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	<title>Councillor Mike Flower</title>
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	<description>Serving the people of Aldridge North &#38; Walsall Wood on Walsall Council</description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the speed again?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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	Uploaded from mobile phone by Cllr Mike Flower.


While out leafletting with Keith this evening we spotted a bizzare bit of signage on the Lichfield Road in Sandhills. 40mph or 30mph?!!! Look closely&#8230;.
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		<title>Happy St George&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A happy St Georges day to you all. I popped down to the Council House this morning and was pleased to see the flag of St George flying above the Council House. Even better - i&#8217;ve been told that the Council will start flying the Union flag on a daily basis. Good stuff!
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		<title>The end of the municipal year approaches&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/the-end-of-the-municipal-year-approaches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[May is nearly here and elections loom once again. Having been re-elected last year its not my turn this time but that of my colleague Keith Sears. How quickly the year has gone. In fact how quickly the year and a half have gone. It doesn&#8217;t seem like yesterday since I was plodding around in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What did David Cameron think of Walsall Wood?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/what-did-david-cameron-think-of-walsall-wood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Have a look at his latest video at:  http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kO1uKS3MHXg
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		<title>David Cameron&#8217;s visit to Walsall Wood</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/david-camerons-visit-to-walsall-wood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We were thrilled yesterday to welcome the Conservative Party Leader, David Cameron MP, to Walsall Wood. He came to visit one of our primary schools - Walsall Wood JMI - which is the most improving school in the Borough. It was a lovely visit and David spent quality time with the children talking to them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not sure what happened there!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/not-sure-what-happened-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like I was deleted off the Internet for the best part of a month. Think I have things working again. There is LOTS on so i&#8217;ll be posting a lot of updates on here over the next couple of weeks.
Mike
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		<title>Have your say on alcohol free areas</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2008/01/11/have-your-say-on-alcohol-free-areas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walsall residents are being urged to come forward with hotspots for alcohol-related crimes.
The Safer Walsall Borough Partnership is currently working on a Designated Public Place Order to rid the town of booze-fuelled problems on its streets.The orders have proved successful in Yorkshire, Coventry and Lincolnshire - and Walsall could be next.
But to ensure the orders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy New Year</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/happy-new-year-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year to all readers, constituents, friends and family. One new year resolution is to try and get the posting rate back up on the blog! Plenty going on so I might aswell blog about it&#8230;
For those of you wondering what the Christmas cheer was - it was in the Express and Star that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas cheer for Walsall Wood</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/christmas-cheer-for-walsall-wood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An early Christmas present for Walsall Wood will be revealed on Monday. I&#8217;m very pleased and excited about it.
Watch this space&#8230;.
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		<title>I&#8217;ve voted for the Black Country&#8230; have you?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/ive-voted-for-the-black-country-have-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Appearing in court</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/appearing-in-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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You may remember I went out with the police last December. Read more about it here: Doing a shift with the police.
Well today I was called to give evidence in a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court. I won&#8217;t write anything else about it until the case has been concluded but hope to reflect on my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One year on&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/one-year-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Guess what I was doing a year ago today&#8230;.  election night
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		<title>Remembering and appreciating</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/remembering-and-appreciating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 20:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I was ten i&#8217;ve come to appreciate the importance and significance of Remembrance Sunday. Back then I was parading around in the cold as a little Sea Scout in Walsall Town Centre wondering what was going on at the front but knowing that it was important. Today I had the honour of placing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to bin pointless road signs?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/time-to-bin-pointless-road-signs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a story I&#8217;d like to see repeated in Walsall:
Road sign clutter removal starts  
A thousand road signs are to be taken down in a south Wales county because they are considered &#8220;unnecessary&#8221;.
Caerphilly council has pledged to take down the signs as part of a declutter of its roads. 
By the end of March, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another year wiser?!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/another-year-wiser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is my birthday - so I took the day off work, switched my phone and Blackberry off and enjoyed a day of peace and quiet!
Normal service resumes tomorrow&#8230;
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		<title>Victory! 991 bus service saved&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/10/12/victory-991-bus-service-saved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I received a response to my letter to Centro late yesterday evening. It says:
Councillor Flower
This issue has been raised with me by the office of the PTA Chairman, Councillor Gary Clarke. Although as you say TWM has deregistered  this service from 11 November I am pleased to be able to confirm that following dialogue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Development Control Committee</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/development-control-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a note to say we had Development Control Committee last night. Nothing from our ward and a mixed bag of decisions - some in line with officers advice, others against. This is currently one of the committees I really enjoy sitting on because I feel like I am actually making some sort of difference. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to Travel West Midlands</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/letter-to-travel-west-midlands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a copy of the letter I have sent to Travel West Midlands regarding the 991 bus route:
Dear David,
I tried to get through to you on the phone over the last couple of days but I think we keep missing each other.
