The Year The Town Hall Shrank - 2012 - 7/10

Discouraging, often infuriating three part documentary of Stoke on Trent dealing with £35 M funding cut.
Social services particularly hard hit. Retirement homes, childrens centers, libraries, pools …
Refreshing to watch and listen to politicians and leaders deal with vociferous opposition.
From angry moms to the extreme right wing.
In other places, politicians hide or doubletalk or flat out lie.
This is how the sausage is made, or rather, divvied up.
Then – there are the deadbeats. Don’t get me started.
Everyone I viewed this with expressed strong opinions afterward.
Our local rep never says anything other than, “I’m fighting for you!”