| Topic: | Re:Re:Council leader felt 'harassed and threatened' | |
| Posted by: | Cllr Sam Hearn | |
| Date/Time: | 21/11/15 19:30:00 |
| For once Vanessa I agree with you - listening to people is the key to all of this. Otherwise why have local government at all? However as to the rest of what you say I cannot and will not agree - those of us (of all parties) that have worked with Steve Curran know that he has many admirable qualities and that the words "complete idiot" are just inappropriate. He has a very tough furrow to plough. The man you should perhaps be pillorying is Cllr Amrit Mann the Lead Member responsible for "rolling out" the Wheelie Bin strategy. I attended (as an observer like any member of the public) the Overview and Scrutiny Committee where Cllr Mann explained the strategy. I was not impressed. My ward was part of the wheelie bin pilot scheme and I was not happy. However if the same care and consideration had been applied in Brentford and elsewhere as was applied during during the pilot scheme I think that the outcome might have been somewhat different. People have queried the electoral process that produces these results. I would say come off it - Brentford is a very special place. Not so long ago it was home to a brand new political party that forced the Council to take Brentford Football Club's need for a new ground seriously and even managed to get a councillor elected. Nor has Brentford always been represented exclusively by Labour Councillors. It is entirely possible that you might still have at least one Liberal Councillor if Gordon Brown had not called a general election on the same day as the local elections. I fought Brentford Ward for the Conservatives in two elections (before getting elected in the East Brentford ward) and I know that many of its residents are of an individualistic frame of mind who can be led but are seldom pushed into anything. Long may that continue. |