Before I was elected as a councillor I was prepared for the amount of casework I would get. However, what I was not prepared for was the amount of chasing and more chasing to get things done. Lets take the example of bin lids. During April 2010 I raised the issue of no lids covering the bins at Dennett's Court and while I was responded to immediately, it took months to finally get the bin lids, I and residents had been demanding.