| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Around Ealing - 'Money-Wasting Propaganda Sheet' | |
| Posted by: | Andrew Farmer | |
| Date/Time: | 12/03/19 08:06:00 |
| I could not agree more with Mr Hayes’ post of 7.3.2019. I would only add that it has given rise to a corrupt culture of unaccountability on the part of Bell and other councillors, who take the cash for being representatives but fail to represent if the matter is “problematical” for Ealing Council or its officers. I am thinking of my ward councillor and Deputy Council Leader Yvonne Johnson, the former school teacher who now supports the closure of libraries! She has failed to represent me because her help, had it been given, would have exposed the misconduct of a Council officer. Senior officers also “follow the Leader” and misconduct themselves in the secure knowledge that the Council will support them and, if it is found guilty of maladministration, it is we, the council-tax payers, who foot the bill for any fine the LGO imposes. Take recent recruit, “teen-boy” Tony Clements (that’s what you’d think from the photo on his twitter page). He’s fitting in nicely, ignoring uncomfortable correspondence just as Julian does, forgetful that one of the 7 Principles in Public Life is accountability. One wonders whether some of these officers bring their ugly talents with them or whether they are part of an induction course. How did Mr Clements get his job? A niffy bit of networking when, as I believe, he met Julian at a conference? A meeting of minds to turn the Borough into an opportunity-park for developers. Or perhaps he was recruited because he is a supporter of the Labour Party. It should not happen but this is the rotten Borough of Ealing. |