Best of the rest?

So, yesterday (May 22nd) there were local Council Elections throughout the UK. I was standing as a Paper Candidate for Merton Park. Did I win?

http://democracy.merton.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?XXR=0&ID=32&RPID=500340908

No.

Why? Well for one thing this is more about community than it is about politics. The Merton Park Independent Residents are a tightly knit group who work on behalf of the community in which they live. And the community respects that and backs them.

The same goes for the allotment society. We're not a business, so the place should not be run as such. We do not need to make a profit, in fact we are an Industrial and Provident Society so we shouldn't even be thinking about making a profit. What we have to do is work for the good of the community as a whole. That is what we as the MAGA Committee are committed to do.

This is not easy. There are a number of works that we currently are undertaking, such as the replacement of the West Side entrance gates. This will help the security of the site. Especially as we have had a few fly tipping issues recently. We are currently looking into fitting security cameras near the shop in an effort to catch said tippers.



As an aside, MAGA was originally the "Merton Allotments and Gardens Association", but since we became a proper legal entity for the purpose of managing the site the name was changed to "Martin Way Allotment Gardens Association". Merton covers a large area and there are quite a few allotment sites under that umbrella. It was unfair of us to covet the name over everybody else. And since we're based on Martin Way...