Small Business and Earlsdon High Street

Again, I want people to vote Green in a positive way, so we can have a campaigning voice on the city council, but this poll spells the problems out for Labour.

Myself and two party members (Cathy and Clive) covered five more streets yesterday (St Andrews, Shaftesbury, Stanley, Arden, Palmerston). Clive and Tom (our local party co-ordinator) were able to print up strips of paper to say "sorry we missed you" -- these could prove to be a real help.

I also talked with small business owners on Earlsdon High St. I talked with Kendall's, Tim's Joint, and Gibberds. The butcher who runs Tim's Joint had very strong feelings about his council tax, farmer's markets drawing business away, the lack of local parking, a strong bias towards the city centre, and the decline of independent fishmongers and butchers.