WHERE have all the great men gone?

Long time passing since great local businessmen and entrepreneurs (Paxman,Marriage, Blaxill) bestrode the Colchester Council chamber as councillors, to direct and shape a successful and progressive town.

It could be that Colchester no longer has captains of industry, or if it has, they are all working in London while residing on the Suffolk borders.

It could also be the modern cabinet system with a faceless chief executive may best suit today’s needs, but makes councillors powerless and ineffectual, and thus not worth the effort to stand for such an office.

Whatever the reason, the result is plain to see.

FF Casale
The Avenue, Colchester