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“Four more years!” was the rally call coming out of Lambeth Town Hall during the local election count in the early hours of Saturday morning. I didn’t think the local politicos were talking about four more years of Lambeth Life.

Oh Lordy.

So yeah, following the 44 seats and massive 43% share of the vote enjoyed by our friends @LambethLabour, the @LambethLibDems manifesto pledge has been reduced to just that – paper talk to get rid of a ‘newspaper’ that many in the Rotten Borough could well do without.

Now that we are officially out of purdah (were we ever actually in it?) and not surprisingly, Lambeth Life leads with the local elections:

“It was a nail-biting time for many at the town hall, with a swarm of vote counters, politicians, council officers and journalists local bloggers all hotly anticipating the results.”

“Hotly anticipating” the results is stretching it slightly. As soon as the red bundles started to mount up on the counting tables shortly after 4pm, the resumption of the Red Flag flying over Lambeth Town Hall was never in any serious doubt.

But just in case you want to check who to hold to account over the pledges made on the doorstep over the last month, Lambeth Life helpfully adds:

“For the full local results breakdown go to: www.lambeth.gov.uk/elections2010.”

*ahem*

Gotcha!

Speaking of truth and accuracy, post election and we see a return of @cllrstevereed‘s Leader’s Column in Lambeth Life – hurrah!

“There is uncertainty nationally and funding for local services will be tighter, but we will work with the new national government to make sure we win the best possible deal for the people of Lambeth.”

Really?

Looks like the @LambethLabour leader may have a few bridges to build first with the ConDem coalition, before the best possible deal for the people of Lambeth can be put in place.

@cllrstevereed signs off with the optimistic:

“I am determined that we will deliver on the promises we have made.”

Me too, my friend, me too. I am determined to see that the public consultation promised back in February regarding the mutualisation of local government is actually implemented. I look forward to seeing how the doorstep election pledge of “free swimming for every resident” is also rolled out.

But what of the Little People of Lambeth? The Letters page puts forward the case from a local Herne Hill resident, who shares in my observations that the new Brockwell Park junction has left us with a great big bodge job down in SE24:

“While the borough is aiming to encourage greater use of public transport and greener policies, the road works at Herne Hill demonstrate a complete failure to maintain the simple and congenial integration of bus and rail travel which existed earlier.”

The right of reply offered up by Hayden Tuck [ACE name] the Principle Transport Engineer at Lambeth Housing, Regeneration and Environment states:

“The Herne Hill Junction Regeneration scheme is already delivering major benefits including better pedestrian crossing facilities, improved access to Brockwell Park, upgraded provision for cyclists, faster movement of buses through the junction and a much more attractive public environment.”

Blimey.

Where’s the empirical evidence for this, Mr Tuck? My analysis of the bodged Brockwell Park junction, on a busy Saturday morning, suggests the exact opposite of this observation.

Sticking with the Letters page, and it is a return to that old South London favourite that refuses to be silenced within the Rotten Borough:

Streatham Hub.

Oh Lordy…

Sally Knocker [ACE name #2] um, knocks the knockers that say NO! to a temporary ice rink being dumped on the green land of Streatham Common:

“Just when we thought a solution might be in sight for a temporary ice rink on the common in order for the much awaited new Streatham Hub to progress, it looks like a small but vociferous group might thwart the temporary planning application.”

Fair point, but the New South London Politics (get you) that has seen the formation of the Hands Off Our Common group is pretty much a Who’s Who of resident interest groups in Streatham.

“Whilst no one would want to permanently reduce green space (which obviously a temporary planning approval would not allow in any case), it seems a shame that those who protest do not realise that an even more precious community resource could well be lost. The Ice Rink provides enormous joy even in its current neglected state.”

Overlooking the subjective analysis that an ice rink is “more precious” than a historic piece of public land, Mss Knocker doesn’t address the local concerns that the temporary may become the permanent.

Tesco hasn’t exactly got a tremendous track record down in SW16 of telling the locals the truth. Failing to send a representative to the Hub meeting is hardly the sign of a constructive, local partnership. The power balance in the deal remains with the multi-national. Tesco can walk away from the scheme at any period in the next two years, leaving a bulldozed old barn of a rink, and a temporary pad on the Common, that then becomes permanent.

