Friday footnotes ....

Once again, some odds and ends too small for a blog in their own write(!).... but still worth a line or two.
Useless Campaign of the Week Award: It takes something pretty jolly exceptional to get the Lib Dems to swing into action these days. Unrepresented on the council for almost two years and pretty nearly silent about the goings-on in Worst Street, they've surfaced at last to apparently "back" a campaign to save the Party in the Park. Wannabe local councillor Mike Sheridan-Smith, who's collating the signatures, tells the Standard: "I want to do something for the town. I am fed up with the town being treated like it is." And a booze up's the best you can come up with, is it, Mike?
Vote for Me in any Way, Shape or Form Award: From the Party in the Park to the Party in the Dark .... Lincolnshire Independents (LI for short) want people to stand for election to the forthcoming Lincolnshire County Council in June. We've already questioned how people who are truly independent (ie elected as individuals) can operate as a party, which under the rules then has to create a leadership and hierarchy .... thus nullifying any true independence. Our local contact to join this newest party is none other than the proprietor of the county's previous newest party, Boston Borough Council and Bypass Independents leader Richard Austin. And, as we understand it, the BBI is planning to put up candidates for the county elections as well. Some people collect stamps. Others prefer votes, apparently. UP GRAMS: music....."If I ruled the world....
Purloined Letter of the Week Award: Has to go to the Boston Target, for ignoring a letter critical of its columnist George Wheatman and his slavish promotion of the PRSA. We had pointed out in the past that Wheatman had failed to declare his connection with the stadium....and in fairness he did at last when he wrote the piece that prompted the letter. However, the criticism by Bowen Roberts, CEO of boston-lincs.com (pay it a visit if you haven't already) was well made, and it says a lot about the Target that it was not published.
Statement of the Obvious Award of the Week: Goes to Boston's University of the Third Age (U3A) which has produced a booklet called "Behind the Stump" as part of the church's 700th anniversary celebrations. "It's not often that a 700th birthday comes along," the author tells the local press. About once every...er.... 700 years, we'd guess.
Sweet Taste of Success Award: Goes to local cough sweet ... sorry "functional confectionery" ... maker Jakemans, who have taken over sponsorship of Boston United. We're probably not the first to say it, but we always thought that the Pilgrims would come to a sticky end...

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