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.
3 March (Part 2) - Greedy burghers
During this evening’s Full Council meeting in Bexley the independent
Councillor for Thamesmead East threw a surprise, or maybe I should say spanner
into the works. Danny Hackett suggested a budget amendment: that Councillors should forego
their annual pay rise - 3% this year - in recognition of the collective mess they have made of the borough’s finances.
When he spoke my first thought was that he would get backing from the Tories at
least as not to do so could only look bad, very bad indeed. In Councillor
Hackett’s own words “contemptible”.
However even after twelve years of reporting on Council meetings I still haven’t got
my head around what motivates Councillors. Danny not only got no support from his
former Labour party colleagues which was to be expected but he got absolutely
zero support from the Conservatives too.
The staff who have lost their jobs due to Council ineptitude are sure to be thrilled for them.
Councillor Hackett’s unsupported amendment.