Couldn't agree more tomtom and I am not electioneering! Looks to me like our 'local' council prefers to invest in its own bureaucracy rather than the image and wellbeing of the town. With more than half their income going on things like office and admin costs they are now taking on an extra clerk so that's going to push that percentage up even higher! So invest in unproductive staff would seem the order of the day. If we really have to have these little councils then someone needs to get a hold of ours and give it a dammed good shake!