But anyway – I’m not alone in such an underhand analysis of how the Hub deal may develop over the coming months. @CllrMarkBennett, the local Streatham South @LambethLabour Councillor, and @cllrstevereed, both told me at the election count in the early hours of Saturday morning that “other options” are now being explored by cabinet for the location of the temporary rink.

Phew.

p7. in Lambeth Life and my heart (and foot) was in my mouth when I read
The headline:

New Twist for Classic Game…

“Young people on Lambeth’s peer education scheme have come up with a new version of a popular board game to help teach others about sexual health.”

Eeek!

Sexual health? Teenagers? Twister?

Surely not…

“The team have developed a giant version of snakes and ladders that they will be taking into secondary schools around the borough.”

Ignoring the schoolboy humour about giant snakes in a sexual health game, and the project does seem to be addressing a key issue for young people in an imaginative way. I wish them well.

The Eco Matters feature on p.10 address the farce that is the Cycle Superhighway that is being rolled out across the borough. Essentially a scheme championed by Boris, the aptly coloured blue carpet approach to bicycling has been badly conceived.

Any colour blind bicyclist could be forgiven in not noticing any difference in the provision for cycle safety. The Cycle Super Highway is simply a painting of the existing (and inefficient) cycle lanes blue.

Job well done, Boris.

The Clap’ham Road has already rolled out (incomplete) stretches of the blue carpet, with a further stop / start stretch also in place heading up Larkhall Rise. Urban Cyclist has highlighted the folly that is spending a small fortune out of the transport budget on a scheme that still fails to address the fundamental issue of crap car drivers.

And finally…

The Lambeth Crossword on p18. had me stumped at the first hurdle:

1. Across – They’re simply revolting, six letters.

I don’t think it started with an L and ends in an R, but you never know…

That’s Life!

And so the final ever edition of Lambeth Life has rolled off the printing presses and been delivered to the good people of the borough – all for 5p per issue, as the masthead is ever keen to point out.

Ah, but will issue #92 really be a fond farewell for everyone’s favourite local information news sheet? Can Lambeth Life limp along to reach centurion status?

That all depends on the electorate, and whether @LambethLabour retains control of @lambeth_council (and Lambeth Life,) or whether @LambethLibDems are running the Town Hall on May 7th and implementing their manifesto policy of pulping the council publication.

[Still waiting for clarification as to exactly where the LibDems would place the local authority statutory ads an alternative to Lambeth Life. One would imagine that our friends at @SthLondonPress are also wondering the same.]

But anyway – Lambeth Life, the last hurrah. Does the flag waving newspaper for all that is brilliant in the borough, keep up the pretence for (possibly) one final fling?

You betcha.

First off – are we out of purdah? I only ask because the politically persuasive headline of Primary Places For All is the lead in the latest edition of Lambeth Life:

“Lambeth schools are performing well, which makes them a popular choice for parents all over London.”

Nodding my head in agreement at the fine work that teachers, support staff and of course the kids are putting in at Lambeth schools (with a little help from @LambethLabour), but hang on – “a popular choice for parents *all* over London?”

Um, shouldn’t Lambeth schools be for Lambeth kids? @LambethLabour has been quick to make political capital out of the building (and privatisation) of new schools in the borough.

Are we really building these new schools just so that some pushy parent across the *shhh* LibDem Southwark border can parachute Little Johnny into a decent Lambeth school?

And so the purdah friendly headline of: Primary Places For All is actually Primary Places For All of London – Not Just Lambeth.

It’s fine to boast about your rather good record in education, just be prepared for the consequences, should you shout about it a little *too* enthusiastically ahead of the election. It could come back to bite you on the backside when Lambeth kids can’t get a place in a Lambeth school ahead of the next local election.

Moving on…

Cash Counsellors is the headline in the panel on p2. Nope, it doesn’t refer to the Cash Councillors and the £40k a year that the career politicians in the @lambeth_council cabinet are trousering, but:

“A new service to help people get to grips with money is being offered in the borough.”

Immediately below is the Election Ward Finder. @janeinlondon / East Hampshire, of my local Oval / E Hants parish, may find some use for the:

“…new tool that makes it easier to find the polling station you need to cast your vote.”

The Lambeth Picture displays a rather decent photograph of some kids enjoying Windrush Square. The summer weather has really brightened up Brixton. Windrush Square *might* just become a central point for the community in which to meet.

