I rushed into work on Wednesday morning, determined to catch the first of the calls that would be flooding in about the stories in this week’s Visitor.
We covered the possible or probable closure of Rhyl’s last great attraction, the pavilion Theatre.
We had an in depth interview with Catherine Britten over the progress her school had made since being taken over and a call for road safety measures outside that same school following a little boy being run over.
I was even expecting some feedback over the controversial Gele lead, which featured a giant inflatable banana.

But I was disappointed.
We’ve had one phone call from a county councillor about the Pavilion and an email from the same person to back it up.
As of Friday Morning, we’ve had one anonymous email from a person concerned with road safety outside schools.

Is it apathy? Is it lethargy? Do the people of Rhyl not care about the future of their town and the safety of their children?

Another fine example of the this attitude came to me on Tuesday night when I attended what was billed as The Great Soapbox Debate.
Held at Rhyl Town Hall, the event was publicised by a campaign in which the town’s West Ward was blanketed by over 2,000 individually delivered flyers.
The idea was to get residents involved in the local democratic process, to give them a chance to understand the democratic process and to put to the test their future representatives, forcing them to defend their ideals.
It was pathetic - 11 residents turned up and one of those was married to a candidate.
And despite invitations being sent by registered post to all town and county councillors, only two made it to the meeting. Mark Webster, currently representing Rhyl on Denbighshire and Mike Espley, who hopes to usurp him.

But don’t get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for Cllr Webster, Mr Espley and the 11 people who could be bothered to attend.
They at least care something about their town.

To the rest of you: If you don’t make any noise, your voice won’t be heard.

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