Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

I decided in 2011 when first elected as an Independent Councillor, that my means of communicating and keeping ‘my’ electorate informed would by a Website.
Like every thing it takes a while for the platform to get known and established.
Some 11 years later, the average number of individuals having a look is around 1,200 – 1,400 a day.
As I stated in 2011 – You will only get ‘facts’ and not fiction here and I wish the same could be said for Social Media.

I am always contactable and will always listen to issues and concerns.
Hoping another year or two before I ‘retire’ – and let (ha) someone else keep you all up to date and informed.

You may ‘if’ you’re lucky get a once or twice newsletter from other Councillors, on the otherhand you may not get anything at all until election time?

5,859 Posting on this Web-blog – 2,500,000+ Hits

January 2014 I was there…..History in the making….well maybe,
and we are still waiting for ‘a’ Supermarket to be built?
Like the KD Bridge …slowly, slowly – it will come eventually – just be patient?

I have now attended 8 yes that is 8 planning meetings regarding the ‘Supermarket’ coming to Whittlesey…. 4 for Whittlesey Town Council (as consultees) and 2 at March and 2 at Whittlesey.
Yesterdays meeting started at 14:30 and concluded after legal advice at 22:45.
It was a very good turn out and in general the meeting was well handled and behaved.
I still think that the Independent Councillor Mark Archer was the most robust in his questioning of all concerned. To be fair it was Marks first time ‘listening’ to this debate.
Simon King another newcomer to the debate was also one of the better questioners.

So after listening to various comments this morning, everyone is ‘Happy’ –  BUT the decision is still open to appeal and legal challenge. It needs to go to the Secretary of State for ratification.

I hope that Harrier/Tesco now see sense…. and come to some agreement to give up their
plans for Station Road…… there is of course one way to make it work…..
Sort the Railway crossing out and who know!!!!

I and the majority of Whittlesey residents look forward to the long term, a new supermarket, a business park and a country park for future generations.

Keep Dreaming…..

In serious need of some R&R…. Connie and I had a nice week away in Jersey last week.
Some 40 years since we last visited….(On a Motorbike) – all very good, however everything is much more expensive than here on the mainland.

Whilst there we met up on several occasions with one of my Ship Mates, Jonathan P, who
has the inherited the ‘title’ Lord Louth (bestowed on his family by Henry VIII)

10 minute article about how ‘we’ all take many things for granted….

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Like all planned things can go a little wrong, I and they forgot the Fair was setting up on the Market Square – however they were located in the Car Park behing The George.
I did go along and have a good conversation with the representatives from Cambs CC.
They would wish as many people have an input as possible – that said do not expect anything to happen very quickly…..these things take time as we all know…

Having ‘sampled’ food in Prisons and Police Stations (As a member of the public?)
Todays experience was sort of OK – my choice of Chicken Piri-Piri I rated at 6/10
my colleague rated her Chicken Pie at 2/10, the food was hot and tasted OK – it just looked ?.
The patients I surveyed all appeared reasonably happy with the food.
Extensive menu, with a large print version, Religious Menu, Picture Menu and a Childrens Menu.