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TURN OUR
STREET
LIGHTS
BACK ON

PUBLIC MEETING
ELSTREE LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE

SUNDAY - 15/01/12 - 8PM
INTRODUCTION
?   HISTORY
?   WHY ARE THE LIGHTS ON PART TIME?
?   WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?
?   WHY IS PART TIME LIGHTING A PROBLEM?
?   COUNCIL ACTION / COMMENT
?   ALTERNATIVES
?   OUR CAMPAIGN
?   ACTIONS C WHAT YOU CAN DO
?   Q&A
WHY?
Change to street lighting at night = Save ?1.3m PA
The council has identified efficiency savings across
services rising to ?110m a year.

115,000 street lights cost ?3.4m in energy consumption
A further ?5m on maintenance, and ?1.5m in 2010 on
replacements.
Nov 2010 council's cabinet approved plans to save an estimated
?1.3m a year plus reducing carbon emissions. (22,300 tonnes =
1/5th of countys total)

Govt introducing a CO2 tax = ?300k pa.
EXCEPTIONS
Significant night time economy. These areas contain the majority of
restaurants, pubs, night clubs, major transport hubs and similar
facilities that encourage pedestrians to be active in the immediate
area later in the night.

Road traffic obstructions where there is a obstruction on the road
(such as a junction on a main road, a roundabout, central island,
traffic calming measure, pedestrian crossing etc) the street lights
associated with the obstruction will be left on all night. Traffic routes
with a history of night time accidents will also be left on

CCTV coverage and zones of relatively higher crime locations covered
by the authority's CCTV cameras will be left in all-night illumination.
Areas of night-time crime will be identified in consultation with the
Police and they will recommend an appropriate treatment level of
lighting for those areas
RESPONSIBILITY?




BINS, FIREWORKS, XMAS LIGHTS   STREET LIGHTS
FREE XMAS PARKING
COUNCILLOR STUART PILE
Councillor Stuart Pile, the county council's executive member for
highways and transport, said the decision to turn the lights off
between midnight and 6am was taken because that is when road
and pedestrian traffic is significantly lower.
He added: Before agreeing the new arrangements, we needed to
be satisfied that they would not lead to higher levels of crime or
accidents.

"Fortunately, as many highways authorities have already introduced
similar schemes, the police and highways experts have been able to
draw on the evidence from those areas which shows that, despite
some peoples fears, actual safety does not decline.
We shall, of course, keep the review of any impact in
Hertfordshire and will be ready to adjust the scheme, should that
be necessary.
SO WHATS THE PROBLEM?
? CRIME / FEAR OF CRIME
?   FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT / CURFEW
?   ELDERLY / LESS ABLED / PEOPLE LIVING ALONE
?   SHIFT WORKERS / TRAINS
?   SERVICES: DOCTORS/PARAMEDICS/POLICE/FIRE
?   HEALTH & SAFETY C WALKING/SPEEDING/VISIBILITY
?   ROAD ACCIDENTS C OBSTACLES CANT BE SEEN
?   CYCLISTS & DOG WALKERS
?   ENVIRONMENTLY UNFRIENDLY
?   TECHNOLOGY IS FLAWED
?   COSTS VS BENEFITS ?4.5M
PRISONERS IN OUR OWN HOMES
A recent report by childrens charity PLAN UK
highlighted that 91% of 13-18 yr old girls said
better street lighting would make a big difference
to whether they felt safe on the streets.

CEO Marie Staunton said that issues such as poor
street lighting needed to be tackled (and not
switched off).
CRIME / FEAR OF CRIME
CRIME




Overnight last night Friday 2nd December 2011 there
were three separate thefts from motor vehicles. They
occurred in Torworth Road, Ranskill Road and The
Campions in Borehamwood between 0030-0630 hours.
They targeted small electrical goods and in one case got
into the car through the unlocked passenger door.
CRIME
                                                                              A TINY village has had its first ever
                                                                              crimewave  after skint council
                                                                              bosses switched off all the street
                                                                              lights.
                                                                              Residents are furious the nightly
                                                                              blackouts have led to a spate of
                                                                              break-ins, thefts and vandalism in
                                                                              Sandend, Banffshire, and have
                                                                              signed a petition to get the lights
                                                                              restored.
                                                                              Heating fuel has been stolen from
                                                                              outdoor tanks, car tyres have been
                                                                              been punctured and houses broken
                                                                              into, while gangs of youths are
                                                                              prowling the streets for the first
                                                                              time. Police have had reports of five
                                                                              crimes since August.




