Originally Posted by Neil (Post 702022)

That was confusing me as I always thought Graham lived on Cedar Street and not Hodder Street. The name stuck in my head as i used to work with a bloke from Cedar Street. When you look on HBC website it still says he does. You would think they would update the website when a Councillor moves.

Maybe time for whoever is responsible for the HBC website to check all the Councillors addresses as I think there is another one that is out of date as well.

Originally Posted by andrewb (Post 702025)

You're not the only one Neil. :) I also thought he lived on Cedar street.

Do you own both Graham? When this all started, forgive me I don't know the dates, were you living on Cedar Street, Hodder street or did you move in between? Did you own the house on Hodder Street even if you weren't living there?

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 702022)

That was confusing me as I always thought Graham lived on Cedar Street and not Hodder Street. The name stuck in my head as i used to work with a bloke from Cedar Street. When you look on HBC website it still says he does. You would think they would update the website when a Councillor moves.

Maybe time for whoever is responsible for the HBC website to check all the Councillors addresses as I think there is another one that is out of date as well.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 702030)

That's strange Neil, with councillor Jones always telling use when things are wrong with council Web Sites, one would have thought he would have picked up on this and had it made right immediately:confused:

Originally Posted by Royboy39 (Post 702027)

To my mind it does'nt matter if he lived in Timbucktoo. He declared his interest in Hodder Street.

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 702038)

I agree, as long as he declared the interest initially.

Councillors declaring an interest in whatever they are doing is an essential part of how local/national government works. Without these rules in place we would open the flood gates for all sorts of unsavoury actions. I am not saying Graham did anything intentionally wrong by the way. From comments on here it looks as though he did declare an interest. The debate appears to be when he did.

Originally Posted by andrewb (Post 702033)

It also says Cedar street on Greg Pope's website.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 702057)

Maybe he has two homes, well seems the trait with Labour politicians at the moment:rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 702057)

Maybe he has two homes, well seems the trait with Labour politicians at the moment:rolleyes::D

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 702065)

now thats what i call, treading on thin ice.:D:D:D:D

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 702059)

Next you will be saying he claims expenses for soft porn films - not that there is anything wrong with porn :D:D

Originally Posted by Gayle (Post 702148)

The thing is though, surely, that Cllr Jones lives in the ward that he represents. That's one of the reasons that people become councillors - to represent their neighbours and the area that they live in. It's his job to bring issues in the area that he lives in to the fore. If he wasn't flagging up issues on his street or in his area then he wouldn't be doing his job.

Whilst declaring an interest is one thing, I do think it's turning into a situation where it's a bit unfortunate for neighbours if a Councillor moves into your street - it means that no one wants to do anything for it any more. The Councillor who's moved in won't be able to do anything because they have to declare an interest and back off - and the opposition won't do anything because it will benefit an opposition Councillor.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 702167)

No Gayle you've got that wrong, it could be said that by taking part in this debate he could be gaining a personal advantage if he owns the house on that street, road improvements could have an effect on the house price. Its also there to stop councillors gaining an unfair advantage. I honestly can't see councillor Jones being so stupid as the break the rules, but as they say there's no smoke without fire:rolleyes: