25 July (Part 2) - Full council - Full circle
I’d hoped to write another section of the Full council report today but
there is not going to be enough time, however
I promised a picture of Paul Moore on his
way to reprimand Elwyn Bryant for speaking to Kevin Fox. Paul Moore is the tall
fellow with the gangling gait on the right of the picture.
As you can see, Elwyn (just out of shot to the left) was not holding up the meeting. From left to
right, Dave Easton was still chatting to Stefano Borella, Edward Boateng is deep in conversation
with Gill MacDonald, Alan Deadman (pink shirt) is trying to get UKIP on board
for his motion and Mick Barnbrook is chatting up Lynn Smith, the UKIP candidate
who beat him in Blackfen and Lamorbey. Several councillors’ seats are still
empty. To call the new Deputy Chief Executive a silly wotsit for telling Elwyn he
couldn’t speak to Kevin Fox was probably a little too mild. Power crazed perhaps? Truth bendert? The choice is yours.
Having stupidly brought himself to my attention
more than once recently I thought a little Googling might be in order.
It
would appear that Paul Moore is member of the Whitstable Harbour Board and on a
web page dated September 2011 it says he has been a resident of Whitstable for the past eight years.
If you have an account with 192.com you can check a Paul Moore’s address in Whitstable and who shares
the house. Confusing the issue somewhat is an undated entry on the Harbour Board’s website. (Below.)
It’s
a bit odd that Paul Moore is supposed to have lived in Whitstable for eight
years up to 2011 but once appointed to the Harbour Board they give his home address as Dartford. Maybe
he has recently moved, maybe he has two houses, maybe someone fibbed.
And who shared the Whitstable home? A certain Julie Keith and if you Google that name it
brings you back to Bexley council. A Julie Keith used to be their Head of
Democratic Services. Now a Julie Keith is doing the same job for Medway council.
A coincidence? Probably not.
Government is delightfully incestuous isn’t it and you can see how it is so easy
for one to fix things for another?
Paul Moore is going to be very annoyed when he gets to read this, I may get
another ill tempered email
if I am really lucky, but today’s blog is not casually provocative, it is deliberately so. It is not only Elwyn and me who
Moore has annoyed recently and maybe one day I will be able to share some detail
with you. Some Bexley council officers deserve respect, Paul Moore is not one of them. Far
too big for his boots.