DURING my 50 years representing my people, I have served on Monmouthshire County Council, Mid Glamorgan CC, Bedwas and Machen UDC, and Bedwas Trethomas and Machen CC. But the finest authority of them all has been and still is Caerphilly CBC.


In recent years, we have
1) Demolished our ancient council offices, which were costing our council taxpayers a fortune in energy and maintenance.
2) Provided land for a new state of the art hospital, which others had failed to deliver.
3) Built an eco friendly council headquarters, which has already saved up to £8 million in travel and every costs.
4) Built five new Welsh and English schools with more in the pipeline.
5) In spite of the fiasco of Tory cost cuts, we have built a series of new libraries and leisure centres.
6) Had a clean bill of health for our Education provision.
7) We are refurbishing every one of our council houses to the highest standard in Britain.
How dare the Tories and Cllr Blackmore call for a bureaucratic commission to run our affairs? No, Cllr Blackmore. Let’s keep the fat cat bureaucrat commissioners out of Caerphilly.
Ray Davies
Pandy Road Bedwas