I just wanted to register my deep disappointment in hearing the news that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bus troubles</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/bus-troubles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Currently being overwhelmed with correspondance about the bus services in Walsall Wood - particularly regarding the 991 which runs from Lichfield to Walsall. Not the most popular bus service in the world but never the less it is a vital link between Lichfield and Walsall for school children, college students, people who want to shop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back blogging</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/back-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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Well its been a busy few weeks. Last week was Conservative Party conference and the eagle eyed among you may have seen me on the tele or on the web. I got a front row seat for the David Cameron speech. I personally thought it was fantastic - both in delivery, content and style. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Normal service resumes&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/06/normal-service-resumes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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Fair play to the Council. They listened, acknowledged the &#8220;balls up&#8221; and reacted prompted. Here you can see Keith pointing to the newly altered signs. Behind him, out of sight, are five different families enjoying the open space playing football and cricket.
A victory for common sense and democracy.
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		<title>Park sign update</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/park-sign-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Further to the story below - my colleague Cllr Anthony Harris tells me he has bucket loads of green paint so if the signs aren&#8217;t changed by the weekend we might have a go ourselves! (I&#8217;m afraid the three of us are getting a bit militant!!)
There is a serious point to this too. Walsall has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You couldn&#8217;t make it up</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/you-couldnt-make-it-up/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/you-couldnt-make-it-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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Yup the signs in Greenwood Park say no ball games. Time to get someone down there with a bit of green paint me thinks!
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		<title>Litter clampdown at Oak Park</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/litter-clampdown-at-oak-park/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/litter-clampdown-at-oak-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 15:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Litter louts have been targeted as part of a major clamp-down staged by Walsall Council.
Penalty notices are set to be handed out to people who drop litter in the Lichfield Road area close to KFC and the Oak Park leisure.
An £80 fine could be levied on people who fail to but their rubbish in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stonnall Road Bail Hostel - update</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/stonnall-road-bail-hostel-update/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/stonnall-road-bail-hostel-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 12:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Myself and the other five councillors for Aldridge, along with the MP Richard Shepherd, are pressing for Stonnall Road Bail Hostel to be put back on the agenda. We met with the Head of the West Midlands Probation Service and they agreed with us that the Bail Hostel needs to be moved. They are going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a say on Europe</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/time-for-a-say-on-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/time-for-a-say-on-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 10:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m 24 next month and i&#8217;ve never ever been allowed to have a say on Britain&#8217;s relationship with Europe. Why is it important? Because the majority of our laws are now made over in Europe. It is totally unaccountable. When was the last time an MEP or European Commissioner rang your doorbell?
The fact is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dogs and politics don&#8217;t mix!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/dogs-and-politics-dont-mix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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Remember this injury I got during the by-election last November? It can be a difficult business delivering leaflets or going door knocking. With injuries like this its no wonder people comment they never see their local councillor - as we&#8217;re tip toeing around trying not to get bitten! Something tried to get at me through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No ball games in the park?!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/09/03/no-ball-games-in-the-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Coppy Hall Park in Aldridge has got new signs which say no ball games, golf or horse riding. A resident has written to me to ask me why they can&#8217;t play football in the park. Good question!
Don&#8217;t understand it myself as it&#8217;s a great place for a game of rounders or football. I&#8217;ve asked the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back on the streets&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/back-on-the-streets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Your three local councillors are back on the streets delivering the summer version of our Intouch leaflet. If you see us around do say hello. We&#8217;ve been upto quite a bit so there is plenty to read about on the four page leaflet. Can you help deliver some? Even if just twenty please do drop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speed clampdown in Aldridge</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/08/28/speed-clampdown-in-aldridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Express &#38; Star covered my recent attempts to clamp down on speed in Aldridge - after numerous complaints from residents.

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		<title>Tell David Cameron and the Party what you think!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/tell-david-cameron-and-the-party-what-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/08/17/tell-david-cameron-and-the-party-what-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative Party has launched a website encouraging people to tell the Party what they want.  http://standupspeakup.conservatives.com/
Some of it is really good. Why don&#8217;t you take a look? Its your chance to tell David Cameron what you think and what you want.
