Making a difference to the people of Rainham

October 28th Public Meeting

Letter posted on Friday, 23 October 2009

Cllr Mike O'Brien A message from the Chairman, Councillor Mike O'Brien

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Health Scrutiny Committee comes to Rainham

Letter posted on Wednesday, 5 August 2009

Cllr Mike O'Brien A message from the Chairman, Councillor Mike O'Brien

Since being appointed as Chairman of the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee, it has been our endeavour to raise the profile of Health amongst the people of the Medway Towns. To this end, it has been agreed to hold the next meeting of the Committee at the Rainham Mark Social Club, 56 London Road (opposite Tesco’s) on Thursday the 20th August, beginning at 6pm. Read more...

101 Maidstone Road Rainham

Letter posted on Saturday, 27 June 2009

This is a copy of the letter distributed to local residents concerning the proposed Fast Food Takeaway at 101 Maidstone Road Rainham (Junction of Herbert Road and Maidstone Road.

27th June 2009. Read more...

Mike O'Brien: Liberals selective memory of local politics

Letter posted on Friday, 5 June 2009

Cllr Mike Obrien I find Mr Webber's letter to the Messenger entitled 'Rotten bunch of politicians'(29th May 2009) quite astounding.

Mr Webber, like a lot of Liberals seems to have a selective memory when it comes to Chairmanships, or indeed anything else when it comes to it! Read more...

Cllr Mike O'Brien: Free parking at Christmas thanks to Medway's Conservatives

Letter posted on Friday, 6 March 2009

Cllr Mike O'Brien Sir, amongst the many excellent initiatives announced at Medway’s budget meeting by the Conservative group (26 February 09) I was particularly pleased that Deputy Leader Cllr Alan Jarrett introduced a freeze on car parking charges for three years and is pioneering free parking on the run up to Christmas. I have been campaigning on these issues for some time because I believe that in this tough economic climate we need to do what we can to encourage people to visit our five town centres.

Medway’s car parking charges are already one of the lowest in Kent and these measures will ensure that they remain so for the foreseeable future and will have huge benefits for Medway’s motorists, shoppers and retailers. Read more...