Why did you bother? award goes to the Boston Standard for its text and web poll on whether to keep the Geoff Moulder training pool open. Had they forgotten that the only acceptable polls are the "official" ones, as Boston Council leader Richard "Papa" Doc Austin decreed after a Better Boston Group poll showed a huge majority against Into Town buses using Strait Bargate as a rat run. Ten out of ten to the paper for the idea but 158 out of 160 votes in favour is nowhere nearly convincing enough for the respected and beloved leader.
Better late than never award earns Council Leader Richard Austin his second name-check of the day. Almost as if the letters in the press of the past two weeks have at last struck a chord, he finally got round to thanking voters who supported the BBI at the not-so-recent elections. "The results do not change our representation at the county council (are you sure? Ed) or Boston Borough Council," he limply declares, "so the electorate can rest assured that we will continue to persue (sic) our manifesto policies." Rest assured? Wake up screaming, more likely! The man can find light at the end of the darkest tunnel.
Saints be praised award of the week goes to the entry in Boston Borough Council's Annual report which celebrates among its achievements the "Official opening of St Joseph Banks Country Park." Until now the only Saint Joseph we could find was the husband of the Virgin Mary and step-father of Jesus. Still, there's always room for one more, and it's nice to see a local boy done good! For those not in the know (and there's at least one person at Worst Street who wrote it and several others who failed to check and correct it) it's Sir Joseph Banks....
Court listing under the strain award ..... Looking through the weekly parade of miscreants, we were struck forcibly by the number of traditional old Lincolnshire names among the defendants. Names such as Spychala, Marsdiewicz, Stepanovs, Malinak, Pilsniak, Pawlak, Radwan and Kaicdenko. Thirteen cases, eight such names. Surely there's a message here for the local social services and others on how to reduce the level of crime in Boston. From the evidence, it mostly seems to be down to drink and drug abuse. Address that, and last week's court list would have been halved. Oh yes, and when a defendant complains that community service is too much like hard work, and asks for a fine instead, it would be a good idea if the court refused rather than complied. It's called punishment.
Request stop. The Into Town buses would have been banned from using Strait Bargate yesterday whilst RAF Coningsby marched through the town to commemorate being awarded the Freedom of the Borough more than 65 years ago. If we had our way they'd be welcome every day. As it happened, a false alarm over a "suspicious package" in a phone box led to the parade being cancelled. Either way, the buses managed without their rat run, as they did during the week of the May Fair, so perhaps their use of the pedestrian precinct isn't quite as vital as the BBI-wash would have us believe.
Double entendre of the week award goes to the Boston Standard for this cutting. You'll get it or you won't. If you don't please don't write and ask.
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