Royton Community Council to merge with Shaw?

It would appear that the new LibDem council wants Royton Community Council to merge with Shaw community council. This would mean residents having to travel to Shaw to attend meetings and also sit through lots of Shaw-related issues before hearing the bits about Royton. Attendance is sure to plummet and as a result, democracy suffers.

Source:
Royton Community Council merging with Shaw Community Council

Update:
Please email your comments to sue.moore@oldham.gov.uk. State whether you are for or against the merger and give a few reasons. In my email I stated the following reasons:

I live at [my address] and I am against the proposed merger of Shaw and Royton community councils. I don’t want to travel to Shaw to attend Royton meetings. I don’t want to listen to Shaw’s issues during a meeting that should be about Royton. I don’t want Shaw councillors to vote about issues relating to Royton. Please register my opposition to this proposal

Time is running out on this one. Please send your email to the above address as soon as you have read this message.