Grass Roots : Col Dunkley's Guide to Local Government

Do you want to get your building extension through council while stopping your neighbours from getting theirs? Do you want to know if you're the right sort of person to get into local government? And do you know what to do if you work for a council and you get a bad report? Grass Rootstells you how to judge your council by its bus shelters, the truth about corruption and how to avoid ever being wrong.Arcadia Waters Council is where local politicians dream and scheme, where staff keep all the skeletons neatly in their cupboards, and where ordinary people just want their rubbish collected, their streets cleaned, for someone at the council to pay attention for a minute and FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE STOP THE DOG NEXT DOOR FROM BARKING ALL NIGHT!Atherden, Geoffrey is the author of 'Grass Roots : Col Dunkley's Guide to Local Government', published 2003 under ISBN 9780733311338 and ISBN 0733311334.