A council spokeswoman said: "Evaluation has taken place. Councillors will decide the next steps, looking at the
                          advantages and disadvantages identified by the trial."
YOUR SENTIMENTS
YOUR SENTIMENTS
FLAWED TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY

          ? OLD TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT REDUCE
            MAINTENANCE ISSUES OR REPLACEMENT
            COSTS OF ?6.5M APPROX PA

          ? NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT SOLUTION BY FAR

          ? CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS OFFSET BY
            PURCHASE OF MORE HOME LIGHTING,
            TORCHES & BATTERIES
IMPLICATIONS OF SWITCHING OFF
?   Various Highway Authorities have already started switching off street
    lights to save money. Buckinghamshire has areas blacked out and has seen
    a number of accidents in these non illuminated areas. The Coroner
    investigating a fatality in this area directly linked the lack of lighting with
    the accident. He said, the driver had no chance to see the lady crossing
    the road without any street lights operating.

?   Recently some communities have rebelled against their local authorities
    and in 2008 a resident of Llangynop, a village in South Wales, paid ?295 to
    have his village lit at night for the winter after Powys Council turned off
    the street lights to save money. This worked out at around 15p per lamp
    per night.
HIDDEN COSTS
?   The Highways Act stipulates that unless signed otherwise, lit streets have a
    speed limit of 30mph. If the street lighting is taken away, the speed limit
    would then have to be advised and enforced through new signage, which
    would involve additional costs.
?   The lighting of speed limit signs (30mph etc) is often linked into street light
    circuits and no lighting will require new signage.
?   CCTV systems require street lighting C camera operation at night could be
    severely compromised
?   Where lights have been in operation, it will be necessary to clearly inform the
    public that the lights are not supposed to work, rather than simply
    malfunctioning.
?   Switching lights off could actually raise the energy tariffs paid by local
    authorities, by reducing the low-rate tariff paid at night and increasing the
    percentage of high tariff use. Energy suppliers are already reviewing the use of
    variable rates and the lower tariff energy saved from midnight to 6.00am will
    reduce overall cost savings.
?   The cost associated with changing the lamps photo-cell to part-night
    switching is ?21 C or nearly nine months energy costs for the average street
    light.
MATHS
Street Light costs
115,000 street lights cost ?3.4m in energy consumption
A further ?5m on maintenance, and ?1.5m in 2010 on
replacements.

TOTAL = ?10m
Population of Hertfordshire = 1.1m

?9 per person p.a. or ?0.75p per month
2p a day!
COUNCILLOR STUART PILE
I am not entering the debate to reverse a decision which was
made after much consideration.....The decision to implement this
scheme was taken following the proper democratic process and in
consultation with local members and the police.....

Some people have asked if we can turn the lights back on for the
festive period, but this is simply not feasible C its not as easy as
flicking a switch to turn them on and off.

I do appreciate all your concerns however I do not agree with the
scaremongering of some people. To say that we have done this with
no regard to the wellbeing of people is frankly untrue
COUNCIL ACTION
     Robert Gordon, Leader of Herts CC: "I have
     been following your e-mail exchanges with
     Stuart Pile. The Council speaks through the
     relevant Cabinet Member which, here, is
     Stuart. It would be unhelpful to have two
     respondents giving the same messages. I am
     replying to those who write or e-mail
     personally to me."

     robert.gordon@hertscc.gov.uk
ALTERNATIVES

COUNCIL MISMANAGEMENT                 BETTER CHOICES

? PUBLIC CONSULTATION               ? HOURS OF PART TIME COULD BE
?   BETTER PUBLICITY                  BETTER
?   MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY ? ALTERNATE LIGHTING
?   TAKING MORE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ? MORE EFFICIENT LIGHTING C LED
?   MORE TRANSPARENCY               ? WHITE LIGHTING
?   TAKING THEIR TIME               ? LIGHTS ON SENSOR
                                    ? DIMMING
                                    ? INCREASING COUNCIL TAX BY ?9
                                    ? NOT CHANGING ANYTHING
ALTERNATIVES
ALTERNATIVES
GOOD FOR STAR GAZERS
BBC 1 Inside Out programme.
The show explored the issues caused which prevent populations from seeing stars.