The photo features a kid on a BMX riding through the water fountains – the cheeky scamp! Best stick to yer BMX, young lady. Skateboards are strictly out of bounds at Windrush Square, with local coppers coming down heavy on South London Yoof.

More serious matters are addressed under the headline of: Fire Safety Measures Stepped Up:

“Thousands of homes in Lambeth will be fitted with fire alarms this year as part of an ongoing initiative to improve safety.”

This is a move that can’t come soon enough, especially so considering the rather damning report that found that the council has only two fire certificates for the 112 housing blocks that come under the council stock.

Over to p5. and: Herne Hill Junction Almost Complete.

“A new junction designed to improve safety and cut down on tailbacks is now live [um, sort of...] Work has been going on at the Herne Hill junction opposite the entrance to Brockwell Park for almost a year.”

I prefer the LibDem analysis of:

“Whenever they [@LambethLabour] spot a green space in the borough, they seem to want to build on it. They talk openly these days about the new, exciting and improved Herne Hill Road Junction, formerly known as Brockwell Park.”

Ouch.

Speaking of building upon green spaces, it is fitting that (possibly) the final edition of Lambeth Life has a Star Letter that licks the arse of Tesco and the compromise of a deal that allows the supermarket chain to build upon Streatham Common in return for an increased store space:

“Whilst I agree that it is far from ideal to have a temporary structure on the Common, am I the only one who thinks the overall Hub is a great opportunity for Streatham South?”

…asks Arabella McNeill of SW16.

Not at all. When / if the Hub is finally opened, I am sure it will be ace. It’s just the compromise deal to situate the continuity of ice provision, not to mention the temporary swimming pool and gym, on one of the last great green and treasured pieces of land in the borough that is so bruising.

Brilliant Brockwell is the headline for a second letter, with Keith Hindell agreeing that green space in Lambeth should be celebrated:

“In the fifty years of living in Dulwich I have never seen Brockwell Park look better. Everywhere the turf seems in good condition, for the dozen different sports being played informally, as well as sitting around for a picnic.”

Spot on. Brockwell Park is as brilliant as it is beautiful. The same goes for Vauxhall Park, Larkhall Park, Kennington Park and Clap’ham Common. The parks and public spaces in Lambeth are another success story in the borough over the past four years. Please let’s keep them green, rather than pimping them out as the pay off deal with giant supermarket chains.

How to Mend a Puncture on p15. is another great feature, with the friendly folk from Apex in Clap’ham giving a thirteen-point picture guide on how to do the dirty. I always seem to fall down around point number three. A decent and most useful use of local authority newspaper space.

Likewise for Wheels Start Rolling Again, the rather heart warming story on the back page of Lambeth Life, telling of how the Wheels for Wellbeing charity is back in business:

“A charity that lets people with disabilities enjoy cycling is back on track again, after an arson attack forced it to close last year. Wheels for Wellbeing began its Brockwell Park based cycle scheme last year, but was forced into an untimely closure when fire destroyed its base and all of its specially adapted bike.”

But will there be a similar happy ending for Lambeth Life? That is for the good people of Lambeth decide next week. Sure – there are more important issues to base your vote on, such as housing, education and the “financial tsunami” that is about to hit Lambeth PCT.

But a vote for @LambethLabour is also a vote for a return of the grinning politicians each fortnight, telling you exactly why they are worth £40k a year for a cabinet post.

A vote for @LambethLibDems is a vote for… well, I’m not entirely sure when it comes to Lambeth Life. The ‘information news sheet’ may be pulped, but what it will be replaced with is my concern.

That’s Life!

In the absence of being inundated with political literature through the letterbox in recent weeks, it was with some enthusiasm that I celebrated the arrival of the latest edition of Lambeth Life.

Seriously.

The @lambeth_council ‘information news sheet’ is usually the best place to find out all the latest, wonderful achievements of our fine standing local politicians.

With purdah now in full effect, propaganda dressed up within an information news sheet has gone the same way as promised public consultations – hushed to one side until the door knocking is out of the way for another four years.

And so Issue 91 looks like being the penultimate print run of Lambeth Life, assuming @LambethLibems have their way. A return to a LibCon coalition will mean no more information news sheets within the Rotten Borough.

Best make the most of it whilst you still can.