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		<title>Last week - round up</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/last-week-round-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a busy week last week!
- Monday was Walsall Wood Allotments Charity.
- Tuesday was Development Control.
- Friday was a walk around the Town Centre in Walsall as part of being on the regeneration committee. The damage caused by the Shannon&#8217;s Mill fire is enormous. I guarantee that if what I have heard goes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expansion of the railways?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/expansion-of-the-railways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I read in the Walsall Advertiser an ongoing debate in the letters page about railways in Walsall. One writer from Aldridge wrote, &#8220;Many local councillors seem to be actually anti-rail and light rail, even though it would benefit the vast majority of Walsall residents and the environment?&#8221; Upto now I don&#8217;t think i&#8217;ve aired a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fortnightly collection? No thanks!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/08/03/fortnightly-collection-no-thanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I read (and heard) the story about Walsall Council reviewing its refuse collection as i&#8217;m sure most of you have done. Its here: http://www.expressandstar.co.uk/2007/08/01/bin-pick-up-change-views/
I can assure you here and now that I am yet to be convinced on the whole fortnightly rubbish collection issue. Lets look at why this is an issue:
The Government want us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/08/02/update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve not posted for a couple of weeks - not been on top form - and been ill on and off. More posts next week when I get back upto speed.
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		<title>Development Control Committee + others</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/development-control-committee-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick round up of Development Control Committee this evening.
We agreed numerous enforcement notices - all on people who build or change the use of buildings and ignore the law. These people who think the law doesn&#8217;t apply to them deserve to feel the weight of the law. In addition we agreed to a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have your say on Public Rights of Way</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/have-your-say-on-public-rights-of-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Walsall Council is preparing to improve the borough’s network of public rights of way but needs residents to say where the money should be spent.
The council is launching an extensive consultation exercise to see what people like, and dislike, about Walsall’s 53 miles (85.5km) of footpaths, bridleways, shared-use paths and byways.
More than 2,000 survey forms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wet but successful event!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/wet-but-successful-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Today is St Swithun&#8217;s day and it is said that if it rains today then it will rain for the next 40 days. To be honest it feels like it has rained for the last 40 days too! Despite the weather there was an excellent turn out of young and old at Aldridge Airport for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lazy Hill Road - traffic survey results</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/lazy-hill-road-traffic-survey-results/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/lazy-hill-road-traffic-survey-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are more indepth results of the traffic survey on Lazy Hill Road (which I reported here).
Download report here.
An additional survey will be conducted on Lazy Hill Road outside numbers 152 / 154. This will be carried out during September once the schools are back. The last one was carried out half way down the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updates: To come!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/updates-to-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have some catching up to do on this blog - a couple of meetings to feedback on - plus some of my projects I hope will bear some fruit over the next couple of weeks. So keep a look out!
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		<title>Important!! Black Country Core Strategy</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/important-black-country-core-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just been cleaning out a back log of paper and buried deep among some of the stuff I get sent is a document on the &#8220;Black Country Core Strategy&#8221;. So whats this and why is it important?
Basically the Core Strategy is a planning document for the entire Black Country - which will cover issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking for Rosie&#8217;s Helping Hands</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/walking-for-rosies-helping-hands/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/12/walking-for-rosies-helping-hands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be joining many others this Sunday for Rosie&#8217;s annual charity walk at Bosty Lane Airport in Aldridge.
Please do come along and help raise money for an excellent local charity which achieves great things.
More information at: http://www.rosieshelpinghands.org/forthcomingevents.htm
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		<title>Good news on Lazy Hill car park!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/good-news-on-lazy-hill-car-park/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/good-news-on-lazy-hill-car-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It could just be an amazing co-incidence - but either way its great news for people in Aldridge. 
