A Mayor for Bristol
18 July 2008
I've just put this site live, If we get 16,000 names to sign this petition (just over 5% of the voting population of the city of Bristol) then the city will have the opportunity to take part in a referendum on whether Bristol should have a directly elected and publically accountable mayor.
So go sign up!
9 comments
Comment by Jaya on 18/07/2008 at 13:20
Great idea - Bristol Evening Post tried it a few years ago so I'm glad it's come up again! There is one thing - greater Bristol is controlled by four unitary authorities not one... an elected mayor would need to be able to have control over them all in order to really sort out greater Bristol as a whole. Just Bristol City Council won't be enough :-)
Comment by The Bristol Blogger on 18/07/2008 at 21:21
Well done. This has the potential to be the best bit of political activism to happen in the city in a generation.
Comment by James Barlow on 18/07/2008 at 22:50
Great site. I've put my signature on the petition
Comment by Daniel Harris - BBC on 19/07/2008 at 13:51
Can you contact me please.
Comment by Nick Webb on 20/07/2008 at 06:12
Good luck with the petition, an elected Mayor would give Bristol the best chance of gaining the strong leadership the city deserves.
Comment by Tristan on 21/07/2008 at 13:59
Hi,
Just out of interest, what's the difference between what you're proposing and Bristol's current 'Lord Mayor'?
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/Council-Democracy/Elected-Representatives/lord-mayor-of-bristol.en
Comment by Andrew on 03/10/2008 at 11:41
Just created a Facebook Group (A Mayor for Bristol) cross referring to here to get this petition moving as it is something we desperately need instead of the muppets we have in charge at the moment
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