Council Leader Micheal White Snubs Residents By Scraping Ask The Cabinet !!
There was an Ask The Cabinet meeting due to take place at Havering Town Hall last night. This was advertised on Havering Councils web cast page and I provided a link to this on my previous post.
When we arrived at the Town Hall we were informed that the meeting had been cancelled. we were also told that the meeting had never been advertised !
One lady had traveled all the way from Hertfordshire to raise serious concerns regarding her son. Her son has been unable to live in his property in Rainham for over a year due to a planning decision that has left his home uninhabitable.
I asked Julian Strong who is Leader Micheal White's assistant if it would not be possible for Cllr White to see this lady for just a few minutes in order to hear her concerns. Julian Strong went away and when he came back he told us that Cllr White could not see this lady as he was in a meeting ! To add insult to injury none of the residents who attended were given the opportunity to leave their contact details in order for them to be able to raise their concerns.
Julian Strong also advised me that Ask The Cabinet meetings have now been scrapped and are being replaced with a new question and answers session.
I am totally disgusted with the way that Havering residents are being treated and I would like to know who made the decision to scrap these meetings and where is the public record of this decision.
When we arrived at the Town Hall we were informed that the meeting had been cancelled. we were also told that the meeting had never been advertised !
One lady had traveled all the way from Hertfordshire to raise serious concerns regarding her son. Her son has been unable to live in his property in Rainham for over a year due to a planning decision that has left his home uninhabitable.
I asked Julian Strong who is Leader Micheal White's assistant if it would not be possible for Cllr White to see this lady for just a few minutes in order to hear her concerns. Julian Strong went away and when he came back he told us that Cllr White could not see this lady as he was in a meeting ! To add insult to injury none of the residents who attended were given the opportunity to leave their contact details in order for them to be able to raise their concerns.
Julian Strong also advised me that Ask The Cabinet meetings have now been scrapped and are being replaced with a new question and answers session.
I am totally disgusted with the way that Havering residents are being treated and I would like to know who made the decision to scrap these meetings and where is the public record of this decision.
Comments
Council and Democracy is an Oxymoron
I don't care how busy Councillor White was, the lady was distraught after travelling for two hours and finding out the meeting was cancelled without warning , where's that man's humanity .
" But what if Michael White was not in the Town Hall?
You assume that he can just drop what he is doing and run to meet a lady who is not even from Havering.
She should make an appointment before travelling a whole 50 mins from Hertfordshire.
The way you told about her journey from Hertfordshire is almost as if she flew in from Australia, or someting!!
"Cruel", how silly!!
:-O
PR disaster there.
O Dear Not Cllr White in the brown and smelly again.
Is it not time that both him and the true leader of HAVERING COUNCIL (Cllr Kelly) learned the true mean of democracy.
GOVERMENT OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE BYN THE PEOPLE.
Not as the bunch of circus performer here in Havering and at Westminster believe
Government of the Peasants and Plebs , By us the Party. For us the Rules.
Remember it should be.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE.
Attached is a very rear photo of one of the so called leader of Havering Council leaing the Town hall. See if you can guess who it is....
Elected office should be about making decisions for and with the local community, not always being able to deliver what is demanded, but being prepared to stand up and defend a decision and being prepared to be accountable to the community for it. Time and time again we see decisions that are made in favour of those who have wealth and influence or vested interests at the expense of the wider community, who are then treated as nothing more than voting fodder.
A successful company doesn't sack the whole of its management every five years; there is a continuity due to the appointment of the right man/woman for the job at that time. If he/she doesn't shape up, then they are dismissed. And so it should be with politicians who, to my mind, have no ability other than to be politicians, that is, have an innate ability to lie and to have a very thick skin. We should appoint our representatives having checked their CV and ascertained that they put their appointers' wishes into force.
There is no reason why local government shouldn't have the same structure and be funded the same way - local income and corporation tax rather than the outrageously unfair council tax.
Could we get a change in the system before May 2014 ?
Are there enough people to stand up and be counted ?
Can we get away from the political parties in local elections ?
I am willing to stand in my ward any other takers ?
The ruling junta of Havering Council have had their snouts in the trough of gold for a number of years.
The question is, come May 2014. and if a change of power is allowed to take place at Havering council. Would a new junta reduced the rates of allowances paid.
It has been proposed several times by the Residents Association that the Special Responsibility Allowances should be reduced.
Comments are closed. Why not start a new conversation?