The names are in the frame for the forthcoming county and borough council elections.
Seven seats are up for grabs on Lincolnshire County Council, with only four being fought by the Boston Bypass Independents.
Fear of defeat .... or lack of candidates?
The four are: Boston East, Boston North West, Boston South and Boston West.
There are some notable points among the county nominations.
In Boston Coastal, the BNP has entered the race with Holbeach based Anthony Turner bidding for the seat.
Boston East sees a bid by Labour's Paul Kenny to get back into office, whilst in the Fishtoft ward, recently re-elected Conservative Raymond Singleton McGuire is seeking election together with veteran Lib Dem Ossy Snell.
Things look interesting in Boston North West, where the better half of the Boston Bypass Independents leader, Alison Austin, seeks to join husband Richard on the county as well as the borough. Among the other candidates contesting the seat are Andrew Bakewell - a long serving Labour councillor who has clearly seen the writing on the wall and decided to stand as an Independent this time around. Labour is represented by Paul Kenny's wife Pam - is this another attempt to start a dynasty at County Hall - along with borough council Independent veteran Richard Leggott and another bid from the BNP - this time in the shape of Lincoln-based Colin Westcott.
Boston Rural waves farewell to the long serving county and borough councillor Alan Day, who we are sure would have a comment or two on the way that the borough council has changed since his time in office.
Borough council leader Richard "Papa Dick" Austin is standing in Boston South for the Bypass Independent party - and don't ask us how this fits in with his membership of the Lincolnshire Independents - because we don't know, and we're sure he isn't going to tell us.
That leaves Boston West, where among the candidates, the voice of the BBI, Ray Newell is hoping to win the seat - as is BNP candidate David Owens, who's planning to build on his success at the borough by-elections. Interesting times ahead as they say, especially given Councillor Newell's less than generous comments about the BNP in the pages of the local press.
That leaves the two seats on Boston Borough Council - yes two.
We knew that Kirton was on the market following the departure of Tory Councillor John Rylatt ... but it came as a surprise to see that Conservative Councillor John Ruskin has also flown the coop.
So Kirton has a new contender for the BBI in the shape of Carl Smith, whilst Pilgrim ward sees a Paul Kenny bid to get back on to the borough council along with another BBI newcomer Trevor Page.
The Better Boston Group is not standing for either seat.
Full details are available on the Boston Borough website look in the section marked "notices" on the bottom right hand side of the page. It's probably not an attempt to keep it as quiet as possible, we suppose - but given the alleged importance of local elections, we thought that it would rate rather higher than the risk of catching swine flu - unless you're an officer at BBI meetings.
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Wednesday, May 13
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