Which is why I rather enjoyed my read of Lambeth Life this fortnight. There’s a cracking photograph on p2 of a Penny Farthing taking on the contours of Stockwell Skate Park.

Likewise below, for a photograph of the amazing art installation, about to be revealed @BrockwellLido.

The Leader’s Column has been written for the last time by @cllrstevereed (or has it…?) and instead, the much more enjoyable Guest Column is penned by the affable Lemonte Johnson.

The community arts campaigner will be recognisable to both Brockwell Park and Lido regulars. Lemonte is the bloke behind Bling Your Bike, an organisation that helps kids to personalise their bicycles.

Lemonte also works incredibly hard behind the scenes at Brockwell Park, and uses the column to promote the summer series of events scheduled as part of the madforbrockwellpark festival.

A fine column. It’s got to be better than banging your own chest and talking about why you should be re-elected.

But all of this apolitical appreciation can’t carry on. A flick through to p4 of Lambeth Life and we get to the Star Letter.

Oh Lordy.

Ice Rink Opposition is the title of the piece penned by Peter Newmark, Vice-chair of the Friends of Streatham Common. As outlined as the special cabinet meeting to seal the Streatham Hub deal, the Friends group has put to print it’s plans to oppose planning permission for the temporary ice rink on the Common.

No response is offered by a Council official to the letter – blame purdah; it’s a common theme for local politicians right now.

A secondonday letter sticks with the same SW16 leisure theme. John W Brown writes an eloquent piece, looking at the alternative locations to house the temporary provision. He suggests St Julian’s Farm Road Sports Ground, Woodmansterne School Sports Ground, Valley Road Sports Ground (also favoured by the Cabinet Member for Employment and Enterprise) and the Adare Centre.

The Labour led @lambeth_council cabinet confirmed at the special Hub meeting that twelve sites were considered to house the temporary facilities. Unlike John W Brown writing in Lambeth Life, the cabinet refused to make the location of these sites public.

Still, at least a response is offered to the letter by Sandra Fryer, the Divisional Director of Strategy and Partnerships. Sandra also fails to disclose which other sites were considered, although she does find the space to repeat the many advantages that the Labour led cabinet believes will come out of the Hub.

The boost to the local economy still appears to be an up and down issue. The Cabinet Member for Employment and Enterprise stated 600 jobs in total would be created in Streatham. Lambeth Life last month revised this figure to 400. We’re back to 600 once again this month with the response from Sandra Fryer.

Moving on…

There’s a half-decent feature on the council list of historical buildings in the borough that need protection. A charming photograph is provided of a neo-Georgian style Clap’ham building, looking much like the neo-Georgian Clap’ham Pool that was recently demolished.

Whoops.

The fortnightly Madchester music feature that looks slightly out of place in a Lambeth newspaper, has also taken a change for the better. No Hooky or Shaun Ryder, but instead Rob B of the Stereo MCs. Rob is a Brixton Boy via Nottingham (yikes) and can be seen for his sins as a regular at Brixton Rec (double yikes.)

And that’s about yer lot. Twenty pages of engaging local content, and not a single picture of a smug looking local politician. The purdah period does have its advantages.

We’ll miss Lambeth Life once @LambethLibDems pulp the paper – assuming the electorate agree with the Love Me I’m a Liberal Lot and their policy of cutting down on propaganda. I wonder where all those statutory local authority ads will appear then? I think @LambethLibDems are also pondering the exact same question.

Who would have thought that a local council ‘information news sheet’ would become caught up in such political intrigue?

Until one more time…

That’s Life!

With just over a month remaining until the local elections, what delights lay await for us in the latest edition of Lambeth Life?

This is a tricky time for our friends at Labour led @lambeth_council. With the elections looming, certain reporting restrictions are in place. Lambeth Life may have been muzzled, but it still spreads the good news stories about the borough that you are unlikely to read about elsewhere.

Speaking of which, the front page headline leads with Redskins Rejoice! This is of course in relation to cabinet agreeing the new agreement with Tesco to finally do the deal over the stalled Streatham Hub.

First things first – good work Lambeth Life in actually recognising that South London’s proud and historic ice hockey team is called the Redskins. During my period as the club’s official match reporter, as I was ‘advised’ to drop the Redskins reference.

