| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:The Truth about the Conservative Position on Garden Waste | |
| Posted by: | Rosa Popham | |
| Date/Time: | 03/11/11 17:34:00 |
| Cllr. Mahfouz, “But given you still won't admit it was an error to giveaway over £6m at a cost of around £1m just before the biggest cuts in the history of local government were about to hit us.” ------------------------ First of all I think you may be suffering from selective memory loss. At the council meeting where the £6M payback to residents was agreed you and all the members of your group voted in favour for it as well. So it is hypocrisy to ask us now to ‘admit that it was an error’ when you yourself voted for it! You may also try to remember that if it were not for the financial mismanagement of the previous Labour government, that landed us with the mess we are in at the moment, the coalition government would not need to make the significant cuts that it has to. Just to refresh your memory the “real” cuts that this Labour administration needs to make is £55M, as acknowledged by your own group at a Cabinet meeting. The other £30M that you want to raise is for your ‘pet’ projects such as the Southall car park. Lastly and more important: every year, during the last administration, a target rate for recycling was set – and met. Therefore, as Cabinet Member responsible also for recycling, when are you going to tell us what is this year recycling target rate is? We are now in November and so far you have avoided responding to this request whenever it has been asked. Is it perhaps the 50% target that you were trying so fiercely to get us to commit to when in opposition? Come on, enlighten us all by giving us this figure once and for all! |