* Last updated on 27th Oct 2023

In a surprising turn of events, apathetic local councillor Jane Hulmston announced on Facebook (seemingly following criticism by this organ) that she plans to at least look into doing her job.

Without pausing to explain what she has been doing up till now the Cllr, a “public sector procurement consultant”, explained that she is

"Pleased to make a start on the Winsford Town Council Strategic
 plan"

This seems like a great idea, however - dashing residents' hopes for some real progress in town - they continued to explain

"which is basically details of what this council wants to focus on
 and achieve over the next four years and what we’re going to do
 in order to achieve it."

So that's it then. Almost 6 months in with nothing to show, WSotE still haven't written their wishlist, much less done anything to implement any improvements for the town.

Cllr Hulmston continued headlong, adding

"We will also give updates as to our progress and if we can’t
 achieve things we’ll let you know why."

That'd be updates, plural. We'll see in 6 months from now. At least if nothing happens, the residents of Winsford will be comforted to know that an excuse has been promised already!

Image right: Cllr Hulmston being extracted from the hole she dug.

UPDATE!

It appears that Cllr Hulmston has suddenly gone into overdrive on Facebook at the time of press, engaging in a lively debate with Local residents.

Whilst this is nothing out of the ordinary, it is puzzling as to why Cllr Hulmston has chosen to ressurect a Facebook post dated May 31st 2023, making reference to “Last night's meeting”, and then shared it to both the Winsford Community Forum and The Winsford Page.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems that residents remain as angry and baffled over what WSotE have planned.

In a small piece of good news, it appears that Cllr Hulmston's experience in procurement will help the town avoid “red tape”. Except not for the Brunner Guildhall, where red tape will, inconveniently, still apply.