| Topic: | Hounslow Officers run the Council not your elected councillors | Forum Home |
| Posted by: | Paul Fisher | |
| Date/Time: | 07/07/12 08:35:00 |
| Since Labour regained control of Hounslow Council in May 2010 I have discovered through a FOI request that no less then seven of our elected councillors have had to resort to using a FOI request themself to obtain information from the Senior Officers Am I the only one who thinks this is outrageous as firstly Officers should always without fail hand over information requested by councillors as soon as possible when requested rather then keep it secret until forced to release it and secondly why are the councillors concerned too weak willed to demand that this happens? If there was ever a case of the tail wagging the dog then surely this sorry state is up there with the best of them and it is extremely sad to see this Officer led culture dictating the way the Borough is run these days rather then the councillors elected on our behalf |