26 April (Part 3) - Dubious links proven to be true
It was a bit laborious but I have now read through all 17 of
the updated nomination
papers that Bexley Council has this morning (see
Notice of Poll) put on line. I was relieved to see that property developer Tarsem Singh did indeed
nominate the wife of the Planning
Committee Vice-Chairman. Apart from that there was nothing untoward if you
discount the usual political incest played by Councillors past and present, their spouses and known activists.
It may not be unique but I noticed that Andy Dourmoush and Lisa-Jane Moore
(Conservative, Longlands) have 20 nominators between them, none being shared as is pretty much the norm in
other wards. If they have twice as many supporters as their colleagues it is probably well deserved.
My need to visit the Council Offices to look at the originals has now gone, the whistleblower’s
whispering proved to be correct but not his advice that I would never see the names on line.
That is why I last week asked Electoral Services for an appointment only to be
very politely fobbed off exactly five minutes later. And then ignored when I pushed further.
This morning I asked them if there was any reason they should not be reported to the Electoral Commsssion
for breaking electoral law.
They said they had been far too busy with such enquiries but I was now welcome
to go and take a look. I do wonder how many people are nerdy enough to have asked and
similarly if they were really too busy managing the queues to answer my email. Their response to the
suggestion that I might go to the Electoral Commission was in my Inbox only six
minutes after I made it! They must be really busy. Five minutes then six minutes.
Probably I should teach them some sort of lesson but I am not sure I want to waste taxpayers’ money. Bexley Council never learns.