The Campaign for Dark Skies (CfDS), who presented a Good Lighting Award to Indal WRTL for their Midlands M6 Toll
Road lighting scheme, is run by the British Astronomical Association (BAA).

It is manufactured using a large proportion of recycled materials. The low profile aerodynamic housing, for example, is
made from 100% recycled aluminium. Installations of this next generation luminaire across the UK are already
contributing toward high energy saving for local authorities and reducing CO2 emissions by up to 68% compared to
traditional solutions. This ensures they are on track to exceed UK government CO2 reduction targets for 2035 well
ahead of schedule.

On average, Stela installations are saving 109 megawatt hours of energy and 58.5 tonnes of CO2 per month. As the
average household consumes a little over 3 megawatt hours of energy per annum, each month these installations are
currently saving enough electricity to power 31 homes for a whole year and more are being installed every day.

Life cycle assessments of carbon emissions estimate significant further savings in CO2 due to the virtually maintenance
free performance of Stela. These savings come from a reduction in the fuel consumption of maintenance vehicles and
through eliminating the need for replacements lamps and control gear.
BEFORE
AFTER
POOR DECISION
COMPETENT ADVICE
Research in Europe has shown that through the use of competent
professional lighting designers/ engineers the energy-efficiency of a
lighting installation can be improved by up to 30%.

It is therefore imperative that any authority employs a competent
lighting professional to manage its lighting asset and get the most
from it.

Too often we have seen the authoritys lighting role being passed to
a highway manager, with little, if any, knowledge of lighting. As
part of EU energy reduction measures, it is likely that the
requirement for competent professional design expertise will         Councillor Stuart Pile, the
become an EU legal requirement within the next few years,            county council's executive
                                                                        member for highways and
                                                                        transport
PROFESSIONAL ADVICE

Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) Recommendations

?   Switching off street lights, in all but a limited number of locations (see below) is a short-
    sighted, socially corrosive and ultimately uneconomic course of action.
?   Authorities should ask, are we over-lighting the streets? And could we drop a lighting class?
?   Authorities could change to white light C BS5489 allows a drop of one lighting S class by
    using white light.
?   Authorities should embrace new technology: electronic control gear replacing old magnetic
    gear can immediately save 10% of energy; and LED street lights are increasingly able to
    illuminate streets with less power - and their price is falling.
?   Authorities should dim their lighting, using CMS or pre-set electronic gear:
?    In Residential Areas - consult with residents and other stake-holders, but consider dimming
    to 50% light output from 8.00pm, and consider dropping to 20% if possible between midnight
    and 5.00am. When dimming to low levels also consider the use of local presence detectors to
    raise levels if pedestrians are around.

                                    Source: Nigel Parry on 01788 576492 or nigel@theilp.org.uk
OUR CAMPAIGN
COVERAGE
STATUS




?   BOREHAMWOOD TIMES
?   LBC
                                `
?   HERTSMERE BOROUGH COUNCIL
?   HERTS CC
?   STEVENAGE BOROUGH COUNCIL
?   NORTHAMPTON COUNCILLOR
?   STELLA CREASY MP
NORWICH CASE STUDY
?   Then John stood up. This cut is a curfew for me, he said. John is partially sighted
    and would be forced to never leave his home at night. Silence followed in the
    crowd, the results of this cut now fully realised and the dire need for people to
    fight them understood.

?   With the press in attendance, David Miliband spoke in support of our campaign
    and asked us to light up Norwich C at that point, my search for street lighting was
    worth every minute as we lit up the entire street and Marion Maxwell and her
    small team got a louder round of applause than I ever imagined 100 people could
    give.

?   The streets will no longer be dark as a result of this action. Marion succeeded in
    forcing the Tory council to postpone the switching off of the lights and open public
    consultations, essentially winning not only the battle but this war as well.

?   Marion also stood in a by-election for a completely unwinnable seat shortly after
    this. She and her newly recruited team of 15 volunteers worked tirelessly and, as a
    result, Marion lost the seat by just 100 votes. She is looking forward to May next
    year.

    www.jamesabolton.com
ACTIONS
? PETITION / COUNCIL MEETING
  LOCAL COUNCILLORS
? SOCIAL MEDIA C FB &
  #STREETLIGHTS
? MEDIA COVERAGE
? EXPERTISE C LEGAL, H&S,
  LIGHTING
? FLYERS
? COORDINATION C LETTERS, EMAILS
? TELL & KNOCK
FINALLY....




LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE, ELSTREE
FACEBOOK GROUP CONTRIBUTORS
DANIEL GRAHAM
E: daniel@centreradio.co.uk
M: 07768 22 22 80
Twitter: @danielgraham
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Turn Our Street Lights Back On

  • 1. TURN OUR STREET LIGHTS BACK ON PUBLIC MEETING ELSTREE LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE SUNDAY - 15/01/12 - 8PM
  • 2. INTRODUCTION ? HISTORY ? WHY ARE THE LIGHTS ON PART TIME? ? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? ? WHY IS PART TIME LIGHTING A PROBLEM? ? COUNCIL ACTION / COMMENT ? ALTERNATIVES ? OUR CAMPAIGN ? ACTIONS C WHAT YOU CAN DO ? Q&A
  • 3. WHY? Change to street lighting at night = Save ?1.3m PA The council has identified efficiency savings across services rising to ?110m a year. 115,000 street lights cost ?3.4m in energy consumption A further ?5m on maintenance, and ?1.5m in 2010 on replacements. Nov 2010 council's cabinet approved plans to save an estimated ?1.3m a year plus reducing carbon emissions. (22,300 tonnes = 1/5th of countys total) Govt introducing a CO2 tax = ?300k pa.
  • 4. EXCEPTIONS Significant night time economy. These areas contain the majority of restaurants, pubs, night clubs, major transport hubs and similar facilities that encourage pedestrians to be active in the immediate area later in the night. Road traffic obstructions where there is a obstruction on the road (such as a junction on a main road, a roundabout, central island, traffic calming measure, pedestrian crossing etc) the street lights associated with the obstruction will be left on all night. Traffic routes with a history of night time accidents will also be left on CCTV coverage and zones of relatively higher crime locations covered by the authority's CCTV cameras will be left in all-night illumination. Areas of night-time crime will be identified in consultation with the Police and they will recommend an appropriate treatment level of lighting for those areas
  • 5. RESPONSIBILITY? BINS, FIREWORKS, XMAS LIGHTS STREET LIGHTS FREE XMAS PARKING
  • 6. COUNCILLOR STUART PILE Councillor Stuart Pile, the county council's executive member for highways and transport, said the decision to turn the lights off between midnight and 6am was taken because that is when road and pedestrian traffic is significantly lower. He added: Before agreeing the new arrangements, we needed to be satisfied that they would not lead to higher levels of crime or accidents. "Fortunately, as many highways authorities have already introduced similar schemes, the police and highways experts have been able to draw on the evidence from those areas which shows that, despite some peoples fears, actual safety does not decline. We shall, of course, keep the review of any impact in Hertfordshire and will be ready to adjust the scheme, should that be necessary.
  • 7. SO WHATS THE PROBLEM? ? CRIME / FEAR OF CRIME ? FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT / CURFEW ? ELDERLY / LESS ABLED / PEOPLE LIVING ALONE ? SHIFT WORKERS / TRAINS ? SERVICES: DOCTORS/PARAMEDICS/POLICE/FIRE ? HEALTH & SAFETY C WALKING/SPEEDING/VISIBILITY ? ROAD ACCIDENTS C OBSTACLES CANT BE SEEN ? CYCLISTS & DOG WALKERS ? ENVIRONMENTLY UNFRIENDLY ? TECHNOLOGY IS FLAWED ? COSTS VS BENEFITS ?4.5M
  • 8. PRISONERS IN OUR OWN HOMES A recent report by childrens charity PLAN UK highlighted that 91% of 13-18 yr old girls said better street lighting would make a big difference to whether they felt safe on the streets. CEO Marie Staunton said that issues such as poor street lighting needed to be tackled (and not switched off).
  • 9. CRIME / FEAR OF CRIME
  • 10. CRIME Overnight last night Friday 2nd December 2011 there were three separate thefts from motor vehicles. They occurred in Torworth Road, Ranskill Road and The Campions in Borehamwood between 0030-0630 hours. They targeted small electrical goods and in one case got into the car through the unlocked passenger door.
  • 11. CRIME A TINY village has had its first ever crimewave after skint council bosses switched off all the street lights. Residents are furious the nightly blackouts have led to a spate of break-ins, thefts and vandalism in Sandend, Banffshire, and have signed a petition to get the lights restored. Heating fuel has been stolen from outdoor tanks, car tyres have been been punctured and houses broken into, while gangs of youths are prowling the streets for the first time. Police have had reports of five crimes since August. A council spokeswoman said: "Evaluation has taken place. Councillors will decide the next steps, looking at the advantages and disadvantages identified by the trial."
