Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Servants not Masters
Councillors and council workers should be the servants of the people; however all too often they behave as if they are "lords and masters" telling off people for daring to question anything. It's a great privilege to serve the people of West Teignmouth, I never forget it is your services and your taxes. We shouldn't be buying painting for Bitton House whilst folk are waiting for replacement bus shelters.
Whereas councillors are inevitably political, council officers have to be scrupulously apolitical. Evens at Tuesday’s town council meeting have caused some serious concerns.
The town clerk has briefed some town councillors about bus shelter replacement – unfortunately they were all Conservative councillors, thereby giving them an advantage. By incredible coincidence the clerk (himself a former Conservative councillor) was completely unable to contact any of the Liberal Democrat or Independent councillors; aparantly it couldn't be done by phone, e-mail or carrier pigeon.
It doesn’t look very good for impartiality.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Planting at the Station
Big thank you to Cllrs Dan Comer, David Cox and great volunteers.Shout out to everyone who is willing to help with the planting at the Stati...
-
I'm totally opposed to Teignbridge Council's plan to ban the banners. After a plethora of complaints about the proliferation of un... -
Millions of homes do not have full double-glazing. More than half do not have enough insulation or an efficient condensing boiler. Most d... -
Having won the won the battle to protect the countryside between WestTeignmouth and Bishopsteignton in Plan Teignbridge. A new threat has...
No comments:
Post a Comment