Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Hypocrisy!
The hypocrisy of George Dunning and the council is staggering! He says in the article http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/
Council Leader, Councillor George Dunning, accepted the residents' concerns and has ordered work on the lights’ removal to start this week.He said: “The council is always willing and keen to take residents' comments on board and will consider them at any stage during any project to make sure the final product is what residents require.“We must stress that we carried out the work with the very best intentions of improving road safety and the fear of crime, putting lighting into an area that has increased pedestrian usage at night.“But we are a listening authority and we do try to respond to residents' concerns.“We have to accept there is an inevitable cost involved in the removal, but we think it is a price worth paying to maintain good relationships with our residents.”
The council is always willing and keen to take on residents comments? Then why are the fences, that were erected in a dawn raid style exercise on a bank holiday saturday over a year ago, that caused much stress and anguish to so many residents down High Street West, elderly residents like octagenarian Ethany Alton who woke up to discover that they had been barricaded into their own homes, still standing? They serve no purpose at all and yet they are being patrolled 24/7 and watched 24/7 by a CCTV?
“But we are a listening authority and we do try to respond to residents' concerns". We are a listening authority? Is that why they ignored a 9600 signature petition against the houses being built in Coatham? Is that why they ignored approximately 2000 objections to the planning application? Or do they only listen when it suits them?
“We have to accept there is an inevitable cost involved in the removal, but we think it is a price worth paying to maintain good relationships with our residents.” Youre so right Mr Dunning and the cost of erecting 41 brand new street lights and then tearing them down is far greater than removing fences that have no bearing in law, that have caused grief and anguish to so many residents, because they have been barricaded into their own homes. The people of High Street West deserve to be listened to every bit as much as those on the Coast Road, coincidentally where the MP lives. Whats up? Is she getting too much grief? Or are you afraid of losing the council seat that you scraped home with last year with a slender majority of approximately nine votes?
I wonder what the outcome would have been in that Zetland ward if two independents hadn't stood last year and taken approximately 600 votes between them?
Get those fences down now!
Council Leader, Councillor George Dunning, accepted the residents' concerns and has ordered work on the lights’ removal to start this week.He said: “The council is always willing and keen to take residents' comments on board and will consider them at any stage during any project to make sure the final product is what residents require.“We must stress that we carried out the work with the very best intentions of improving road safety and the fear of crime, putting lighting into an area that has increased pedestrian usage at night.“But we are a listening authority and we do try to respond to residents' concerns.“We have to accept there is an inevitable cost involved in the removal, but we think it is a price worth paying to maintain good relationships with our residents.”
The council is always willing and keen to take on residents comments? Then why are the fences, that were erected in a dawn raid style exercise on a bank holiday saturday over a year ago, that caused much stress and anguish to so many residents down High Street West, elderly residents like octagenarian Ethany Alton who woke up to discover that they had been barricaded into their own homes, still standing? They serve no purpose at all and yet they are being patrolled 24/7 and watched 24/7 by a CCTV?
“But we are a listening authority and we do try to respond to residents' concerns". We are a listening authority? Is that why they ignored a 9600 signature petition against the houses being built in Coatham? Is that why they ignored approximately 2000 objections to the planning application? Or do they only listen when it suits them?
“We have to accept there is an inevitable cost involved in the removal, but we think it is a price worth paying to maintain good relationships with our residents.” Youre so right Mr Dunning and the cost of erecting 41 brand new street lights and then tearing them down is far greater than removing fences that have no bearing in law, that have caused grief and anguish to so many residents, because they have been barricaded into their own homes. The people of High Street West deserve to be listened to every bit as much as those on the Coast Road, coincidentally where the MP lives. Whats up? Is she getting too much grief? Or are you afraid of losing the council seat that you scraped home with last year with a slender majority of approximately nine votes?
I wonder what the outcome would have been in that Zetland ward if two independents hadn't stood last year and taken approximately 600 votes between them?
Get those fences down now!
// posted by Chris McGlade @ 6:31 AM 
