The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
8 September - Bexley councillors on holiday longer than ever
There has not been a council meeting of note
since 23rd July and there will
not be another until 9th October. I’m excluding statutory requirements like
Licensing and Planning and obscure gatherings like Pensions which I don’t attend. To be pedantic
the Audit Committee meets on 24th September and I do
sometimes report on that one, but basically there is nothing much going on.
Last year business was in full swing well before the end of September but with
council leader Teresa O’Neill determined to clamp down on scrutiny there are
obviously far fewer meetings to be squeezed into the timetable.
Personally I still have my hands full. Three friends and family members in hospital
and there are still some things to do at home, though not as urgent and time
consuming as recently. However time to follow up reports has been hard to come by.
The backlog of emails is being tackled but some promised phone calls are now so
late that it is embarrassing. Meanwhile there is always Crossrail on my
doorstep. What looks like the temporary booking office was delivered over the
weekend. Here’s a few pictures - straight into the sun as usual. At least there
is some sun, it’s not been around much this month.
It
may or may not be the new booking office, the small windows suggest it might be but
the presence of a door between them in addition to the one at the end may indicate something different.
Whatever they do let’s hope they provide a big canopy for the long queues which
afflict Abbey Wood from time to time. The sun doesn’t always shine.