| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Guy's blog | |
| Posted by: | Guy Lambert | |
| Date/Time: | 10/01/26 20:31:00 |
| All the houses on the East side of Lionel road were actually built on the Park, as far as I understand so I doubt any such covenant would prevent a sale. No coubt some people would object, preferring drug dealing, ASB and a waste of public money to providing a 'new' house and a chunk of money entering public coffers. I agree Vanessa. Many of the officers are excellent and dedicated, but some of the management is a bit timid, especially if there is any sniff of lawyers in the air. Many of the senior people who I mainly dealt with (not all of them!) whom I thought were very talented have been poached - Director of Environment, Finance, Assistant Director of Environment, Head of recycling. Most were not replaced. Whoever is left are often overworked because the lack of their erstwhile bosses and colleagues, and have to cover extra matters that are not in their area of expertise. I did start a blog on the subject of 'Pace' but it is currently in my too hard tray 🤣 I have struggled with many cases over the years which have taken years to be progressed. Some (trivial or important) usually get sorted in the end, but it takes far too long and needs great persistence from members. Not many of us have persistence and some only surface where there is an audience. I am not a natural politician but I'm determined to follow things through. It used to be more effective than it is under present 'management'. To be fair, it is easy to forget that councils (all of them) have been seriously hampered by the end of central funding from national taxes which had largely happened before I arrived as a councillor in 2015. I believe we lost £70M in central grants each year, which would fill a few potholes. I believe, but I have yet to engage with the detail, the current government has begun to correct the prejusdice against suburban councils like ours in outer London and means we will have some of that lost grant income reinstated. Something else I have to master. |