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sean Brady http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Sean Brady Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:10:17 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=619#comment-90 Until recently I represented 10 Parish Councils on Sefton MBC's LSP for 5 years or more. As they moved towards Neighbourhood Management it became increasingly clear that these new structures will be 'top-down', essentially larger versions of area committees, with their inevitable revenue costs. During the process of preparing their 'Story of Place' as part of the LAA development it became clearer that officers and elected members failed to understand the 'patchwork- quilt' nature that is really the basis of so many Metropolitan Districts. Finding the space to let local people write their own stories of place is an uphill battle. Daily commuters from suburbs and the rural fringe are heavily preoccupied with other concerns, later this year I'm going to suggest that Formby Parish Council, of which I am the only independent member uses 'participatory budgeting' to engage residents in thinking 'local'. Until recently I represented 10 Parish Councils on Sefton MBC’s LSP for 5 years or more. As they moved towards Neighbourhood Management it became increasingly clear that these new structures will be ‘top-down’, essentially larger versions of area committees, with their inevitable revenue costs. During the process of preparing their ‘Story of Place’ as part of the LAA development it became clearer that officers and elected members failed to understand the ‘patchwork- quilt’ nature that is really the basis of so many Metropolitan Districts. Finding the space to let local people write their own stories of place is an uphill battle. Daily commuters from suburbs and the rural fringe are heavily preoccupied with other concerns, later this year I’m going to suggest that Formby Parish Council, of which I am the only independent member uses ‘participatory budgeting’ to engage residents in thinking ‘local’.

]]> By: robdyke.com/noc » Blog Archive » recently reading…. The Liberty of the Networked at oD http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/comment-page-1/#comment-89 robdyke.com/noc » Blog Archive » recently reading…. The Liberty of the Networked at oD Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:59:50 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=619#comment-89 [...] going to post again on this topic with regard to the current fluttering around ideas of new localism in the UKs political settlement as the themes of liberty, democracy and the nature of politics in [...] [...] going to post again on this topic with regard to the current fluttering around ideas of new localism in the UKs political settlement as the themes of liberty, democracy and the nature of politics in [...]

]]> By: What’s “local?” Define “neighborhood.” at Ghost of Midnight http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88 What’s “local?” Define “neighborhood.” at Ghost of Midnight Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:00:47 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=619#comment-88 [...] U.K.’s Kevin Harris blogs… Over on the Local democracy blog Dave Briggs asks, how close is local? [...] [...] U.K.’s Kevin Harris blogs… Over on the Local democracy blog Dave Briggs asks, how close is local? [...]

]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Andy Mabbett Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:18:49 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=619#comment-87 Context is everything; a pothole in the street next to the one where I live is not local to me; an airport in the next town is. More importantly, I don't want to read news of every pothole in a fifty-mile radius; I do if a new airport is planned in that area. Context is everything; a pothole in the street next to the one where I live is not local to me; an airport in the next town is.

More importantly, I don’t want to read news of every pothole in a fifty-mile radius; I do if a new airport is planned in that area.

]]> By: Dave Briggs http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Dave Briggs Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:50:49 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=619#comment-86 Will - absolutely - although could this result in a proliferation of individual 'local' websites - resulting in a fragmentation of effort? Perhaps there is a role here in aggregating information into different packages. Geotagging could play a role here, I guess, to try and automate it. Will – absolutely – although could this result in a proliferation of individual ‘local’ websites – resulting in a fragmentation of effort?

Perhaps there is a role here in aggregating information into different packages. Geotagging could play a role here, I guess, to try and automate it.

]]> By: robdyke.com/noc » Blog Archive » Knowing who is governed is as important as knowing that those people govern themselves. http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/comment-page-1/#comment-85 robdyke.com/noc » Blog Archive » Knowing who is governed is as important as knowing that those people govern themselves. Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:05:02 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=619#comment-85 [...] Dave Briggs asks ‘how close is local?’ on the Local Democracy blog, he asks a very important question about democracy. If democracy is to be the rule of the the [...] [...] Dave Briggs asks ‘how close is local?’ on the Local Democracy blog, he asks a very important question about democracy. If democracy is to be the rule of the the [...]

]]> By: How close is local? | DavePress http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/comment-page-1/#comment-84 How close is local? | DavePress Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:39:11 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=619#comment-84 [...] Evans kindly asked me to write a post for the Local Democracy blog. I came up with one called How Close is Local? I live in a house on a street, in a village, within a parish, that is in a district, a [...] [...] Evans kindly asked me to write a post for the Local Democracy blog. I came up with one called How Close is Local? I live in a house on a street, in a village, within a parish, that is in a district, a [...]

]]> By: William Perrin http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/2009/02/09/how-close-is-local/comment-page-1/#comment-83 William Perrin Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:35:56 +0000 http://blog.localdemocracy.org.uk/?p=619#comment-83 the joy of modern free media is that you can just let people get on and define local for themselves - you no longer need to define local by the economics of advertising and van runs commercial areas(newsprint), nor electromagnetic propagation (telly and radio) hopefully talk about local will demonstrate this in action cheers w the joy of modern free media is that you can just let people get on and define local for themselves – you no longer need to define local by the economics of advertising and van runs commercial areas(newsprint), nor electromagnetic propagation (telly and radio)

hopefully talk about local will demonstrate this in action

cheers

w

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