  • 15. ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY ? OLD TECHNOLOGY WILL NOT REDUCE MAINTENANCE ISSUES OR REPLACEMENT COSTS OF ?6.5M APPROX PA ? NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT SOLUTION BY FAR ? CARBON EMISSION REDUCTIONS OFFSET BY PURCHASE OF MORE HOME LIGHTING, TORCHES & BATTERIES
  • 16. IMPLICATIONS OF SWITCHING OFF ? Various Highway Authorities have already started switching off street lights to save money. Buckinghamshire has areas blacked out and has seen a number of accidents in these non illuminated areas. The Coroner investigating a fatality in this area directly linked the lack of lighting with the accident. He said, the driver had no chance to see the lady crossing the road without any street lights operating. ? Recently some communities have rebelled against their local authorities and in 2008 a resident of Llangynop, a village in South Wales, paid ?295 to have his village lit at night for the winter after Powys Council turned off the street lights to save money. This worked out at around 15p per lamp per night.
  • 17. HIDDEN COSTS ? The Highways Act stipulates that unless signed otherwise, lit streets have a speed limit of 30mph. If the street lighting is taken away, the speed limit would then have to be advised and enforced through new signage, which would involve additional costs. ? The lighting of speed limit signs (30mph etc) is often linked into street light circuits and no lighting will require new signage. ? CCTV systems require street lighting C camera operation at night could be severely compromised ? Where lights have been in operation, it will be necessary to clearly inform the public that the lights are not supposed to work, rather than simply malfunctioning. ? Switching lights off could actually raise the energy tariffs paid by local authorities, by reducing the low-rate tariff paid at night and increasing the percentage of high tariff use. Energy suppliers are already reviewing the use of variable rates and the lower tariff energy saved from midnight to 6.00am will reduce overall cost savings. ? The cost associated with changing the lamps photo-cell to part-night switching is ?21 C or nearly nine months energy costs for the average street light.
  • 18. MATHS Street Light costs 115,000 street lights cost ?3.4m in energy consumption A further ?5m on maintenance, and ?1.5m in 2010 on replacements. TOTAL = ?10m Population of Hertfordshire = 1.1m ?9 per person p.a. or ?0.75p per month 2p a day!
  • 19. COUNCILLOR STUART PILE I am not entering the debate to reverse a decision which was made after much consideration.....The decision to implement this scheme was taken following the proper democratic process and in consultation with local members and the police..... Some people have asked if we can turn the lights back on for the festive period, but this is simply not feasible C its not as easy as flicking a switch to turn them on and off. I do appreciate all your concerns however I do not agree with the scaremongering of some people. To say that we have done this with no regard to the wellbeing of people is frankly untrue
  • 20. COUNCIL ACTION Robert Gordon, Leader of Herts CC: "I have been following your e-mail exchanges with Stuart Pile. The Council speaks through the relevant Cabinet Member which, here, is Stuart. It would be unhelpful to have two respondents giving the same messages. I am replying to those who write or e-mail personally to me." robert.gordon@hertscc.gov.uk
  • 21. ALTERNATIVES COUNCIL MISMANAGEMENT BETTER CHOICES ? PUBLIC CONSULTATION ? HOURS OF PART TIME COULD BE ? BETTER PUBLICITY BETTER ? MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY ? ALTERNATE LIGHTING ? TAKING MORE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE ? MORE EFFICIENT LIGHTING C LED ? MORE TRANSPARENCY ? WHITE LIGHTING ? TAKING THEIR TIME ? LIGHTS ON SENSOR ? DIMMING ? INCREASING COUNCIL TAX BY ?9 ? NOT CHANGING ANYTHING
