| Topic: | Mr Noel Rutherford's Statement in the W3 case | |
| Posted by: | Victor Mishiku | |
| Date/Time: | 23/07/13 19:00:00 |
| I previously wondered how Mr Noel Rutherford is complying with his own previous Statement of Principles in the Acton case mentioned by Charles C. in the earlier posting re. Friars Place Lane where Mr Rutherford "lectured" concerned Acton residents pronouncing authoritatively that ALL applicants will be treated fairly and equally regardless of their "status" or their importance or who they are, etc. How many other applicants for planning permissions (or for that matter objectors to them) are able to summon up the presence of such important high-ranking Council dignitaries? Dr Sahota is hinting that his Application was refused owing to his political position and if that is the case, he must be suggesting that his own Labour colleagues who are the majority on the Committee deliberately turned his application down for non-planning reasons to spite him even though several of them campaigned for him to be elected to his GLA position supposedly representing our interest. When residents in Norbury on the "Christian Fields Estate" (laid out by the Whitgift Foundation) were facing aggressive backland developers "Devine Homes Plc", they contacted their Croydon GLA Member, Cllr. Steve O'Connell for support. Cllr. O'Connell not only came to speak on behalf of the residents at the Planning Committee Meeting at Croydon Town Hall held on 16th February 2012 but also attended and spoke at the subsequent Appeal Hearing held at Croydon Town Hall on 26th June 2012. You could not ask for a better and more supportive GLA Member. By contrast, our Ealing GLA Member is holding private meetings with the Leader of the Council with strong political connections to him and the Southall MP, who employs Cllr. Bell and who are all involved in high level grand politics with Cllr. Bell a future Labour MP, according to those who know of his ambitions. Dr Sahota is also a would-be MP. However, incumbent MP, former LBE Cllr. Steve Pound declined to recommend him, I have been advised by a former Ealing resident, because Dr Sahota owns 8 properties and therefore he did not fit the "socialist" mould. When I mentioned that we were fighting an application by Dr Sahota to a senior Council employee formerly an important Labour Party officer and Councillor, he appeared to "groan". Perhaps, it is true what one observer said (also a former Councillor in Ealing who thought this was "clearly a case of the most flagrant political interference and favouritism." that "His behaviour suggests a very arrogant man who is unable to keep himself out of trouble through a combination of greed, egomania and poor judgment. The Labour Party will live to rue the day they ever entertained him." |