Week ending 15th May

Grasping the nettle award of the week goes to the Better Boston Group, for conducting a poll of public opinion on the issue of the Into Town bus service driving through Strait Bargate, We'll have full details in Monday's blog - plus news of a sneaky bid by the bus company to "spoil" the poll, "and a snotty e-mail from a councillor who really ought to know better!
Sporting achievement of the week goes to Boston and District Athletic Club, which has won approval for a new indoor training base six months after being evicted from the Princess Royal Sports Arena. It's good to see them getting on with life after the PRSA and its shabby antics. We note with a wry smile that the PRSA no longer claims BADAC as one of its "sports and partner clubs" - even though it continued to do so long after its eviction. Sadly, it now claims NO partners at all.
Words coming back to haunt you award. After the news that the Bypass Independents are not to fight all the county council seats up for grabs, a reader says: "Where's Peter Jordan's threat now? The one that went 'Give us a bypass or we will run against you at election time. We are very strong you know; we can win any election............ we can walk on water!'" Good question. Any answers?
Lucky for some award goes to the candidates from 13 different parties setting out their stall for the forthcoming European elections. And the one most unlikely to succeed award within that lot has - in our book - to be the oddly named No2EU - we can't see how anyone would back a mob called "no to you," can you?
Pat on the back for a blog award of the week goes to .... US. This week saw the number of visitors to our site pass the 20,000 mark - which we think is jolly good even if no-one else does.
Quote of the week comes from a study into crime and disorder in Boston which shows the types of offences being committed in the area have changed in recent years. "While assaults with injuries have fallen, assaults without burglaries have risen; and while there's been a substantial drop in burglaries, anti-social behaviour is up." Are you following all that? The good news is that there's been an overall drop of 18% in crime between 2005 and 2008. The bad news? The trend began to reverse last year, and fear of crime has risen over the same period. What if a few police officers were allowed out once in a while? Perhaps a visible presence would do much to reassure those of us who are rightly fearful about crime in the area.
Best kept secret of the week award. Did you know that this week has been designated Local Newspaper Week 2009? No? Nor did we. Perhaps because no mention has been made of it in either of our local papers as far as we can see!
Still with the papers, our Misuse of English award goes to whoever wrote this week's "Take a trip down Memory Lane" feature for the Boston Standard. The phrase "It was deja vu all over again for a Swineshead man" left us absolutely speechless!

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