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12 weeks of actively opposing the Warwickshire ‘Improvement Plan’ has come to a close with the successful protest march from Warwickshire Racecourse to the Shire Hall on Sunday 6th December. In a fight such as this, significant public support, as demonstrated at the march is essential to a successful campaign. Furthermore if consultation has any value at all and we believe it does then the Fire Authority must take heed of public opinion and reconsider the proposal in full. 12 weeks in which Service Management and Fire Authority members have completely failed in their endeavours to convince the general public in Warwickshire that their plan will actually improve the service and create a higher degree of public safety. Warwickshire RFU has yet to witness any signs of support for the plan from any quarter and what is absolutely clear is the opposition at the announcement of the plan has grown significantly in the last 12 weeks. Taxpayers and the electorate are not fools and have become well versed in the arguments against the plan; many have posed questions at consultation meetings without clear and concise answers being provided. It would also be fair to suggest that any response when given has lacked any real conviction which is even more disturbing. If management cannot justify their own plan and convince the public of its worth who can? Without exception there is massive rejection of a plan which proposes to decimate a vital emergency service, which would see the loss of Bedworth, Bidford, Brinklow, Fenny Compton, Kenilworth, Studley and Warwick fire stations and RDS crews based at Coleshill and Atherstone being removed. Even if the Authority does not value these stations as assets, the taxpayers and the electorate do and should be listened to. Tony Morgan Message Ends Press contact |
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