THE REVAMPING OF THE CORNER SHOP |
Those of you who haven't visited the corner shop will be surprised how brilliantly it has been changed. The range of services offered has been vastlyextended especially the wines beers and spirits section. The owner is to be congratulated on a fine job well done.
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DID HE FALL OR WAS HE PUSHED VERSION TWO 25.04.2009 |
The following reply was received from Mrs Lucy Youles head of Legal services in respect of an FOI request made by me as to the cost of Mr Kerr's redundancy package.
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I DIDLE DIDLE IT SEEMS WE ARE ALL ON THE FIDDLE |
I watched Question Time the other night when a number of M.Ps faced a very hostile audience querying their creative Accountancy in trying to justify their expenses. This financial sleaze was bad enough but attempts by Mr Speaker Martin to block access via the FOI Act was an abuse of his position.
Which brings me to Duncangate where Councillor Neal's efforts to cover up a series of blunders has been more successful albeit at some expense to the taxpayer.
Most Tory Councillors when challenged would say this matter is confidential and therefore cannot be disclosed how very convenient. Who appointed this man? Why it was the ruling Tory group. Who sacked him why it was the same group. Who pays for their gross error we do.
There is something rotten in the state of Denmark and with this administration the stench of abuse of power is overwhelming.
18.05.2009
LATEST INFORMATION ON CROSSROADS |
Readers of the Manthorpe News will be pleased to know that our campaign for Crossroads to open in Grantham has been successful. There will be a an office opening at the Gifts Hospice on the 18th of May 2009 the extent of the service provided will depend on local contributionsand funding from Lincolnshire County Council.
HOW TO BECOME A DEFECTIVE IN THE POLICE "FARCE"
19.03.2009 |
The above heading is not aimed at ordinary members of the Police Service but at the management structure which we will show as shambolic. According to figures provided under the FOI act Lincolnshire enjoys the one of the lowest public confidence of any Police Force in the U.K. Some 38%. How did this deplorable state of affairs happen. There are a number of very good reasons in the writers opinion. The key to most of the problems is the target system imposed by Central government. Thus it is easy to arrest people defending their own home but not at all easy to arrest the people causing the trouble.
It was easy for the Police to hit their targets thus ensuring some £40,000 was paid to senior Police officers nice work if you can get it. This same administration put in a large claim for the annual Police grant which as we know was refused thus forcing the Police to pay for the re billing of
Council Tax bills costing some £400,000.The Police are not publicly accountable . We need the right to sack senior Police officers if they are not up to speed.
The meeting was a reasonable success some 37 members were present our lowest turnout to date. This was easily explained by the fact that there were two major football matches that evening and also a W.I. Meeting which rather cramped our style a bit.
Mr Stuart Vickers a Council officer was kind enough to give us a talk on Planning regulations. The minutes of this meeting can be read in full on the Mantra website.
RACE MEETING CLIFFEDALE SCHOOL 7.03.2009 |
This was a very successful joint venture between MANTRA and Cliffedale School to raise funds for for both organisations. A full breakdown will be available on the Mantra Website in due course.
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