Leigh-on-Sea and Westcliff-on-Sea covers some or all of
the following eleven wards in Southend-on-Sea:
Belfairs, Blenheim Park, Chalkwell, Eastwood Park, Leigh,
Milton, Prittlewell, St Laurence, Victoria, Westborough, West Leigh.
The Leigh and Westcliff Times (to give the paper its
proper title) therefore is relevant to these wards. However, since all councillors
take decisions covering the whole borough (I hope no-one is parochial enough to
ignore everything outwith their own ward boundaries) then news in these two
towns (Leigh and Westcliff) is relevant to all fifty-one who sit in the council
chamber in Southend-on-Sea.
So, when Cllr Kenyon asks " Is there any need for the Leigh Times to be sent to Councillors
who have wards outside Leigh?" I am tempted to respond that he needs to
understand his role better.
Whether this requires a special delivery is arguable;
that the Leigh and Westcliff Times is relevant is, in my humble opinion, beyond
doubt.
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