We mentioned on Monday the slow but relentless efforts being made by Worst Street to create a two-tier class system in Boston – with the poorest losing out.

We cited B-TAKE – the Boston Town Area Committee – which is illegally surcharging its taxpayers to create a £250,000 kitty to fund the pipe dreams of the Prosperous Boston Group and underwrite charges once met by central funds … and which is also now paying £35,000 for this year’s Christmas lights.

Quite how the slush fund will be wasted is unknown, as Preposterous Boston wrongly thinks that its meetings should be secret – a and without minutes being taken or made public.

We also mentioned Boston Big Local – which again is supposedly restricted as far as the area where it should spend money is concerned – but which is lavishing thousands all over the place.

Now, enter what looks like another contributor to dividing the community – Boston Town Team.

At the weekend, it staged a knees-up for the Queen’s 90^th birthday, which included a traditional street party in the Market Place.

However, local “newspapers” reported that the event was for “invited guests” only – although “members of the public” were welcome but had to bring their own chairs and grub.

We take “members of the public” to mean us – the riff-raff, the common herd, the rank and file … with the emphasis on the rank.

A Town Team spokesman said: “We want to bring everyone together to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday …”

Dare we suggest that a ticket-only bash for a handpicked elite is probably not the best way to do it.

We’ve wondered about the Town Team for a while – and our worries were confirmed by the structure of their board.

There are thirteen members – of whom six have posh titles.

After the chairman, there are vice chairmen for Facilities, Events, Marketing, Promoting inward investment and Data collection.

So many sheriffs – so few cowboys.

Finally, given the recent ranting about Christmas in Boston, we think it’s timely to clear up a couple of misconceptions promoted by Worst Street.

The report to B-TAKE begging for money included the claim that the council “will continue to provide the town Christmas tree …”

We have always thought that the tree has been donated for donkey’s years – most recently by the Port of Boston and before that Finnforest.

And, we are told:  “The Borough Council will be again working with Transported to provide an ‘Illuminate’ and Christmas event in the Market Place on 24^th November.”

Why so early?

Because “Illuminate”– now in its second year – marks Thanksgiving Day in America … which is nothing to do with Christmas.

Worst Street has selected the date as a prelude to celebrate in 2020 the 400^th anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower at Plymouth Rock ... an event that has nothing to do with Boston – but which promises the great and the good some future freebies.

An upside of the US Thanksgiving celebrations is the “pardoning of the turkey” by the American President. Perhaps Boston Borough Council should.ask forgiveness as well.

All this talk of committees brings us to a couple of quotes … ironically from a famous comedian and a celebrated economist  respectively…

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours ~ Milton Berle

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything ~ J K Galbraith

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