An e-mail from Worst Street takes us to task over yesterday's piece about the delay in starting and foreshortening of, the so-called "consultation" over the Into Town bus service.
"Having read the latest blog on your website today, I am emailing to let you (and your readers) know that Lincolnshire County Council is undertaking the Into Town Bus Service consultation," it says.
"This includes distribution and collection of questionnaires."
Well, if we're wrong, we're wrong, and are happy to publish e-mails to that effect.
But having said that we must add that somewhere out there we still detect the dead hand of Boston Borough Council in the equation.
Otherwise, why would it suddenly decide to make an announcement on an issue previously publicised by the County Council ... and without pointing out the new and reduced survey period?
Interestingly, this comes in the same week that we learn that probably the most important meeting of the year for members of the Joint Committees - the one at which they discuss the coming year's council budget - has had to be postponed.
The reason? Because members did not receive the mountain of papers they have to read to properly inform themselves in good time ahead of the meeting.
In the early days of the council there was considerable debate about exactly what constituted the five working days that the council requires should be allowed to give councillors and the punters time to digest these complex documents.
So there is really no excuse to deliver reports on a Saturday to someone expected to be able to comment on them the following Monday.
We were particularly amused at the hissy fit reported by the Boston Standard when the debacle was made public.
"The authority's Chief Executive Mick Gallagher warned he would be concerned if any decisions were delayed because it put time scales in 'jeopardy,'" the paper reported.
We bet that headmaster Mick being "concerned" is an awesome sight that would make grown men weep, and we're sure everyone will burn the midnight oil to ensure that they do their homework before next Monday's lesson.
Having said that, isn't it Mick's job to make sure that that these rules are carried out in the first place?
A still tongue in a wise head should be the order of the day, wethinks.
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