We are underused  

The big local issue at the moment is the Lib Dem council’s bid to sell of lots of supposedly ‘underused’ green spaces to developers, supposedly to fund the improvement of ‘better used’ parks and green spaces. There are lots of Facebook groups being set up by campaigners across the city, many of whom will be attending the Council meeting on 7th September to present petitions, make statements, and generally let the Lib Dems know how unhappy they are. There’s going to be a bit of a rally on College Green beforehand too… Unfortunately Parliament returns on 6th September, so I won’t be able to be there, but I will be at the meeting on 1st September at the Vassall Centre, where campaigners against proposals for Frome Vale and Hillfields (including the plan for a travellers site in Begbrook) will be making their views heard, very vociferously I’d...