Based on a general reluctance to get excessively involved or to become a campaigner but compelled by POP, I wrote to Fife Council with a simple question: how should my son cycle to school (except I posed that question in about 1,000 words). I got a reply and responded that it was generally unsatisfactory (only in 1,500 street-by-street words).
I forwarded by unhappiness to each of my councillors. Two positive responses. No commitments, obviously, and much depends on the outcome of the elections on Thursday but I'll be talking to one of them and the second has pushed the issue back into the council, higher up and as my MSP (which he also is) suggesting that they should want to talk to me, so I'll expect to hear from them.
I'm happy to keep nibbling away at this question which, simple though it may be, raises general issues and opens a can of worms that isn't easy for them to close or ignore.
More generally, it suggests that council officials, councillors and MSPs don't hear enough from us. Maybe that less true in Edinburgh. It's worth contacting them. However, and still with some reluctance, it also makes me wonder whether the Fifers should have a more co-ordinated approach. Any other Fife-based people interested in getting together to discuss?
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