FOCUS on Lib Dem apology BREAKING NEWS…. BREAKING NEWS…. BREAKING NEWS…. Windmill Youth Centre TRUTH The truth about Windmill Youth and Community Centre is that it was threatened with closure because the Conservative/Lib Dem government has cut Leeds’ budget by £160 million over the last few years. One of the first coun- cillors to know about the community centre review was Cllr Stewart Golton in his role as Lib Dem leader on the council’s powerful executive board. But it was Cllr Karen Bruce who was the first councillor to let Wind- mill know it was under threat and immediately started a campaign to save it. Cllr Stewart Golton agrees: “local Labour councillors have been busy collecting signa- tures” to save Windmill. Cllr Karen Bruce said: “I made Peter Gruen the deputy leader of the council visit Windmill to meet the young people and then agree to a plan to keep it open. Cllr Peter Gruen said: “Karen made me see how important Windmill is to Rothwell.” Cllr Karen Bruce said: “We only saved it be- cause Windmill and your Labour councillors are working hard to get more local community groups to use it. “I’ve already got a ban- ner outside advertising it and am encouraging local groups to use it.” Local Liberal Demo- crats have got it wrong on crime as West Yorkshire Po- lice say crime has fall- en in Rothwell. The part night-time switch off of street lights has been welcomed by many residents as being good for the environ- ment as well as saving council tax payers’ mon- ey. As it’s only a few lamps on each street, no streets are in darkness anywhere. When asked Cllr Golton couldn’t name a single street with a blackout! Most house burglaries aren’t committed at night, but during the day when people are out at work. Despite brutal govern- ment cuts Labour coun- cillors have voted to in- vest in keeping police on the streets protecting communities. Instead of being tough on crime Lib Dems want to reduce or abolish pris- on sentences for some drug and other crimes. Cllr Karen Bruce said: “It’s great news crime has fallen in Rothwell ward, but I’m worried a re-elected Tory/Lib Dem government would cut police on the streets.” Police say crime down in Rothwell