Apparently the corridors of power within Lambeth Town Hall were unhappy about the covert (extremely covert) references that the name may conjure up in a multi-cultural borough.

Complete twaddle, and so Redskins Rejoice it is.

Ah, but do the ‘Skins have any reason to be rejoicing? The story tells of how:

The decision [on the Hub] has been welcomed by people living and working in Streatham.

Some maybe, but not others. As @LambethLibDems leader, Councillor Lumsden rightfully observed during the special cabinet meeting, the agreement to place a temporary ice rink on Streatham Common has “divided the community.”

This was evident on the night, with the Streatham Ice Skating Action Group welcoming the deal, whereas the Friends of Streatham Common confirmed that it would formally object to the planning permission.

Two hundred jobs have been lost in Streatham in the space of less than a week. Not literally, but the six hundred new jobs figure as mentioned on Monday evening by @jkazantzis, the Cabinet Member for Employment and Enterprise, is now published as four hundred by Lambeth Life.

The simple “bus terminus,” as mentioned by Andrew Boyle from Tesco during cabinet, has grown into a “bus depot,” via the pages of Lambeth Life.

And as for the rejoicing Redskins – well the big boys with their big sticks should perhaps put their party on hold. Lambeth Life concludes with:

A consultation about the location of the temporary facilities will be held in the coming months, with Streatham Common likely to be one option.

Cabinet confirmed on Monday that Streatham Common is the *only* option right now. Twelve other sites were considered. Opposition requests to publish the reasons why the other sites were deemed not suitable were dismissed by cabinet. No consultation was mentioned during the meeting either.

Moving on…

Potholes: it’s an election winner, I tell you.

p3 of Lambeth Life has the sexy story of how: Council is Potty about Potholes

Aren’t we all. Aren’t we all.

Contractors have been working around the clock to fill potholes following the damage caused by the harsh winter weather.

Potholes, and pictures of Councillors staring deep and meaningful into potholes, are a way of the world. Especially so after a cold snap; or even just ahead of a local election.

The winter weather was poor – potholes are the outcome. I have personally seen little evidence whilst cycling around Lambeth to suggest that the borough is any better, or any worse, than our other London neighbours in repairing the potholes.

It’s a bit naughty though for Lambeth Life to slip into the same story an extra para all about the existing road improvements scheme taking place with my very good neighbours at Albert Square, SW8:

The works recently saw contractors restoring the pavements and kerbs for pedestrians in Albert Square, a conservation area in Stockwell, using a high quality clear tarmac and restoring the original kerbstones that have been in place for 160 years.

This is not a ‘we’re fixing potholes’ story. This is the result of the wonderful campaigning by ASSA in trying to get @lambeth_council to restore some of the original scenic beauty to this little corner of South London.

p5 of Lambeth Life looks at the genuinely empowering work undertaken by the Safer Neighbourhood Teams. These are rolled out ward wide, with the aim of allowing residents to prioritise the specific policing needs within each local area.

On the same day that I received my latest copy of Lambeth Life, I also received a crime survey from @LambethLibDems. It’s opportunistic timing from the Love Me I’m a Liberal Lot. I wonder why they want to take on the mantle of South London crime busters right now?

I certainly feel safer in SW8 as a direct consequence of the Safer Neighbourhood Team. The support of these groups should be encouraged at every level.

A Guest Column replaces the Leader’s Column, as we move ever forward towards May 6th. Much as I like looking deep into the mind of Lambeth Council leader @cllrstevereed, the contribution from Ellen Lebethe, the council’s Older People’s Champion and Chair of Lambeth Pensioners Action Group, is a far more worthy read. More of the same please.

The centre page pull out is a two-page spread all about the works of Lambeth Parks. I’m surprised that our friends from @Lambeth_Labour haven’t made more of the success story of the green and pleasant lands within Lambeth, as part of their election campaign.

Brockwell Park, Larkhall Park, Vauxhall Park, Kennington Park,Clap’ham Common – all outstanding areas of beauty in their own right, and all maintained to a considerable high standard.

Lambeth Life fails to mention the bit of a mess that the council has made of the Herne Hill junction at Brockwell Park, but it is spot on in identifying:

One of the big success stories in recent years is the transformation of Brockwell Lido.

May 3rd can’t come soon enough for me…

A couple of pages of statutory local authority notices follow. They aren’t the most riveting of reads, but they are certainly more welcome than two pages of seedy sex ads that are pimped out in other local newspapers.

