In this world you've got to fight for your beliefs, you've got to strive to survive, you've got...sorry, I'll stop there because I've accidentally become a faux-motivational poster advertising reduced rate swimming in a soon-to-close council run pool.
As the current financial year draws to a close, councils are finalising their budgets, an unenviable task in the current climate.
A second public meeting is being held into plans to close council-run care homes in Leicester.
"When we've got two very close councils and areas, Denbighshire and Conwy are very similar in scale and demographics, then it makes sense to see where we can work together to the benefit of everybody".
There is advice ranging from closing subsidised council canteens to cancelling "away days in posh hotels and glitzy award ceremonies".
That might be hard to sell to a city where 20,000 people are out of work, libraries are closing and council tax is going up.
"The Public" will shortly close: the council cannot afford to pay for its upkeep.
When the pit finally closed, "Barnsley council thought everyone would leave," he said.
Much of his plan was implemented by other architects who were closer to council members and the new Lord Provost.
The hole, measuring 15 feet wide, suddenly appeared on Friday, forcing the road to close whilst council workers attempt to repair it.
