A bit strong you might think (if you happen to be Cllr Clive Hart), and my justification a rather pitiful comment by one of Hart's colleagues, Alan Poole in response to Thanet councils negligent management of Margate town centre.
According to Friday's Isle of Thanet Gazette former councillor Paul Twyman, was motivated by council indolence into dragging a 10ft plant holder to the council offices, which had broken and lain some days strewn on Margate high street, astonishingly despite the proximity to the council offices and of course ignoring the fact, reported elsewhere in the paper, that Thanet council employs 45 cleaners, 5 mechanical sweeping machines, one road washing machine, 2 dog mess cleaners and 3 dumped rubbish removal squads, a list that long, should include a cuddly toy and a conveyor belt.
Still it would appear that despite all those cleaning resources, they don't have the apparatus to deal with an uprooted plant holder, anyhoo rather than saying thank you, Cllr Poole has given this rather mean and miserly response, "I am informed that you were aware of the broken hanging basket on Wednesday you did not think to inform anyone at the Council to get this dangerous object removed.
It's clear to me that any right-minded person seeing a plant holder, in middle of town (High Street) near the council offices, would natural assume that either an officer or street cleaner would deal with this, I'm taking a guess that Cllr Poole got advice on what to say from a council officer, otherwise he might have been a bit more apologetic, for what in actuality looks like council negligence and if he was a bit more savy, he would have done more than to promise to "investigate", more appropriate would be to "sort out" or "take charge", as you would expect from Thanet's Deputy Leader? .
So far Labour have yet to inspire confidence, whether it's former comrades, independents calling the shots or just the general style, I'm sure some time soon they'll show some leadership.
Don't hold your breath on that last be, mate, for you have to have it to show it.
ReplyDeleteAre you really convinced that this situation would've been any better a few months back under the Tories? I'm not.
ReplyDeleteAre but then, 5:51, we did not have the renegade trio holding the council to ransom. What we have now is neither Labour ofr Tory, but a dictatorship of three with bizarre ploicies.
ReplyDeleteIf you are Labour, contact your leader and tell him to stop pandering to these obnoxious people.
The spelling in that last comment is so bad it could almost be Ian Driver.
ReplyDeletehttp://thanetindependentgroup.blogspot.co.uk/
ReplyDeleteLooking at the TIG website, it's like Worrow's World never left us!
ReplyDeleteNot so limp that after all the public interested debates on thursday evening, and at around 1030pm, they came forward with a proposal to increase cllrs allowances by 3.5% they believe they are doing such a good job. Will Scobie, wannabe Mayor of Margate proposed; Richard Nicholson, former leader seconded, and the Labour group and the tiggywinkles all supported.
ReplyDeleteThe Kingywinkles also supported the 3.5% inflation linked increase
ReplyDeletejust proves they are only in it for easy cash do nowt get nowt should be for them
ReplyDeletesack the lot
ReplyDeleteThanet Tories, INCLUDING CHRIS WELLS supported the higher SRA so they are worse, Scobie's proposal was just in line with inflation
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQR3DLFXEEg&feature=youtu.be
ReplyDeleteI think you will find like all other councils that they no longer can afford the luxury of having people out on the streets looking for problems and rely on the public reporting problems. Whether it is KCC with pot holes and non working street lights or TDC with dumped bags of rubish they ll only repond to reorted incidents.
ReplyDeletecouncillors should get no financial compensation for the hours a week they put into the I am sure they enjoy the abuse they get anyway. I would stand for council myself but playing darts in the pub takes up most of my time. Nah you should have to pay to be a councillor after all Rich people understand things better
ReplyDeleteExcept that politics is now irrevocably broken by these Antoinesque governments no matter which primary colour team you play sorry 'vote' for.
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