It has been mentioned to me by many residents in the Druids Heath and Coppy Hall area, since the by-election in November, that the car park outside the Co-Op in Lazy Hill is dangerous. I know this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stab proof vests for PCSO&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/stab-proof-vests-for-pcsos/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/stab-proof-vests-for-pcsos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember back in December last year I highlighted the stupidity of a system where Police Community Support Officers in the West Midlands do not get stab proof vests - whereas police officers do. See here: http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2006/12/17/doing-a-shift-with-the-police/
MPs and Officers have highlighted this issue here http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/?p=1239 and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/5253778.stm
Today we see the news that a Police [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has Green Lane affected your vehicle?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/has-green-lane-affected-your-vehicle/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/has-green-lane-affected-your-vehicle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I always try to emphasize that I am your representative on/to the Council first and not the Council&#8217;s representative in Aldridge North and Walsall Wood. Therefore I&#8217;m not going to offer excuses for the the Green Lane incident because its not my job to do so. Instead it is for me to try and get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LEA Governor Appointment Panel</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/lea-governor-appointment-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/lea-governor-appointment-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This met this afternoon and we appointed some new school governors. This committee is as simple as the title suggests!
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		<title>Email problems</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/email-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/email-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My email box reached capacity this week and so apologies if you have emailed me this week and it has bounced back. I have had a clear out so it should work. Its flowermd@walsall.gov.uk
Also please feel free to chase me on any outstanding issues. I think I have about 20 individual cases on the go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Development Control Committee 2</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/development-control-committee-2/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/27/development-control-committee-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Tuesday came and brought another Development Control Committee. In total we will have had nearly 7 hours of planning over two days - the same as working another working day. No wonder I was done in by 10pm on Tuesday!
I am beginning to grow in confidence and I was happy to second a motion to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to be Walsall&#8217;s Chief Executive?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/want-to-be-walsalls-chief-executive/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/want-to-be-walsalls-chief-executive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
Walsall Council are now advertising for a new Chief Executive. To quote Cllr John O&#8217;Hare, our Leader: &#8220;Our aim is to reach the top. Our citizens deserve nothing less. If you think that you can help us achieve our ambitions then we would be delighted to hear from you.&#8221;
You&#8217;ll be working with a good team [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Approving Manor Hospital &#38; canal regeneraton</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/approving-manor-hospital-canal-regeneraton/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/approving-manor-hospital-canal-regeneraton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
We had a Special Development Control meeting tonight because there are so many planning applications to deal with. Thats because Walsall is changing and developing for the 21st Century.
Firstly we had an application for apartments, housing and other developments on the side of the canal not far from the Art Gallery. These were really impressive. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Oak Park forward - delivering</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/moving-oak-park-forward-delivering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember this?

Well we said we would start to lobby to get Oak Park moved forward and we have delivered on the first step. The car park has been resurfaced, new lines painted and a 10mph limit introduced with speed bumps. This is good news and many local groups and residents have been asking for this. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery review &#38; the week ahead</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/23/surgery-review-the-week-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Was pleased to arrive early for my surgery and leave late! Plenty of people came to see me and I have three pages of case work now to crack on with!!
This is a busy Council week with Development Control on Monday AND Tuesday evening - thats how much planning is going on in Walsall at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shire Oak Residents Group</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/shire-oak-residents-group/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/shire-oak-residents-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The group have established an online forum. Please do join in and discuss ideas and thoughts. The link is: http://groups.google.co.uk/group/shire-oak-rg?hl=en
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		<title>Surgery this Saturday</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/surgery-this-saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My surgery will be held this coming Saturday between 10 and 11am in Walsall Wood library. Please come along and see me if you have anything pressing you wish to discuss.
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		<title>Steps update</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/steps-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve worn this stepometer on and off over the last week or so. The worst day was 992 steps!! That consisted of a walk to and from the car to work and the same again to come home. I was shattered that day and a colleague brought lunch in! Thats over 9,000 steps under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oak Park update</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/oak-park-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Myself and Keith had a meeting with a number of high level council officers regarding the state of Oak Park. Anthony was spending a week away but this issue is very much a priority for the three of us.
We made it clear that we want Oak Park and the High Street designated as a &#8220;zero [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other updates: phone mast and flooding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember this:  Phone mast on Royal Exchange Public House? Well this is something we are stuck with. The Council are unable to take enforcement action as it does fall under permitted development rights. 
Why? Because the government passed legislation which allowed these masts to go up. 
