A Hint of Democracy

 This last few weeks we have heard from failing Labour administrations in Birmingham, Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Dudley, just how wonderful it would be for them to get their hands on extra money to become a massive authority.

We even have some people thinking they could be good enough to run for Mayor.

There is one problem to the political frenzy for funding,

Not one elected member of any West Midland Authority has mandate to do it, yes not one put it in any leaflet , not one made it a part of their election campaign, in a true bit of dirty politics they all waited till just after the election.

Now however there is a glimmer of light, a sliver of decency shining through the smog of local politics

A petition which calls for Sandwell residents to have a 

REFERENDUM

please click on link to sign the petition 

or click on "Sandwell your voice"  picture on the right

Sandwell Residents can voice their opinion by forcing the Council to listen to its residents

Sandwell Tory said

People all across the whole political spectrum are against a Greater Birmingham, an area's identity

and heritage cannot be sold, lets trust the the people to decide

West Midlands Council JOKE

So the powers that be want us all to jump up and down with excitement about the proposed West Midlands Super Council, there is however one little problem to this cunning plan,  most of the councils are in a complete mess and failing.

Failing Labour run Birmingham now joins Failing Labour run Sandwell, Failing Labour run

Wolverhampton and failing Labour run Dudley.

This new leaked report say that Birmingham council 'is failing to improve and leadership is poor' we know that folks just look at Sandwell.

In Birmingham's case the council has been told to improve or the Government will send a team in to run it

Sadly for Birmingham residents Birmingham Council leader Sir Albert Bore insisted he was “confident” progress was being made” which strangely enough is similar to the phrase used by Sandwell's Labour leader Councillor Cooper just before the Ofsted bombshell when Sandwell Children's services were dubbed ‘inadequate’ and the statement “The Government is very concerned” is still hanging over Sandwell.

 

This follows Wolverhampton Council hiring a troubleshooter to improve its failing schools and Dudley has a big problem upsetting everyone by wanting to site a new Enterprise zone in the middle of a green belt. 

 

This is topped by the sickening announcement that the police and our local authorities haven't got a clue what to do with CSE   issues in the West Midlands,  someone deserves the sack for this, as it looks like the WMP have completely  ignored the Jay report.

Sandwell Tory said 

There a lot to do before we talk about elections for a Mayor or West Midlands leader, the people deserve things to work first. 

but there are a few things you can be sure of 

 

1, We know about poor leadership in Sandwell

2, no one will ever resign,

3, there are lessons to be learned

4, we are working on this issue

till the next time of course

Sandwell Council Accounts Failure

Once again the local circus is in town, this time Sandwell Council has been found guilty of “Mismanagement” and "misconduct" after failing to file the correct legal documents for the last 18 months

The Charity Commission was forced to investigate Sandwell MBC after saying it had NO legitimate excuse for not filing full accounts for the Hadley Playing fields in Smethwick.

Any organisation registered as a charity has to file accounts with the Charity Commission

Sandwell Tory said

This is just another failure by this council in a long line of failures, Sandwell council is under investigation by KPMG but the council has not released the findings, Councillors have stepped down and the police are currently conducting an investigation

This follows appalling children's Services Ofsted failures going back 6 years

the list goes on and on and the residents of Sandwell deserve better in this failing borough

ref E&S p5 17:07:15