This blog is my attempt to connect directly with the people of Essex. I hope that it will become a forum for discussion and debate around many of the issues and challenges facing our county. In a sense this is as much your blog as it is mine - so make the most of it and send me your thoughts and comments. In return, I hope to be able to get across a little of what I and the rest of my colleagues in County Hall do; how we are trying to make Essex a better place to live and work, how we are trying to improve the services we offer to you and how we are attempting to promote Essex, locally, nationally and internationally.
Tuesday January 29, 2008 Yesterday saw me first thing with the UK's media, bacon sandwich and cup of tea at a freezing and foggy North Weald airfield to meet the man who'd just spent £440,000 on purchasing a 104 year old Essex County Council asset; the 'F1' numberplate. Afzal Kahn, a
