tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post1517542746406129875..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Who was really responsible for the Granville Centre debacle?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-38663304777160545892016-11-14T16:21:33.748+00:002016-11-14T16:21:33.748+00:00Having looked at the available evidence, I think i...Having looked at the available evidence, I think it would be harsh to say that Cllr. Mashari bears sole, or even most, responsibility for this debacle. It is a failure to engage properly with local residents by Senior Council Officers and by the Cabinet, both bodies who are meant to act in the best interests the Brent citizens they have been appointed, or elected, to represent.<br /><br />The Council's website tells us that:<br />'The Cabinet provides political leadership and strategic direction for the council, both within individual portfolio responsibilities and as part of their corporate responsibilities.'<br /><br />It also says:<br />'Cabinet members are each democratically accountable to the public and are the public face of the council. As such they act as ambassadors for the council's work in improving Brent.'<br /><br />Cllr. Mashari may not have engaged properly with people in Kilburn since taking on her role as Lead Member for Regeneration, Growth, Employment and Skills in May 2016.<br /><br />But, as the minutes of the Cabinet meeting on 25 July show, it was Cllr. McLellan (formerly Lead Member for Regeneration, and also criticised in the past for failing to engage with Kilburn residents) who presented the report on the Carlton and Granville Centres to the Cabinet, and presumably invited them to make the decision which they did.<br /><br />It is the Cabinet which 'provides political leadership and strategic direction for the Council.' Overall responsibility for the mess which the Council has made over the future of the Carlton and Granville Centres must therefore lie with the Leader of the Council and the Cabinet, Cllr. Butt, aided and abetted by his Deputy, Cllr. McLennan.<br /><br />Philip.<br /><br />Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.com