Website calling for referendum on electing Leicester mayor opens
A website for a campaign calling for a referendum on electing a mayor went live yesterday.
Businessman Callum McKeefery is leading calls for a vote to see whether the system introduced in Leicester in May 2010 should be kept or scrapped.
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Callum McKeefery is leading calls for a vote to see whether the system introduced in Leicester in May 2010 should be kept or scrapped
Mr McKeefery, who owns a bar and nightclub in the city centre and has internet companies, launched his campaign because of his opposition to Sir Peter Soulsby's plans to turn St Nicholas Place into a £4 million public plaza, called Jubilee Square.
Mr McKeefery, who has a bar in St Nicholas' Place, said: "The website is up and running. We have still got some work to do on it but we have already had people looking at it."
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The website asks people to submit their addresses so they can be sent a petition to collect or sign. Online submissions will not count.
If 12,000 names are collected, it will trigger a referendum.
Last night, deputy mayor Rory Palmer said: "I don't want to give this website too much publicity but, having looked at it for a couple of minutes, I'm struggling to see these so-called compelling arguments for a referendum."
www.leicesterpetition.co.uk/
Comments
by rigden1965
Monday, November 26 2012, 8:29PM
“Try the link now:
http://tinyurl.com/bw9tuxe”
by andymel
Wednesday, November 21 2012, 6:05PM
“Link still does nothing......turned into a bit of a joke really.”
by Red_Ned
Monday, November 19 2012, 10:09AM
“QUOTE Ser5ious question..... why do ONLINE signatures NOT count?" END OF QUOTE
This supposedly ensures that only people with an address in the city (unlike, say, Mr. McKeefery) will be able to vote. Except of course, it doesn't. You could put down your business address. This means that people who do not live in the city (and therefore had no vote in the first place) could influence whether or not the city has a mayor. It would be a bit like me voting for the Mayor of London because I work there sometimes. It's a farce.”
by heisspartacus
Friday, November 16 2012, 6:59PM
“@ joe-bloggs "heis ...my comment on scruffy russel was a direct comment on seeing the state she was in at The Memorial on Sunday .She did eclipse sups and porky.Respect or not ? Did you go and show your respect ?
As always, despite getting old and tired. Locally with my campaign medals and beret, it is a little tatty now. Did you wear yours?
@ joe-bloggs "Anyway,she aint got the silly job as PCC. She aint had a job . Tell me otherwise ."
I do not know the lady, i do not support her party. But I do try to show respect to all without acting or writing like a school child.”
by joe-bloggs
Friday, November 16 2012, 6:24PM
“heis ...my comment on scruffy russel was a direct comment on seeing the state she was in at The Memorial on Sunday .She did eclipse sups and porky.Respect or not ?
Did you go and show your respect ?
Anyway,she aint got the silly job as PCC.
She aint had a job .
Tell me otherwise .
You have not commented on "snorklers"!”
by Kohelet
Friday, November 16 2012, 5:25PM
“So let me get this right heispartacuss. Are we allowed to put nice things before the names of people like politicians?”
by heisspartacus
Friday, November 16 2012, 4:00PM
“joe-bloggs, thanks for the reference to dictionaries. Just convinces me that you are posting same stuff under a new name. But using old references as I have previously mentioned. What point do you make by giving the meanings of the terms you use, we all know what Muppets mean and so on.
My point is simple, call people by their given names, not nick-names. You do not have to use Mr or Miss etc, a surname will do.
Why in another post in referring to the two male candidates for Police Commissioner you use just their surnames but you call the female candidate "scruffy". Unless it is just Labour politicians.
There is no need for childish, cartoon appellations. You impress no one, it detracts from good vigorous debate.
Do be careful in saying to other posters things like: "unable or not competent to use etc" You may find yourself seriously embarrassed”
by handymanphil
Friday, November 16 2012, 3:35PM
“Ser5ious question..... why do ONLINE signatures NOT count?”
by handymanphil
Friday, November 16 2012, 3:25PM
“And why didn't we get a referendum in the first place? because the Labour atrocity of a council wanted it all hush, hush as their 'man' was a shoo-in! Get this online and get this waste of space person out of an office that should never have been created!”
by disident3
Friday, November 16 2012, 10:19AM
“Someone is making it hard to sign. I signed but others say they cannot sign, WHY?”