ZXZ Ahh, the days of wine and roses. To my mind, you're right when you say Llandudno Urban District Council's demise is a serious loss. We can now see it all from a distant timeline - how much better managed everything was pre 1974 when Caernarfon County existed. How much everything became ineffective and inefficient with the grossly extended management channels of Gwynedd County Council (and Clwyd County Council) - the loss of local knowledge and influence.
Whereas Mr Robbins might have local knowledge, he is competing with other local interests. And the Tory mantra of competition having a positive effect is so destructive. In LLUDC he would have been listened to and his wisdom would have been engraved on the local souls, lending force to a thrust for action.
Look at the other organisations now fanned out to the four winds: Llandudno Gas; Llandudno Leckie; Llandudno GPO; Llandudno GPO telephones etc. How well they worked - ten times better when they were small and local.
Rise up men and rebel.
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