Why? Because Gordon Brown raised £20bn to plug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The bail hostel on Stonnall Road, Aldridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A resident recently got in touch with me regarding the bail hostel on Stonnall Road. I spoke to Richard Shepherd MP and it appears that the Home Office wrote in July 2006 stating they wanted to find an alternative site in the future and would work with the Local Authority to do so. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Rosie&#8217;s helping hands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was also delighted to be invited to meet with Karen and Sean Ross on Saturday morning to discuss their charity - Rosie&#8217;s helping hands. This charity was set up in memory of their daughter Rosie who was tragically murdered in Centenary Square a few years ago. I remember it well as I often would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting local events</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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I was delighted to be invited to and attend the sale and coffee morning at St Thomas&#8217;s Church, in Aldridge on Saturday. Despite the terrific rain it appeared to be well attended and I think I bought most of the plant stall - much to the delight of my grandad who will be making the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Lane closed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A local resident brought to my attention the poor condition of the recently resurfaced Green Lane. This is totally unacceptable and as a result the road has been closed so the contractors can repair the road. I will keep pressing officers, who will keep pressing the contractors and hopefully it will be reopened next week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shire Oak cafe is no more!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/shire-oak-cafe-is-no-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Remember this? Well I have been working hard with officers on this - as i&#8217;ve posted before. Next time you drive past on the Chester Road you will see its gone. Its been demolished at long last. 
Are there any building like this in the ward you would like me to take a look at? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 19:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear me it appears that I haven&#8217;t updated this site in a couple of weeks! Thats not because I haven&#8217;t been doing anything - lots has been going on. Anyway my computer is fixed so plenty to start posting again!
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		<title>Shire Oak Residents Group launched</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/shire-oak-residents-group-launched/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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I was delighted to deliver one of my election promises today with the creation of the Shire Oak Residents Group. In the wake of the planning defeat in March/April - I promised to call a public meeting after the elections. We had a fantastic venue in Walsall Wood JMI&#8217;s hall. The Head there has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Step monitor update!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/step-monitor-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well Saturday went really well. Managed 13,903 steps so well over the 10,000 mark. I think all the leaflet delivering contributed to this!
Sunday I managed 13,207 - which suprised me as I walked half way around Sutton Park - which felt a lot more than Sat!
But today has shocked me. I&#8217;ve managed just 1,924 steps! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How far do you walk?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/how-far-do-you-walk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
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As my friends and family well know, I am one of the unfittest people in the world (or at least it feels that way!). Just running for the bus used to be a struggle! A few years ago I had glandular fever and the associated post viral fatigue that goes with it. I was stuck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday: Development Control Committee</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/06/04/thursday-development-control-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a long one: started at half 5 and I didn&#8217;t get home to eat until half 10! There was plenty on the agenda included two from our ward. Sadly the Beechtree Road application was passed. 
Not everything was passed according to recommendations however. There were debates over building on a former landfill tip, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Councillor training</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/councillor-training/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 22:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a two hour training session this afternoon on Development Control (Planning), how it works and the law. It was well attended by councillors.
It is amazing how little room there is for challenging an officer recommended option successfully (we saw this with the Shire Oak application). Arguments have to be backed up by either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University education</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/university-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 20:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may know I went to the University of Birmingham and graduated in 2005. Whilst studying in 2003 I was an elected Student Union officer and with it being the height of the top-up-fees battle - I joined in. I just didn&#8217;t agree that fees should be charged for people to study [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery tomorrow&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/surgery-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.Walsall Wood Library - 10-11am!
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		<title>Brown bins: Democracy works!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/brown-bins-democracy-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 17:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just had through the list for the second wave of brown bins in Walsall Wood. Democracy really does work. Everyone who has contacted me asking for a brown bin will have received one by the end of the month. The roads are:
Queen Street, Green Lane, Bridgeside Close, Beechtree Road, Peake Crescent, Vigo Close, Roberts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ward work continues&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/ward-work-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 22:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst all the post-election formalities have been completed, ward work continues. Here are a couple of things I have dealt with over the last couple of days:
Housing Condition Survey
A resident emailed me about the above, because a Scottish company contacted them claiming to be undertaking work on behalf of the Council and wanted to arrange [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Mayor and Annual Council</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/making-a-mayor-and-annual-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 22:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We had Annual Council on Monday evening. What is this? This is the first meeting after the elections and deals with elections and appointments. The first thing Council does is vote for a new Mayor (who chairs the Council meetings). Conservative councillor Melvin Pitt was elected (pictured above) and Tom Ansell was elected as his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning: Beechtree Road update</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/planning-beechtree-road-update/</link>
		<comments>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/23/planning-beechtree-road-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 22:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing planning application at Beechtree Road will be heard by Development Control Committee on the 31st May. Kick off is 5:30pm and it is held in the Council Chamber at the Council House. All papers are public so please ask at your local library for them, go online or ring up the Council and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Meeting called</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/21/public-meeting-called/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 21:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am calling a public meeting to establish a Community Group for the Shire Oak area. It will be held at Walsall Wood JMI School on Monday 4th June at 7pm. Further information will be distributed through the local press, in leaflets and in posters shortly.  For further information please contact me.
