"Colour pink

makes

me see red!"

As the present Boston Borough Council totters to a close, one of the things that it will be remembered for is what many see as an excessive use of secrecy.
Not only have members of the public been denied a sight of important documents involved in the decision-making process, but on occasions even fellow councillors have been similarly excluded.
For some peculiar reason, documents destined to be keep away from the public gaze are printed on pink paper.
Nice.
And it’s something that particularly enrages Better Boston Group Councillor Brian Rush.
“I have grown to really hate the colour pink!” he says in an e-mail to Boston Eye.
“I am fearful that such a sweeping statement might be misunderstood, and bring forth the wrath of the FFOPP, (Fanatical Followers of Peppa Pig), who believe that the Whole World is Pink.
“My granddaughter -Peppa`s No.1 activist - would be the first to strike me down without mercy.
“No, it is in fact those ‘Protective Pinks’ that Boston Borough Council have become addicted to over the past four years that I have come to despise.
“It was well over a year ago that I began to question the ‘Think Pink’ mentality in West Street, and thankfully many more have now joined me.
“I wonder just how much pink paper our council buys every month?
“But, of course this is a pink paper item - and the public will not be allowed to know!
“It is this ‘secrecy’ that has lain at the heart of most of the problems experienced during the Bypass party’s term of office.
“They have fooled themselves into believing that the use of ‘pinks’ protects them from public scrutiny, when in fact the reverse is true.
“Every time they hide the truth from the public, suspicion deepens and grows, and trust is reduced.
“The BBI party, it seems to me, see the ‘privilege of pink’ as a gag on controversial or politically damaging items that would expose their failures.
“This pink classification is slyly introduced, way before monthly full council meetings, so that the gag is in place as soon as is humanly possible.
“It would be interesting, however, to know what the actual criteria is used for something to go pink.
“Who is it that first considers that it might qualify?
“Who is then consulted?
“Who has the final word?
“Peppa Pig knows why everything in her world is pink, ‘cos she knows beautiful colours make a beautiful world! (so I am told)
“Boston Borough Council’s World is also pink, but it’s a very dark pink; not at all bright and breezy, more shadowy and sleazy!
"Now that I have viewed the contenders list for Boston Borough Council, I am really surprised that Peppa has not stepped forward for the Pink Party - every other colour seems to be up for it.
"The big question is why the Boston Bypass Party are attempting yet again to confuse and mislead the public by dropping the full title on the roadside boards and leaflets to three little letters.
"No - not LOL!*
"What will they say BBI stands for, when questioned on the doorsteps of Boston?
"Richard Austin has spouted on and on about how he thinks the Bypass Bypass Independents Party have delivered their Manifesto of 2007 in full, and done so much good for Boston, so why would he change such a respected and successful banner?
"The hope is, no doubt, that simply using these three letters ‘BBI’ they will again fool the voters into another four years of folly.
"Do they really believe that the people of Boston are so stupid? Well yes, actually, I think they do think that.
"Then we have the ‘relative’ credibility of these Bypassers.
"Husband and wife teams abound - the Austins, the Lauberts, the Witts, the Newells, and presumably the Pearsons, so if we are unlucky enough to have them all elected, Papa Dick will be assured of at least ten votes every time.
"The ballot papers all over the area could be a tad confusing.
"Never mind, the opposition are on to this one - there are the Shinns, and the Kennys.
"This could become another very worrying claim to fame for Boston.
"PS. Wonder if there are any paper candidates this time around, what you think?"


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*Internet slang for “laugh out loud.”