Hello there. Hope you're feeling well today.
The story so far...
Bridgend Town installed Christmas decorations in 2017 in Bridgend Town Market. They lit up. Fine. After Christmas however they left them there....
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| Taken on April 2019 |
Now read on....
Yesterday I had the opportunity to try again arguing with Bridgend council on Twitter.
They started by saying that decorations were "permanent ceiling fixtures" being switched on during the festive season but then stated that they were being taken down as part of the works to the market.
So a) Not so permanent then b) the council are actually spending money on something no one could argue with c) the decorations are coming down!!!
But wait...after all we're talking about Bridgend Labour council here....I asked whether the decorations will make a return once the works on the market have finished. The response? That it was going to be under review.
What? How can all year round Christmas decorations (and let's be clear whether lit or not they're Christmas decorations) which are an embarrassment to the market, it's stall holders and the town be under review? How is it that the Labour council can go all legal gangbusters on the Cofiowch Dryweryn mural painted on the side of a sweetshop and go all tortoise on the blindingly obvious?
And it's important. Because as I've said previously for a long while every conversation on Bridgend will have the forthcoming Ford closure as a backdrop. The county needs to do everything it can to improve it's image. The permanent removal of the all year round Christmas decorations is a no-brainer (or so you would have thought) and it would be start.
We'll see how things develop.
Until the next time.
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