Year 2012 is nearly over -- a year which saw a new council chief executive installed with an indecipherable signature, full council prayers conducted in a foreign language and the Mayan end of the world did not happen. One councillor crossed the floor into no-man’s land and another councillor was replaced in a bye-election.
Year 2013 is predicted to see a new council tax on electric blankets and fireplaces, no defections anywhere and the end on the world will still not happen.
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