tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post4523554941337228691..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Huge disappointment as Brent approves controversial development proposals for Corrib and Gladstone ParadeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-61641350532856564642017-07-02T12:23:09.165+01:002017-07-02T12:23:09.165+01:00Cllr Maurice is the only member of the committee w...Cllr Maurice is the only member of the committee who is not a Labour councillor. <br /><br />Although I am not a member or supporter of any political party, I think that a Council where 56 of the 63 members belong to just one party is very bad for local democracy. <br /><br />I'm afraid that this situation encourages many members of the majority party to think that they don't need to concern themselves with the views of the residents they are supposed to represent. They feel that as long as they stand as Labour candidates, they will be re-elected, and continue to pick up their £10k a year (as well as some extra "responsibility" allowances for any committee work they do). And they don't want to upset the party Leadership, in case they get deselected.<br /><br />As Alison has said in her separate "guest blog" about the Gladstone Parade planning decision, 'This is NOT democracy'. Or if it IS (as the councillors did get elected), it is democracy which is not working well for the residents of Brent, and it is up to us to do something about it at the Council elections in May 2018.<br /><br />Philip.Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-18471834543108492062017-06-30T01:04:44.442+01:002017-06-30T01:04:44.442+01:00Cllr Maurice is now the only one standing up for t...Cllr Maurice is now the only one standing up for the community, Well done to you. At a loss to understand why the elected councillors are not standing up for the residents that voted them in. Brent seem to be hell bent on tearing up communities and running rough shod over everyone and objections falling on deaf ears. Just heed the warning, be careful of what you reap and sow. Well most of them won't be around in the next 20 years, so don't give a shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-17746092156767926832017-06-29T13:21:36.281+01:002017-06-29T13:21:36.281+01:00I will be writing more on this, as you might imagi...I will be writing more on this, as you might imagine. <br /><br />I was, however, a bit boggled that Cllr Dixon said she'd known nothing about the community round the parade until this was brought to her attention very recently. Claiming it's an "elderly" community is pretty inaccurate: the demographic isn't, nor are the shop users. <br /><br />It's a huge shame all three were so very late to the party. The first time any of them said they might oppose was on Monday. <br /><br />And yes, both the developers and the officers lied about the shopkeepers being contacted. The rumours of the plans have been bubbling under for some while - the pub, chippie,Sandra the hairdresser and the Londis have ALL been trying to renew the leases for years!<br /><br />This is an utter utter disgrace on so very many levels. The committee ignored everything we said, or argued - wrongly - about it. They had obviously not read the on line objections, either. <br /><br />It's a committee without point or purpose, if all it does is rubber stamp officers and Butt. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-74188113777731768962017-06-29T12:50:12.617+01:002017-06-29T12:50:12.617+01:00Councillors, eh?
Naïve? Or corrupt?Councillors, eh? <br />Naïve? Or corrupt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com