Speaking of adverts, Lambeth Life ends this fortnight with a back page sports story, which is more or less free advertorial for the privately run Clap’ham Pilates Studio.

I have absolutely no issue with the very fine facilities down in SW4, and I wish the business all the best. It’s just a bit weird that having shut down the studio space at the local authority owned Clap’ham Leisure Centre, the council newspaper is now putting the case forward for the private sector facility.

That’s Lambeth Life…

Another fortnight, another copy of Lambeth Life comes through the letterbox – hurrah!

Oh, hide ye cynicism away. At least until after the local elections, anyway. There’s actually a really rather decent story hidden away on p20 of the current edition:

Cross the Digital Divide with CDI

The UK’s first Centre for Digital Inclusion has opened up in Lambeth to help resident’s bridge the digital divide. Iris Lapinski, the programmer director said…

“We are setting up a programme to get the young people coming up with smartphone applications for community based projects. The Apps for Good scheme will not only provide the practical skills needed to create smartphone apps, it will also get young people thinking about issues affecting their communities”

The long term aim is to get graduates from the scheme teaching others.

What a truly wonderful idea – teaching technology, to then become an empowering and enabling force within the local community. I like it. A lot.

Elsewhere within Lambeth Life and there’s further reason to keep smiling.

Cripes.

The photo opportunity that we thought would never happen is buried away on p13, with a beaming smile from @LambethLabour leader @cllrstevereed captured next to his rivals council colleagues @LambethLibDems leader Ashley Lumsden and Tory leader John Whelan.

The smiles look anything but false, and with good reason too. The story covers the amazing achievements of Samuel Manley, the Youth Mayor for Lambeth in 2009.

Samuel’s fine efforts in promoting democracy and community participation led to over 10,000 young people in Lambeth exercising their right to vote in the 2010 Youth Mayor elections.

Congratulations to Darren Tenkorang on winning an incredibly tight contest. Samuel is a tough act to follow.

The photo itself has something of a ‘he’s behind you!‘ element to it. Cllr’s Reed, Lumsden and Whelan have good reason to be looking over their shoulders, with youth democracy on the rise in Lambeth.

Elsewhere…

Want to talk about leisure? Oh, go on. I knew this spring optimism wouldn’t last long. Back to a Beware the Ides of March nonsense piece in which the closure of Clap’ham Leisure Centre is celebrated.

Seriously.

Only in the Rotten Borough…

Under the headline of: The Future of Sport – the race to 2012 and Beyond, we get the bonkers story of:

A sporting celebration was held on Clap’ham Common to mark the work to close replace Clap’ham Leisure Centre.

Note the “and beyond” disclaimer in the headline. Only a fool (or a Lambeth politician) would set firm dates on the completion of leisure projects.

Our friend, the good Councillor Lib Peck, the Cabinet Member for Regeneration, states:

The Olympic and Paralympics Games coming to London in 2012 gives us a fantastic opportunity to create a lasting legacy by inspiring more people to get interested and involved in sport.

No mention of how many swimmers from Lambeth will be representing GB at 2012. Sadly the legacy of Lib’s Labour cabinet is one of two closed swimming pools, and one which is *still* only open between 7-9am in the morning.

Moving on…

The silly season starts slightly early in Lambeth Life with a puff piece Star Letter, the sort of which gives the elected politicians the opportunity to back slap during cabinet:

I am writing to commend you all at Lambeth Life for producing an excellent publication …I enjoy reading it very much and I do recycle it.

Sweet.

A picture of an empty Windswept Square can be found on p21, which is almost forgiven as there is a really rather moving interview with three veterans of the Windrush generation in the panel opposite.

But let’s not let the phoney election campaign get in the way of what is a half decent edition of Lambeth Life for this fortnight. I think there’s a compliment hidden away in there somewhere.

How to Service Your Bike for Spring

…can be found on p19. It’s a very insightful read as well, with a once over on basic bicycle mechanics being given by the lovely Lincoln from Brixton Cycles Co-op.

Hang on – a co-op you say? Ah, you could even call the brilliant Brixton Cycles something of a John Lewis model of management. Each employee is treated equally, owning, and sharing in the profit.

Now there’s an idea for you…

See ya in two weeks time.