Elections tomorrow for the reduced Cornwall Council.

Assuming that the new chamber will have more nous, clout and backbone than the last one, here’s our take on the good, the bad and the ugly of tomorrow’s local elections.

If you live in these areas, please support these candidates:

Crowan, Sithney & Wendron: Loveday Jenkin
Falmouth Arwenack: Sean Stratton
Four Lanes, Beacon & Troon: Rhisiart Talebot
Camborne Trelaworren: Philippa Mills
Camborne Roskear & Tuckingmill: Ryan Congdon
Camborne West & Treswithian: Zoe Fox
Porthleven, Breage & Germoe: Mike Tresidder
Hayle West: Emily Brown
Land’s End: Mitch Holmes
Lanner, Stithians & Gwennap: Samuel Richards
Mevagissey & St. Austell Bay: Charlotte Tonks
Penwithick & Boscoppa: Matt Luke
Pool & Tehidy: Chris Lawrence
Redruth Town Council: Lee Collins
Roche & Bugle: Garry Tregidga
St. Agnes: Alan Sanders
St. Austell Poltair & Mount Charles: Julie Fox
St. Mewan & Grampound: Michael Bunney

If you haven’t already, can we please ask you to sign the following petition from Dr. Bernard Deacon:

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-killing-cornwall-reverse-council-agendas

Bernard Deacon summed it all up nicely in 2016:

“While I don't think we should let the Government and the Tory Party get off the hook, I can sympathise with Norma's point. Locally, the planning officers have taken every opportunity since 2011 to pursue what's basically a developers' agenda and ignore or dismiss both questions about technical issues (e.g. faulty data) or wider issues (e.g. long-term unsustainability or environmental/cultural impact of population growth).
Before 2013 they were being encouraged by a very pro-housing growth Tory/Indie CC cabinet. However, since then neither the Lib Dem/Indie cabinet nor the wider body of councillors in general have tried to rein them in or told them to seek out and work up a robust case against high housing numbers. This has made the Council fatally vulnerable in appeals and Local Plan examinations when the developers and their agents only need to smugly echo Cornwall Council's planning department's arguments right back at them.
In short Cornwall Council has not only shot itself in the foot, but in both feet and a few other body parts as well. And the question remains - why didn't all those councillors who are now so concerned about the high housing targets challenge and control their own officers in 2011-14? The main problem seems to me to be political leadership.”

Please, please, please, absolutely do NOT, we repeat, do NOT support:

Adam Paynter
Adrian Parsons
Andrew George
Colin Martin
Cornelius Olivier
Dulcie Tudor
Edwina Hannaford
Fred Greenslade
Geoff Brown
Graham Coad
Hilary Frank
Jackie Bull
Jackie Gammon
John Fitter
John Pollard
John Wood
Julian German
Malcom Brown
Mark Kaczmarek
Mary May
Mathew McCarthy
Mike Earhorne-Gibbons
Oliver Monk
Richard Buscombe
Richard Pears
Rob Rotchell
Rod Pascoe
Sally-Anne Saunders
Sue James
Tim Dwelly
Tom French

Time and again, the people on this list have supported large scale development to profit only national developers, decimate local communities and wildlife, whilst urbanizing their own towns for all but local young families needing affordable housing. Many here have even ridiculed, disparaged and/or attacked local campaigners for justice, fairness, decency and viable quality and affordable housing.

Another "affordable" development springs up with the new free-for-all Cornwall Council-backed housing policy, in Perranporth, this time.