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g jones · 10-09-2009, 07:27

In Hyndburn there were two cases.

A Sex Offender was given a licence.

The second case made less news but was significantly worse. A Taxi Driver was caught committing a sex offence. The Police held him in the cells and asked HBC to revoke his licence. HBC did not. He went on to commit another sex offence. HBC then blamed the Police in the press saying they were silent and did nothing. The police have no powers an DID MAKE a strong compelling case whilst the guy was in the cells to withdraw his licence to HBC. HBC rejected it. This was one another one of Britcliffe's lies that was never uncovered properly.

These are not the worst cases.

Next week will see a Labour motion on Taxi Licences banning all sex offenders (convictions or another loophole, cautions) for 10-15 years (Currently 3 for convictions only). For a sense of direction on this matter, Labour Councillors are debating whether we should make it longer.

There is corruption in Taxi Licencing currently in my view. There will not be under Labour because decisions across the Council will be more public, the public will be more involved.

For the Head of Legal Services
corruption |kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n|
noun
1 dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery : the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places.
• the action of making someone or something morally depraved or the state of being so : the word “addict” conjures up evil and corruption.
• archaic decay; putrefaction : the potato turned black and rotten with corruption.
2 the process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original use or meaning to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased.
• the process of causing errors to appear in a computer program or database.

10-09-2009, 07:27	#7
g jones Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,125 Liked: 14 times Rep Power: 732	Re: Another taxi driver gets licence back In Hyndburn there were two cases. A Sex Offender was given a licence. The second case made less news but was significantly worse. A Taxi Driver was caught committing a sex offence. The Police held him in the cells and asked HBC to revoke his licence. HBC did not. He went on to commit another sex offence. HBC then blamed the Police in the press saying they were silent and did nothing. The police have no powers an DID MAKE a strong compelling case whilst the guy was in the cells to withdraw his licence to HBC. HBC rejected it. This was one another one of Britcliffe's lies that was never uncovered properly. These are not the worst cases. Next week will see a Labour motion on Taxi Licences banning all sex offenders (convictions or another loophole, cautions) for 10-15 years (Currently 3 for convictions only). For a sense of direction on this matter, Labour Councillors are debating whether we should make it longer. There is corruption in Taxi Licencing currently in my view. There will not be under Labour because decisions across the Council will be more public, the public will be more involved. For the Head of Legal Services corruption \|kəˈrʌpʃ(ə)n\| noun 1 dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery : the journalist who wants to expose corruption in high places. • the action of making someone or something morally depraved or the state of being so : the word “addict” conjures up evil and corruption. • archaic decay; putrefaction : the potato turned black and rotten with corruption. 2 the process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original use or meaning to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased. • the process of causing errors to appear in a computer program or database. Last edited by g jones; 10-09-2009 at 07:36.