   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery dates - 2007</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/surgery-dates-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be no surgery this Saturday as it is the Aldridge North &#38; Walsall Wood Conservative coffee morning at 82 Walsall Road, Aldridge, WS9 0JW - 10:30 til 12pm. I am even baking a cake and trying to outdo Cllr Marco Longhi (Cons, Pelsall). Could be amusing. Please do come along and see us.
I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walsall Wood FC &#38; Oak Park</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/walsall-wood-fc-oak-park/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday evening we held a meeting at Walsall Wood Football Club trying to move plans forward. Another positive meeting. I also have meetings arranged with Council officers to try and do something with the wider Oak Park site. To be frank the entire site lacks ambition and your three local councillors want to inject ambition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future of grammar schools?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/the-future-of-grammar-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While i&#8217;m discussing national politics lets look at another national policy that will have a local effect - grammar schools.
In Walsall we are lucky to have Queen Mary&#8217;s Grammar and Queen Mary&#8217;s High. I was fortunate to pass the entrance exam to the Grammar School - scraping in at 94 out of 96 if memory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t hug a hoodie says Cameron</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/dont-hug-a-hoodie-says-cameron/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 22:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t post on national issues very often but this one came up time and time again during my elections - especially the by-election. It was widely reported that David Cameron said that people should &#8216;hug a hoodie&#8217; after a speech he gave last year. When I was with David Cameron in Wolverhampton he was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Committee places</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/14/committee-places/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 21:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative Group met again this evening and we thrashed out all the committee places for the forthcoming year. Took just under three hours - phew!
Subject to being agreed by Council I shall be:
- Vice-chair of the LEA Governor Appointment Panel.
- A member of the Regeneration Scrutiny Committee.
- Aldridge North &#38; Walsall Wood&#8217;s representative on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday: Aldridge North Neighbourhood Watch AGM</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/thursday-aldridge-north-neighbourhood-watch-agm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 10:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was pleased to be invited to and attend the AGM of the Aldridge North Neighbourhood Watch. I believe that we have one of the best and most active Neighbourhood Watches in the country. There was a great turnout and it was good to see the local police and trading standards officers from the Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday: Walsall Wood Allotments Charity</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/wednesday-walsall-wood-allotments-charity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 10:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday evening it was back to the grindstone after the elections. We had a meeting of the Walsall Wood Allotments Charity, of which I am a trustee, and considered numerous applications for support and funding. If you would like to apply to the charity please contact Lesley Jones, Clerk to the Trustees, on 01922 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday: Civic Reception</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/tuesday-civic-reception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 10:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was delighted to attend the Civic Reception on Tuesday evening for Walsall Football Club. They are worthy champions and I think they will do well next season. When the club does well, it reflects well on Walsall. Congratulations once again!
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		<title>Post election group meeting</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/post-election-group-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2007 10:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We had our post-election group meeting on Tuesday evening. The meeting is a private meeting and therefore I won&#8217;t cover the contents. However the group did elect Cllr John O&#8217;Hare (Aldridge Central and South) as Leader and Cllr Adrian Andrew (Pheasey Park Farm) as Deputy Leader. Congratulations go to both of them. I know they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second phase of brown bins&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/second-phase-of-brown-bins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 22:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The next phase of brown bins for garden waste is being finalised and information will be sent out next week. Here is the timetable:
Send out information to residents       8th May to 11th May 2007
Distribute bins 14th May to 18th May 2007
First collections       Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Flower &#38; David Cameron</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/mike-flower-david-cameron/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 22:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
I got the chance to talk to David Cameron recently about some of the issues affecting Aldridge North &#38; Walsall Wood and the local Conservative Party in the West Midlands.
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		<title>Election over&#8230; what happens next?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/election-over-what-happens-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2007 20:34:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well i&#8217;ve had lots of sleep since Friday night and a good rest. So what happens now the elections are over?
Firstly the Conservative Group of Councillors will meet early in the week to elect a Leader, Deputy Leader, Chief Whip, Secretary and Treasurer. The Leader of the Group will become Leader of the Council as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 07:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for voting for me and for voting Conservative. The Conservatives gained one seat (Pleck), held the rest and now have a majority of three on the Council. Lets hope we can do some good stuff in the year ahead.
