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By Steve Hanlon | May 7, 2007
Derby Councillor, Adrian Owens, has been dipping a toe into the online world. His website has all sorts of fascinating facts and press releases about what he’s been up to.
Nothing much there about the council which he is a leading figure on. Instead it’s all directed at the County Council and the Government. Something tells me that his sights locally are set higher than just being the leader of West Lancs District Council.
It’s really just a collection of press releases, but that’s ok - at least he’s posting them on the web. To my knowledge that brings the count to three councillors with personal websites: myself, Paul Cotterill (an online version of the Bickerstaffe Record) and Adrian Owens.
What with these, and the Advertiser’s successful “Battle for West Lancashire” blog, we could be starting to see the evolution of a genuine online political space in West Lancs.
Adrian should have the courage of his convictions and change his site from a noticeboard of press releases to a more open blog style. Of course, openness and Tories tend not to go hand in hand in West Lancs.
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