If we’ve said it once we’ve said it loads of times: everybody loves an arbitrary milestone. We here at WLLG Towers are no exception to this rule, and way back in the dark and distant past (well, October last year anyway) we celebrated breaking the 100,000 hits barrier by asking some of our favourite local government types to tell us why they too love local government.
Well, we’ve just sailed past the 200,000 barrier with barely a glance over our shoulders, so it’s high time we celebrated another marker along the way with something a little different. An e-mail which began with the words “I’ve had an idea…” started winging its way between us, and we thought we should share it with you as we think it’s got legs. Short, stumpy legs perhaps, but legs nonetheless.
Local government has a rough deal. We do more things than most give us credit for, better than most know and all without much in the way of reward past job satisfaction. We do all we do for pride and for the local people we serve. We would say this is a noble endeavour, and worthy of wider recognition and – perhaps – even appreciation.
With this in mind, we’d like to propose that we take the route of so many other issues and entities out there, and declare an arbitrary day or week as ‘Local Government Day/Week’. (more…)