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		<title>Election results</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/04/election-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 01:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Aldridge North and Walsall Wood
Candidate	Party	Votes received
Greveson
Mark Robert	Liberal Democrats	548
Flower
Mike	Conservative and Unionist Party	2175
Pearson
Ian	Labour Party	527
Registered Voters: 10334
Ballot Papers Issued: 3270
Turnout: % 31.6
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		<title>Pre count thoughts</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/03/pre-count-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 20:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well its reached that time where campaigning becomes irrelevant. Only a hour until polls close. I&#8217;ve worked hard over the last 8 months, campaigning for the by-election, six months as a councillor and now having fought another full blooded campaign. I genuinely feel like there isn&#8217;t an ounce of energy left in me. I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election day!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/election-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 21:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Election update</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/election-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 21:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Aldridge-Brownhills Conservative Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget polling is this Thursday between 7am and 10pm. There are no election boards on the lampposts this year, but the election is still on! Everyone (I hope) has now received an election address from myself and the Conservatives and i&#8217;ve been out and about all around the ward. If you need a lift [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campaigning with the Shadow Chancellor</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/05/01/campaigning-with-the-shadow-chancellor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 09:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
I spent some time with the Shadow Chancellor yesterday and helped launch the final part of the local elections campaign in Birmingham City Centre. Praguetory has more here.
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		<title>Fortnightly or weekly bin collections?</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/fortnightly-or-weekly-bin-collections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This one has caused a bit of a stir recently in the press and media. I did receive a voicemail from one gentleman asking my view on this - but he didn&#8217;t leave a name or number so I&#8217;ll post my thoughts on here.
I don&#8217;t believe we are currently in a position in Walsall to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lazy Hill shops</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/lazy-hill-shops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen quite a few people over the last few weeks - out and about in the patch. Whilst canvassing at the weekend myself and Keith chatted to a lady about the state of the car park outside the Co-Op in Lazy Hill Road. Although it is actually outside our ward we have done some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Road accident in Aldridge</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/road-accident-in-aldridge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was sorry to read in the Express and Star of a fatal accident on Walsall Wood Road, on the edge of the Aldridge side of my patch. I will have a chat to the police to ensure that we are all doing as much as we can to ensure that Walsall Wood Road is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown bins!</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/brown-bins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was really pleased to see new brown bins at the ends of many people&#8217;s drives as I drove around the ward this evening. Their first collection is tomorrow.
There is a second phase coming out at the end of May. I have argued the case for other streets and roads, including Beechtree Road, and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chester Road quarry</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/chester-road-quarry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended a meeting at the Tarmac quarry on the Chester Road, Shire Oak this evening with some local residents and councillors from Staffordshire County Council and Lichfield District Council. I was pleased to be invited and I raised the issue of bricks being left on the Chester Road from the tyres. I also pledged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LNP Community Cash Scheme</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/24/lnp-community-cash-scheme/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon different representatives, including myself, met to decide on applications for the Local Neighbourhood Partnership&#8217;s Community Cash Scheme. I am pleased to say that three applications out of three for our ward were successful but I won&#8217;t dilvulge what they are yet - that is for the LNP team to do first through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A review of Council</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/a-review-of-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This evening we held the last Council meeting of the Municipal Year. A municipal year runs from election to election - so May to May in Walsall. We heard from Cllr Tom Ansell, Leader of the Council, on the &#8216;State of Walsall&#8217;. We also debated and voted on searching for external funding for community wardens, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy St George&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/23/happy-st-georges-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wishing everyone a very happy St George&#8217;s Day!
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		<title>My election platform</title>
		<link>http://mikeflower.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/my-election-platform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Click on the images below to read my election address:


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		<title>Walsall Football Club promoted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A big congratulations to Walsall Football Club on being promoted - an excellent achievement. It&#8217;ll probably lose me a couple of votes but&#8230;. I&#8217;m a West Brom fan! Still it delights me to see Walsall promoted and I hope they can keep the momentum up and return to the Championship. I am sure the Council [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oak Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cllr Mike Flower</dc:creator>
		
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Members of the public reported a caravan being &#8220;dumped&#8221; in Oak Park&#8217;s car park. Well it appears that someone or some people decided to torch it on Wednesday night. Here myself and Cllr Keith Sears are pictured with the remains. We have asked Street