[Margaret Pilkington]

Ken, you can only speak for yourself.
You do not know, and cannot know the thought processes that are going on in someone's head.(and I say this with the greatest respect for your work).
As in everything political, there are bound to be those who do what is best to fulfil,their own hidden agenda....rather than what is good for the community they represent.
And like every other walk of life, there are those who will try to move mountains, and there are those who are dragged along in their slipstream!