Following the sad news of the death of Cllr Dan Daley, Maidstone Green Party have announced that Cllr Stuart Jeffery will be the Green Party’s candidate for the Maidstone Central division on Kent County Council. The election is on 6th July. Cllr Stuart Jeffery said, “I am delighted to have been chosen to contest this […]
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A petition to save the Tovil recycling centre started by Green Party campaigner for Coxheath, Claire Kehily, has attracted over 700 signatures in its first two days showing the strength of feeling that the centre must not close. Data show that Maidstone already has a high level of fly tipping and the Greens are concerned […]
Maidstone Green Party campaigner, Rachel Rodwell, has become increasingly concerned about antisocial behaviour on the river with people dangerously using ribs and dinghies, threatening other river users and firing catapults at wildlife. Rachel has been working with local services to improve the safety. Green Rachel Rodwell: “Over the past weeks, I have been involved with […]
Green Councillor, Stuart Jeffery, has accused KCC of putting savings before safety after the lack of subway lights in Maidstone hit their six month anniversary. Cllr Stuart Jeffery, Green Party: “While we can all see the dire state that KCC are in, made blindingly obvious by the state of our roads, I am really quite […]
Last week’s elections were tremendous. Green Councillors Derek Eagle (Sutton Valence and Langley) and Stephen Thompson (Detling and Thurnham) joined me on Maidstone Borough Council and we will be working with three like minded independent councillors too. We had very near misses in Marden and Yalding where Mick Summersgill’s 35% was just 5% behind the […]
Maidstone Greens will be hoping to build on last years election success at the upcoming Maidstone Borough Council Elections on May 4th. This time we will be fielding 16 candidates across 18 seats, and endorsing the Independent candidates in the other 2 wards. For the latest information, including details of who is standing in your […]
Green campaigner for Allington, Rachel Rodwell, has started a petition to KCC to get the proposed bus service from Hermitage Park moving after learning that they have been sitting on these funds for this for seven years. Rachel Rodwell, Green Party campaigner for Allington: “It is simply unbelievable that KCC can drag their heels for […]
Green campaigner Rachel Rodwell was shocked to hear that the council do not intend to make public the number of people who are refused a vote due to a lack of ID in the local elections. The refusal came to light at the Council meeting on 22nd February where she asked what measures were to […]
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Green Campaigner Stephen Thompson has hit out at Maidstone Borough Council’s lack of engagement with local bus operators that came to light following his questions at the Council meeting on 22nd February. Stephen Thompson (Green Party campaigner for Detling and Thurnham): “Good quality, local and cheap bus services are the backbone of public transport so it […]
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At Wednesday’s full Council meeting Cllr Jeffery (Green) called for increased fines and enforcement for fly tippers and for landlords who let out substandard homes. Cllr Jeffery also proposed a working group on sustainable transport across the Borough. All three suggestions were rejected by the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats however they were fully supported by […]
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