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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
Sort of, yes. Despite what the Conservatives tried to imply on Thursday night about matters which are circulated to members on pink paper (confidential), there is no reason to shy away from the public finding things out from the people they elected.
If you want to talk about hiding things away just ask for the Leader's Budget or the Cabinet Action Fund from last year under FOI:
[email protected]
I think you'll probably find there are a few secrets in there that certain people would rather didn't come out. |
Well if I remember rightly the pink papers were all with reference to peoples financial matters, I'm not talking councillors, but council staff and members of the general public. I can remember when I attended council meeting on a regular basis in the public gallery, when issues covered on pink papers were being discussed (usually at the end of meetings) the general public were asked to leave. As for the FIA I wasn't aware that peoples personal finances could be revealed under this act, ie financial details of people held by HBC, which I'm sure is protected under data protection act and not for open consumption