Why Does Sandwell Hate The Motorist ?

While its shouting Cuts Cuts Cuts and sacking its low paid workers, wonderful Sandwell Council famous for listening to its residents spent £600,000 on consultation and drawing up plans for a modified             Birchley Island only to ignore it, Regular readers will know CONSULTATION is not one of Sandwell Labours strong points.

This comes from the same Labour team that against the traders wishes and petition Dictated when the indoor market opens and closes and Dictated a £4 parking charge that is destroying West Bromwich High Street.

We still wait in eager anticipation for the outcome of the Forum meetings Consultation, you may recall Labour introduce a ON LINE consultation which excluded any one who did not have a computer with a broad band connection.

Funny enough until it was pointed out to them by the former Conservative Councillors the online consultation was for just 2 days, Obviously an oversight.

There are also muttering that a weak version of the forum meeting as been trialled in West Bromwich, again what advertisement used by the council to inform its residents it not available

Finally I hear Sandwell is going for an award for its Openness and Transparency

in the thick as mud section 

Meanwhile the Circus continues 

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Sandwell's Circus Performance

With a performance worthy of a BBC TV comedy series and with 5 stars for effort the news sites of the BBC news  the  Halesowen News and as usual a few days later it appears in the E&S The Police are investigating allegations of corrupt land deals within the council.

Following these allegations the “transparent” council was reported

saying it wanted a Independent investigation, strangely it now transpires the independent investigation is being conducted by the council's own staff.

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Yes the independent investigation is being investigated by Council staff

On a previous issue concerning a taxi firm It was also noted in the cllr's explanation that he filled the declaration of Interests form in wrong was accepted by the bosses

So now we await the outcome of the    Police inquiry 

Sandwell Tory said

The Audit Commission's whistle blowing hotline is 0303 444 8346.

But I ask, ring from home or a call box 

I've include a few links for definitions to help local politicians

Rotherham Council Files “Go Missing”

Rotherham has a strange sniff in the air tonight as it is revealed minutes from key meetings from the Rotherham child sex abuse inquiry seem to have disappeared

A Professors report states how a series of council reports warning of widespread sexual abuse of vulnerable girls by gangs of men were swept under the carpet by council bosses..

4years of meeting minutes have simply disappeared 

 

The National Crime Agency (NCA) will lead an investigation into outstanding allegations of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham and the (NCA) will also be overseeing an inquiry into any failings of the South Yorkshire Police

This followed allegations that council staff 'seized files and wiped computers

What a complete mess

Sandwell Tory said

I reckon destroying council files should be a serious crime carrying with it a long term of imprisonment

 

People See Through Red Ed

Yes all over the UK people are finally waking up to Red Eds drivel, funnily a number in his own party have as well and they are not frightened to say it 

Sandwell Tory said 

There's an old saying "he couldn't run a whelk stall " I have to agree