Yes, after a break of two and a half years, we are back up and running.
Many things have happened in that period, and a full rundown of these events will be posted in the coming days and weeks.
It has been a difficult couple of years since the very physical attack on my freedom of speech, the surgical scars have healed and hopefully as I use 'blog therapy', the mental scars will eventually heal too.
Since I've been away we've seen our local Adur Councillors award themselves up to 46% pay rises, and since the onset of 'austerity' in 2010, our Council Leader's salary is approaching double what he was receiving then.
More local assets have been sold off to the highest (or lowest with the right contacts) bidder, and most senior council exec posts are in the hands of a small group of consultants, most with business links to the Chief Exec, who himself received a 20% pay rise last year whilst the rest of the staff saw their workloads double and their salaries capped at 1%, a real time pay cut.
We have seen a number of six-figure 'golden goodbyes' handed to departing executives, a huge pay out to the former exec that they sacked around the time of the NCP debacle, and they still haven't managed to sell the Civic Centre so it's sitting derelict and abandoned.
Yes, there is a lot to talk about.
Will be back with a proper update very soon.
ICBM
