Here and Now and Then....

What does everyone think of the new Here and Now? You know that glossy newspapery thing that pops through your door every so often from the council. Is it just a Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council propaganda sheet or a useful source of information? It certainly informed me that there's to be a military march by the 2nd Battalion Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment a week on Sunday. They are going to have bayonets fixed so that should be exciting shouldn't it. It'll keep the hoodie clad teenagers in place if they step out of line anyway. (Only joking kids.) Here and Now also tells us who all our councillors are for which wards and so on; I must admit, I didn't know who mine where either. Then there's information about the music nights at the castle this summer which this time, thankfully, won't be the usual tribute bands and Motown Memory Lane type stuff but full on Opera and a bit more sophisticated. Bit of culture, know what I mean! There's more info in there about what your kids can do over the summer in the borough's many leisure centres from rock climbing to swimming, to aerobics. They tell you where you can empty your bulky rubbish and even how not to park your cars. So is it useful or just a self-congratulatory waste of paper. Come to think of it it doesn't look like recycled paper (which is another thing they preech about in Here and Now) but perhaps I'm wrong....