  • 24. GOOD FOR STAR GAZERS BBC 1 Inside Out programme. The show explored the issues caused which prevent populations from seeing stars. The Campaign for Dark Skies (CfDS), who presented a Good Lighting Award to Indal WRTL for their Midlands M6 Toll Road lighting scheme, is run by the British Astronomical Association (BAA). It is manufactured using a large proportion of recycled materials. The low profile aerodynamic housing, for example, is made from 100% recycled aluminium. Installations of this next generation luminaire across the UK are already contributing toward high energy saving for local authorities and reducing CO2 emissions by up to 68% compared to traditional solutions. This ensures they are on track to exceed UK government CO2 reduction targets for 2035 well ahead of schedule. On average, Stela installations are saving 109 megawatt hours of energy and 58.5 tonnes of CO2 per month. As the average household consumes a little over 3 megawatt hours of energy per annum, each month these installations are currently saving enough electricity to power 31 homes for a whole year and more are being installed every day. Life cycle assessments of carbon emissions estimate significant further savings in CO2 due to the virtually maintenance free performance of Stela. These savings come from a reduction in the fuel consumption of maintenance vehicles and through eliminating the need for replacements lamps and control gear.
  • 26. AFTER
  • 28. COMPETENT ADVICE Research in Europe has shown that through the use of competent professional lighting designers/ engineers the energy-efficiency of a lighting installation can be improved by up to 30%. It is therefore imperative that any authority employs a competent lighting professional to manage its lighting asset and get the most from it. Too often we have seen the authoritys lighting role being passed to a highway manager, with little, if any, knowledge of lighting. As part of EU energy reduction measures, it is likely that the requirement for competent professional design expertise will Councillor Stuart Pile, the become an EU legal requirement within the next few years, county council's executive member for highways and transport
  • 29. PROFESSIONAL ADVICE Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) Recommendations ? Switching off street lights, in all but a limited number of locations (see below) is a short- sighted, socially corrosive and ultimately uneconomic course of action. ? Authorities should ask, are we over-lighting the streets? And could we drop a lighting class? ? Authorities could change to white light C BS5489 allows a drop of one lighting S class by using white light. ? Authorities should embrace new technology: electronic control gear replacing old magnetic gear can immediately save 10% of energy; and LED street lights are increasingly able to illuminate streets with less power - and their price is falling. ? Authorities should dim their lighting, using CMS or pre-set electronic gear: ? In Residential Areas - consult with residents and other stake-holders, but consider dimming to 50% light output from 8.00pm, and consider dropping to 20% if possible between midnight and 5.00am. When dimming to low levels also consider the use of local presence detectors to raise levels if pedestrians are around. Source: Nigel Parry on 01788 576492 or nigel@theilp.org.uk
  • 32. STATUS ? BOREHAMWOOD TIMES ? LBC ` ? HERTSMERE BOROUGH COUNCIL ? HERTS CC ? STEVENAGE BOROUGH COUNCIL ? NORTHAMPTON COUNCILLOR ? STELLA CREASY MP
  • 33. NORWICH CASE STUDY ? Then John stood up. This cut is a curfew for me, he said. John is partially sighted and would be forced to never leave his home at night. Silence followed in the crowd, the results of this cut now fully realised and the dire need for people to fight them understood. ? With the press in attendance, David Miliband spoke in support of our campaign and asked us to light up Norwich C at that point, my search for street lighting was worth every minute as we lit up the entire street and Marion Maxwell and her small team got a louder round of applause than I ever imagined 100 people could give. ? The streets will no longer be dark as a result of this action. Marion succeeded in forcing the Tory council to postpone the switching off of the lights and open public consultations, essentially winning not only the battle but this war as well. ? Marion also stood in a by-election for a completely unwinnable seat shortly after this. She and her newly recruited team of 15 volunteers worked tirelessly and, as a result, Marion lost the seat by just 100 votes. She is looking forward to May next year. www.jamesabolton.com
  • 34. ACTIONS ? PETITION / COUNCIL MEETING LOCAL COUNCILLORS ? SOCIAL MEDIA C FB & #STREETLIGHTS ? MEDIA COVERAGE ? EXPERTISE C LEGAL, H&S, LIGHTING ? FLYERS ? COORDINATION C LETTERS, EMAILS ? TELL & KNOCK
  • 36. DANIEL GRAHAM E: daniel@centreradio.co.uk M: 07768 22 22 80 Twitter: @danielgraham FB: http://facebook.com/danielg99