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Originally Posted by andrewb
Some people fire away at Conservative wastes. That's true. They're not wrong. The Conservatives however, are a damn lot more competent than Labour as can be seen. It was only last year that Graham Jones, the man who wants to manage your multi million pound budget was learning percentages. It was only the last time Labour got hold of power that we had a multi million pound DEFICIT. We now have multimillion pound reserves, and a healthy council pumping money into additional areas as of this next budget, voted excellent by the audit commission.
I would give up, but I cannot stand to see the people of Hyndburn be conned. If you want to get democratically elected, want to help this borough. Stop tripping the Tories up. This thread is just another example of trying to attack the Tories, on the thin alignment that I have voted Conservative. Work for the borough. Stop treating people like fools! Luckily I can follow the council as part of my degree, not everyone has the same luxury of being informed. You have such small amounts of time to get your information across. Don't mislead them with erroneous headlines. Stop your leaders bare hatred of Conservatives, from blurring his judgement.
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Andrew have you any proof that it was the last Labour administration (which was in power from May 2002 to May 2003) that accumulated the debt, or are you taking Peter's word for it. What happened between 1999 and May 2002?
I could give you a long list of what the Labour government has done to benefit the people of this country but really can't be bothered.
Why are you not asking questions about the losses that the Leisure Services are making?
Graham is speaking the truth when he says the current administration of Hyndburn Council is 'not fit for purpose'. They are ignoring lots of problems - have excluded certain areas of the borough (such as Church Kirk) from the re generation money. I have seen the minutes of the Housing Market Renewal panel - which showed all the areas that met the criterion for Elevate money, and know which areas were excluded. Peter Britcliffe claimed at the last Council meeting that Elevate specified which areas the money had to be spent in and that Hyndburn Council had no say in the matter. That is all smoke and mirrors - Elevate specified the areas within Hyndburn that were elegilble for re generation money but the Tory administration choose which of these areas to spend the money in.
What about the minibuses with potentially unsafe second hand rear seats? Other authorities insisted that the minibuses passed a very rigourous test immediately, but Peter Britcliffe allowed them 6 months to satisfy the safety test. How would you feel if you where (or more importantly your child or grandchild - as many are used for schoolruns) in a minibus and were unsure if it was safe? If there is a serious accident - will Hyndburn then be prosecuted under the Corporate Manslaughter legislation.
I could go on and on but maybe I have given you some more reasons to request FOI on same very serious subjects.
Incidentally your mother seems to have suddenly developed some political ideas in just a few hours - remarkable.