On 18 Jul 2006, at 12:00, Steve Haywood wrote: > Colin, it's probably cheating to vote at all :) This is a poll run > by a > local paper to gauge local feeling. No moral high ground from me in > this > heat, but actually I'd have been interested to have seen what they > really > did think of the idea.
Years of labouring in the public services have taught me that petitions, polls, public meetings and suchlike, especially if organised by newspapers, can give a highly distorted view of public opinion. People are much more inclined to vote for no change - possibly a legacy from the days when governments and councils did things without consultation so that those in favour of change assume it'll happen whether they support it or not. The residents of Preston might be more persuaded by the almost inevitable increase in property values alongside restored or recreated waterways. Baz ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
