A tale of dinosaurs, big yellow motors ... and political hearses ...

After Boston Borough Council Leader Richard Austin’s recent call for candidates to stand for the Bypass Independents at next May’s local elections, we've received another plea - this time from Better Boston Group member Councillor Brian Rush ...

I am hoping that there are some honest individuals within our Borough who will come forward for Election in 2011, to replace the failed and disappointing Boston Bypass Independents.
We can only hope that this time we unearth candidates who truly cherish and value principles of honesty and integrity.
The warning I would give to the frustrated and angry people of this Borough would be to resist the temptation to re-install some of those past political dinosaurs that were rejected in 2007, it was they who caused us to have been burdened by the incompetent Bypass party.
Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems, and Independents - all who were in office at the time - failed to recognize or respond to the arrival of a Big Shiny Yellow Motor, revving up, in the council car park.
They were to blind to see that this beautiful ‘Big Yellow Limousine’, was not only a vehicle of hope for the people, but would also be, for them, a political hearse!
This was Richard Austin, blatantly claiming ownership of the Boston Bypass Independents.
Was this really his inspiration and invention?
No, it never was, the irony is that it was the brainchild of one Councillor A. Dorrian, who presented us with the Bypass dream; it was only when Councillor Austin hijacked the dream that he turned it into a nightmare.
This was his first act of treachery, robbery without violence, nor shame.
He adopted the actions of a common burglar, having been alerted politically, to the ‘open window’ of Boston`s need for a Bypass!
He disguised himself with the clothes of the Bypass Pressure Group, printed 32 counterfeit tickets, and began hawking them around offering a free spin in his `New Yellow Limousine`.
His offer was seized upon by some less than illustrious characters.
These joy-riders, now our ruling elected representatives, frantically scratched around in every corner of their pockets, casting aside all sense of respectability, and principle.
They eagerly lined up, threw away those coins of high value, like dignity, honesty, openness, and truth, just so they could get to swank around in the ‘Big Yellow Limousine.’
For some, a once in a in a lifetime chance of personal elevation; for others a chance to regain some long past self importance.
Of course the reality is that this was only ever about enabling him, and his ‘Star Candidate,’ to scam enough ‘fuel’ to get them both to their craved for, destinations as Leader and Mayor.
As suspected, those that know him would know that he never really had the skill to drive this ‘Big Yellow Limousine,’ and of course it was not long before the doors began to fall off.
His route map consisted of driving around in ever decreasing circles, using up precious, irreplaceable, fuel.
The constant exposure to stormy weather began to cause leaks and erosion, and the old girl quickly began to lose her lustre.
And of course her big MoT is looming in May, and there appears to be a shortage of genuine replacement parts. Oh Dear ...
Nearly four years on nothing significant has been achieved, save for some cosmetic tinkering - and to think all our troubles have been caused by that `unclosed window`.So who was the fool that left it open?
I can exclusively reveal today, the fault lies with a group of aged tourists, who had spent many years gadding about on a Mystery Tour.
A tour that had never needed a route map, even the designated driver didn`t know where they were going.
The most important thing of course was to avoid Lincoln, the journey then would not be unpleasant and the route could always stay the same.
So, every few years they each got a ticket, got on the bus and nodded off, woke up got another ticket and back to Noddyland.
These passengers were so selfishly comfortable remaining in the past, but cared very little for our people’s future.
This out of touch, mixed political group, claimed to have tried very hard to do something to cure the ‘draught from the window,’ but the truth is they stood and watched as the town ground to a halt.
Our worry now should be, that some of these old timers re-surface in 2011, or worse still, those other useless passengers from the Big Yellow Limousine, get to swap their seats for a present day Mystery Tour.
If that were to be allowed to happen this town will surely be driven to the point of no return.

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