Issues in Southend West

• Parking problems in side roads near the Southend Hospital and RBS Building Restricts access for Fire and ambulance vehicles
• Priory Crescent should be made a dual carriageway
  reference: http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/1948461.m5ec/?from=ec&to=1948461&l=a_10m_road_to_nowhere
• Southend Airport should be expanded
  reference: http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/4862397.Updated__Councillors_back_Southend_Airport_expansion/
• York Road should remain a market, even if refurbishment costs money
  reference: http://councilbust.com/2010/01/05/council-officers-recommend-demolition-for-york-road-market/
• Will Southend Borough Council fall foul of Judicial Review on the changes at Victoria Circus given Kensington issue with Royal National Institute for the Blind
• the runway at London Southend Airport should not be extended.
  reference: http://saen.org.uk/
• Street lighting should not be restricted to save money
• there will be no night flights over the Belfairs area now that the extension for the runway has the go-ahead. They could be in for a real shock, but this is what one candidate has stated in her elect
• A drug addict clinic should be allowed in Clarence Road
  reference: http://www.southendstandard.co.uk/news/southend/5018875.Charity___s_plan_for_drug_addict_clinic_wins_favour/
• Priory Crescent should not be widened
  reference: http://ppps.org.uk/
• Southend Airport should not be expanded
• South East Essex Homes should plough more money into housing needs not glossy magazines and stop blowing their own trumpet
• I saw a cockroach in Southend Hospital in the Triage Room of Accident and Emergency
• Priory Crescent should not be widened or altered
• Southend Borough Council should build more affordable housing
• Southend Borough Council did not grit pavements & carparks '4 fear of missing a bit & being sued'. Law was not dvlpd 2 this end. NHS took the £ brunt, so where was the £ saving to the UK?

Guidelines for a good issue

• A local issue (we'll cover national ones separately - though do talk about them!).
• Possible for somebody to record agreement/disagreement/no opinion.
• If forward looking, the statement should argue for a specific change to current or planned policy (e.g. "increase funding to provide a service", not simply "provide a service")
• If backward looking, the statement should not aportion blame, but simply describe an alternative decision.
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