Another madly busy week, but I like it like that, the days just seem to fly by!
On Friday I went to the business speed networking event at Chesham Park School and am pleased to report that I really enjoyed it. The way the event worked was that small groups of pupils had five minutes to talk to the different business people, me included. Every five minutes a whistle was blown and the pupils moved on, a bit like speed dating.
The pupils all had interesting questions for me and it was good fun. The hour I was there flew by. It was nice to meet the pupils who were all well mannered. I had been a bit nervous as I wasn't sure what they might ask or whether they would be interested in what I had to say, if they weren't they at least hid it well!
This week's papers are filled with a broad mix of stories. In the Examiner we have a magistrate who thinks he has the answer to Chesham's anti-social behaviour problems as well as the news that Chesham has come up trumps in the Thames and Chiltern in Bloom contest.
In the Advertiser we investigate what having the incinerator in Gerrards Cross could do to house prices, and it isn't good news.
All papers carry the rather disturbing story that one in seven motorists stopped during the summer drink drive campaign failed a breath test. Quite a scary statistic which shows the message just isn't getting through.
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Rob Whittle wrote...
Dear Julie
My hope you saw the Norwich Evening News "No to Norfolk Incinerator" campaign that was morally and publically correct. I view shared by the Editor. As a result both the EEN and campaign group won against the Norwich Incinerator this year, and went on to be the runner up in the WWF and BEMA media and campaigns award in London last week, presented by Alistair McGowan. It highlighted incinerator are morally and environmentally wrong, and with local media assistance can be driven off, and arrogant waste officers and councillors beaten.
Councils need to be exposed to the viable alternatives such as Plasma Gasificatio, Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT/AD) or Mechanical Heat Treatment (MHT/ Autoclaving)
Councils needs to be know that fine particle emissions or PM2.5s are a growing health problem as researched by Dr Dick van Steenis MBBS, and government reports like the HPA and Royal Society have it wrong by not researching PM2.5 thoroughly.
Councils need to be taught a lesson on democracy and openness, and not to covertly impose the incinerator monstrosities on local people. Local people are not NIMBY's. They willaccept alternative technologies which are many times more acceptable and benign than incinerators, and do not depress house prices or business activity.
Buckingham Advertiser and Julie, please support the BRAIN campaign to rid Bucks. of incinerator in favour of something better with local people being more involved in the technology choice, not officers with skewed "bid procurement models".
Rob Whittle
NAIL2 Committee
Norfolk
Posted by: Rob Whittle | November 11, 2007 7:05 PM