Goldsmid's Labour Action Team
is formed to campaign on local issues (April 2006 - updated 2007)

Labour selected its candidates for the 2007 local elections in Goldsmid Ward, Hove over a year before the elections which are on 3 May 2007. We have been out and about every week in the ward trying to meet as many of Goldsmid's 13,000 residents as possible, to listen to your concerns and campaigning on grassroots issues. You can email us at action@goldsmid.com.

Standing will be experienced sitting councillor, Vince Meegan, plus local residents and community activists Melanie Davis and Alun Jones. .

Melanie Davis wants to get Goldsmid’s needs to the top of the City agenda. Labour activist for 25 years and a successful TV producer, she believes that good schools and safe, clean streets are essential for a healthy community. Passionate about the environment - local and global - she believes "it is time for us all to act locally now, to make a difference for the next generation."

Alun Jones has been a Hove resident for 24 years with his children and grandchild having attended Hove schools. Alun was a Full-Time Trade Union Officer for 33 years and is currently a Sales Point Assistant with Southern.

"Local Labour successes such as Goldsmid's parking scheme and new pedestrian crossings show what we can achieve by working with residents," says current councillor Simon Battle. "We will be launching a major listening exercise to find out what improvements local residents want to see next in our community."

Councillor Vince Meegan says: "We are witnessing the revitalisation and regeneration of our new city, on a scale unseen since the war. We cannot sacrifice our future by failing to respond to the dynamic demands of the 21st century. It is our task and responsibility to sieze the opportunities of new homes and jobs whilst safeguarding our heritage and identity."

Please let us know your concerns by contacting a member of the Goldsmid Labour Action Team as follows:

Melanie DAVIS
Alun JONES
Vince MEEGAN

Email us at action@goldsmid.com
Telephone 296804 or 291139
Or write to Councillors Simon Battle and Vince Meegan at:
Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2LS

Sitting councillor Simon Battle is standing down after 11 years.

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