| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Horse Play in Isleworth? | |
| Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
| Date/Time: | 07/02/15 00:56:00 |
| I've been following this discussion with interest this evening but I'm afraid the direction it has taken has only added to my confusion. Wendy, is Vanessa correct in saying that you are an employee of Fusion Lifestyle, the private company which is contracted to manage the London Borough of Hounslow's leisure portfolio? If so I would respectfully suggest that your intervention in this discussion in such a clearly partisan way is outrageous to the point of surreality, but more than that it is enlightening in the sense of providing us with a clear demonstration of the present Council leadership's approach to officer impartiality as well as removing any lingering flicker of doubt as to who is actually running the show at Lampton Road these days. Additionally, you appear utterly oblivious to your duty to consult, or to the role in which citizens are entitled to expect to be able to play in a democratic society. Your earlier reference to this being about "controlling people" really couldn't have personified the prevailing mindset any better. As I am beginning to understand it the pros and cons of horse grazing are becoming ever more peripheral to this discussion. The general public are entitled to expect honesty and openness from both elected members and paid officers (including contractors) of the local authority to which they pay their Council Tax. Instead it seems increasingly the case that their valid concerns are being met with an overwhelming conspiracy of silence interspersed with obfuscation embracing officers at all levels as well as ward councillors and other elected members all the way up to and including the Council Leader in an attempt to face down residents and wear them out. In all my time of working as an activist within the community, including twelve years as an elected member, I don't think I have ever witnessed such a widespread and all-embracing display of collective and wilful deception. Did the "Lead Ward Member" authorise the delegated decision or not? Vanessa tells us that in a conversation with her she claimed not to have done. If this is the case Mr Walsh has fabricated her consent and should be summarily dismissed from the local authority's employment for a clear act of gross misconduct. I would be interested to know whether the member in question will be pressing for such action to be taken, or if not why not? |