For two and a half weeks I have been working as the Green Party councillor for Balsall Heath West and I am pleased to have the opportunity to share some first impressions with you here in the Heathan magazine.
Having gradually ramped up our election campaign running up to May 7th a short rest period might have been expected but we seem to have only accelerated faster since then with our own internal elections from amongst the 19 new green councillors- proud to announce an experienced and effective leader- Julien Pritchard and also very proud to announce that we elected Kamel Hawwash (our very own Palestinian Brummie) as deputy leader. As well as internal elections we have been engaged with coalition talks and negotiations involving many late night meetings. Due to Labour refusals to work with us we are looking at putting together a minority administration with the Lib Dems and some of the more principled independents. Soon come!
Casework has been piling in and I am working out a systematic process to deal with each situation fairly and robustly – I am also still very busy working as SENDCo in a large primary school so I am appealing for patience from ward members – after September I will be able to reduce my hours significantly and some more things will be sorted out them.
Community Action Meeting
Sunday 31st May 5:30-8pm, Balsall Heath Church Centre, 100 Mary Street
Join us for an evening of collaboration and change, with lcal organisations, neighbours and share ideas and take action on issues that matter to our community with Councillor Duncan Ali. Together we can make a difference!
