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Since March 2002 Cllr Alan Jarrett—Deputy leader of Medway Council—has been writing a weekly column for the Wednesday issue of Medway Today newspaper, now the Medway Messenger. These columns are reproduced here by permission of the author and publisher (KM Group):

Columns for the year 2007:

• February 2008: Budget Setting 2008
• January 2008: Government Funding

Columns for the year 2007:

• November 2007: Labour Voted Against Medway's Budget
• October 2007: Budget Priorities
• 6^th September 2007: Stark Choices Ahead
• 13^th August 2007: Event Horizon
• 12^th July 2007: New Housing
• 18^th June 2007: Local Election Lookback
• 19^th March 2007: Budget Choices

Columns for the year 2006:

• 20^th November 2006: Budget Priorities
• 18^th October 2006: No Crossing at Cliffe!
• 20^th September 2006: Initiative(s)
• 28^th August 2006: Government Plaudits
• 31^st July 2006: Misinformation
• 3^rd July 2006: Council Accessibility
• 31^st May 2006: Libraries
• 8^th May 2006: Delivery

Columns for the year 2005:

• 7^th February 2005: Council Tax Confusion
• 31^st January 2005: Housing Horrors
• 24^th January 2005: Callous Cliffe Confession

Columns for the year 2004:

• 6^th December 2004: Financial Settlement
• 22^nd November 2004: The Nanny State is Alive and Well
• 8^th November 2004: What Price Democracy?
• 25^th October 2004: The Funding Gap
• 18^th October 2004: Pensions Crisis
• 11^th October 2004: Off The Rails
• 4^th October 2004: Recycling—The Facts
• 9^th August 2004: Smoking Ban
• 19^th July 2004: The Cost of Government
• 5^th July 2004: Choice in Education
• 31^st May 2004: Local and Regional Taxation
• 24^th May 2004: Respect and Tradition
• 17^th May 2004: Respect for Others
• 10^th May 2004: The Cost of Living
• 3^rd May 2004: Government Financial Mismanagement
• 26^th April 2004: Can we trust Tony Blair?
• 19^th April 2004: Hypocrisy
• 13^th April 2004: The Fight over Rail Services
• 6^th April 2004: Education in Medway
• 29^th March 2004: Labour failure on Crime
• 22^nd March 2004: Chancellor Follows Medway's Lead
• 8^th March 2004: The Budget is Set

Columns for the year 2003:

• 22^nd December 2003: Cliffe...What Now?
• 2^nd December 2003: Government Funding
• 27^th October 2003: Tax
• 20^th October 2003: Government Cuts
• 13^th October 2003: Policing
• 29^th September 2003: Petrol Tax Rise
• 22^nd September 2003: Capping
• 15^th September 2003: Community Safety
• 8^th September 2003: 'Planes and 'Buses
• 1^st September 2003: Education Again
• 25^th August 2003: Education, Education, Education
• 18^th August 2003: The Medium Term
• 11^th August 2003: Cars and Public Transport
• 4^th August 2003: Regeneration
• 28^th July 2003: Everybody Wins!
• 26^th May 2003: Scrutiny in Medway
• 19^th May 2003: Delivery, Delivery, Delivery
• ^12th May 2003: Medway Chooses
• 5^th May 2003: New Deal
• 26^th March 2003: A Brighter Future for Medway
• 19^th March 2003: Service Delivery
• 12^th March 2003: Taxation
• 5^th March 2003: Public Transport
• 26^th February 2003: Sqaunderers!
• 19^th February 2003: Man of the People?
• 12^th February 2003: Who Really Cares?
• 5^th February 2003: Knockers
• 8^th January 2003: Happy New Year?
• 1^st January 2003: Vandalism

Columns for the year 2002:

• 2^nd October 2002: Last Council Meeting
• 30^th October 2002: North/South Divide
• 6^th November 2002: Town Planning
• 13^th November 2002: Services for Tomorrow
• 20^th November 2002: Tall Ships

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