Councillor Joan Lambert's Personal Blog

Welcome to my blog.†

My name is Joan Lambert, Teignbridge District Councillor and Kingsteignton Town Councillor. I am the Member for Kingsteignton West Ward in South Devon, which comprises the Parishes of Kingsteignton West and Teigngrace.

My committee membership within the District Council includes the Overview & Scrutiny and Development Control Committees and the Health and Safety Forum.

My responsibilities within the Parish Council include Works & Services/Planning and Finance. I have been School Governor of Rydon Primary School, Kingsteignton, since 1990.

The purpose of this site is to try and keep you informed about my role and provide you with information about developments in Teignbridge District Council and our local Ward Kingsteignton West.

I will clarify my responsibilities in future blogs...

Sunday, 18 October 2009

Respect

What is the difference?

 

I am talking about the young man in the wheel chair and the drunken lout, the young man in the chair has the dignity not to retaliate, his mother and sister had to see first hand what it will be like for him in the years to come.

This man has more guts and determination to get up and walk with his new legs, and that  is the hardest thing any amputee has to do, the pain and agony these men and women have to endure I hope you never have to go through.

The desecration of the War memorial by the young man beggars belief, what is it that they have to go out and get intoxicated out of their minds, you hear that they are so hard up so where do they get the money from.

Perhaps we should not give out money in benefits but vouchers that can not be exchanged for alcohol only for food and housing.

I think next year will see a wake up call to a lot of people when they find that there is no money to go round.

 

What is your view at the TA will have to pay for training and kit, what an asinine idea.  The person who has said this must be taken out to the war zone and not coddled but go out and face the Taliban,  having said that it might cause us more casualties.

 

Remember a while back I said about the price hike in utility bills well we have it, I say to elderly people please do not cut down on heating and hot meals.

It is more cost effective to keep you all well and not ill or in hospital.

 

Would it be possible to have our money back, I see that the bankers are being paid massive bonuses, so why not give us back our money, or are I too simplistic.

 

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Allotments

Allotments

 

This is like winning the lottery, I have looked for this past 3 years and I still get the same reply from land owners NO, we need our land for other things, like what say I knowing full well what the answer will be.

This morning the good people of Kingsteignton have formed them selves in to an Allotment Society even if they have no allotment.

There were some very good questions to me like why, when, not bad for a Sunday morning.

So watch this space and see how they get on.

 

That was the good thing, but why oh why do I go and read the Sunday papers, dear god is there nobody in Westminster who is honest and straight with us.

We had in the week Mr Ainsworth saying that he could not send any more troops to Afghanistan as there was not enough equipment for the troops, and I have just read that we may be not be invited to the next G4 meeting, what that says for the state of this country.

The Irish have voted, so what is in store for us as a nation, the loss of 1000 years of our history.

This is a question that you must ask all those nice people who will come knocking on your door and promise the earth, just quiz them hard, and if they walk away with red faces you will know.

 

The disgraceful way the young soldier was treated when out with his mother;

This young man has lost both legs and his right arm, these loud mouth louts should be made to go to Headly Court and face the brave men and women who have lost limbs and been mentally scared, or be conscripted.

I sat through a lecture where we listened to case histories, about these poor young men and girls who come from broken homes, dear god what did we have in the second world war, husbands away for years wives having to cope on their own, but those children did not abuse wounded  service personal, as they would have had a good hiding, oh I forgot I can't use that word, no we had too much work in allotments and gardens, if we wanted to have food, but it is just there with no regard to how or where it comes from.

What will these brave soles do when there cuts in the utilities in this coming winter?