{"id":2175,"date":"2012-10-31T14:39:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2012-10-31T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T15:54:17","slug":"runners-in-the-police-and-crime-commissioner-stakes-november-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=2175","title":{"rendered":"Runners in the Police and Crime Commissioner stakes &#8211; November 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0On 15th November you will be asked to vote for the person you would like to become the area\u2019s first Police and crime Commissioner (PCC).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Three party hacks and an independent\u00a0 take to the track to fight it out for an \u00a385,000 annual prize. The Blog\u2019s racing correspondent\u00a0 <strong>Gordon O\u2019Blimey<\/strong> gives us the lowdown on the runners and riders:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pete Levy<\/strong> \u2013 Lib Dem. Ex-Wiltshire Constabulary officer and military policeman.\u00a0 He has promised to do 10 impossible things on his first day, but that could be a drafting error. Blog odds \u2013 16-1 (Too much baggage, and unlikely to jump well).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ken Maddock<\/strong> \u2013 Conservative. Ex leader of Somerset County Council. He only has three priorities, but they cover just about everything.\u00a0 Blog odds 7\/2 (A fast, slick runner, with plenty of experience, but haven\u2019t we had enough of him?)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sue Mountstevens<\/strong> \u2013 Independent.\u00a0 Businesswoman,\u00a0 magistrate and police authority member.\u00a0 Just four priorities and no party politics. Blog odds 12-1 (A useful \u00a0filly who has performed well on smaller courses and could spring a surprise if the going improves).<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Savage<\/strong> \u2013 Labour.\u00a0 Very worthy. A doctor <em>and<\/em> CBE. Serious quango and public body man. Only four priorities, but one is the \u201cdevelopment of a long term strategic vision\u2026.\u201d He\u2019s had enough time to do that before the election. Blog odds 25-1 (Unlikely to suit this course and going)<\/p>\n<p>Vote at the village hall until 10 pm<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PCC Candidates -Avon &amp; Somerset\" href=\"http:\/\/www.choosemypcc.org.uk\/candidates\/area\/avon-somerset\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Check out the candidates in detail <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PCC Elections -BBC Somerset\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-19495673\" target=\"_blank\">More from BBC Somerset <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0On 15th November you will be asked to vote for the person you would like to become the area\u2019s first Police and crime Commissioner (PCC). Three party hacks and an independent\u00a0 take to the track to fight it out for an \u00a385,000 annual prize. The Blog\u2019s racing correspondent\u00a0 Gordon O\u2019Blimey gives us the lowdown on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=2175\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Runners in the Police and Crime Commissioner stakes &#8211; November 15th&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[794,2757],"tags":[2776,2778,2780,2775,2777,2779],"class_list":["post-2175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humour","category-news","tag-avon-somerset","tag-john-savage","tag-ken-maddock","tag-pcc-elections","tag-pete-levy","tag-sue-mounstevens"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-z5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2175"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2184,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2175\/revisions\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}