Author: jonathan (Page 4 of 4)

Who ever you voted for and what ever reason you voted for them, our elected officials are mandated to represent our views in London and Edinburgh. Theyworkforyou is a website which allows you to keep track of your elected officials (just type in your postcode) and to contact them if you like. Are they representing your views or are they simply reflecting their party’s views. You can read the debates they’ve taken part in, see how they voted, sign up for an email alert, and more. Elected officials love correspondence so never hesitate to contact them if you think they should be doing more for you or are not reflecting your interests.

If there is sufficient interest in this I can add it as an RSS feed in the left hand column. Vote by clicking the ‘like button’.

I came across Fix My Street a couple of months ago and love it. The site invites residents to report problems on their street and neighbourhood to the council. I thought it might be an easy way of reporting issues in Strathbungo without the effort of calling – and being put in an endless queue (“All our operators are busy right now, but your call is important to us…..”!).

Admittedly Glasgow City Council is probably overrun with requests and complaints right now, but in future it would be a good way to contact the council about problems in Strathbungo for which they are responsible. Do let us know how you get on.