So my friends, the end is nigh in Stoke-on-Trent. Tomorrow, the three of us who can be bothered, will vote on whether to keep our elected mayoral system.
If we lose, we are all doomed. It means we go back to the old style system where councillors vote their muckers into power.
The council will then go into lock down making the Kremlin of a bygone era seem democratic.
Bizarrely, as I have said before (sorry to bore you), if we vote 'No' tomorrow we will get the chance to have a say over who will govern dear old Stoke-on-Trent through the elected mayoral system.
Even most of the councillors admit that there's no-one they believe should or could be an old-fashioned council leader. I guess I would agree with those sentiments.
So we pray for an elected mayor, a Messiah (or even a decent, bright, intelligent leader) comes to prominence and gets voted in to lead us to the Promised Land...a Stoke-on-Trent we can be proud of...and with a tear in the eye, I would suggest you go to The Sentinel to read more...
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