tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post8104027052630175267..comments2023-10-04T16:22:32.920+01:00Comments on Thanet Strife: THANK GOODNESS HE WILL SHORTLY BE ON HIS WAY!Bertie Biggleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-74631458221780516192010-03-17T22:38:04.543+00:002010-03-17T22:38:04.543+00:00My apologies to Cllr Johnston for not posting this...My apologies to Cllr Johnston for not posting this; domestic issues have had to take priority for a while.<br />=====================<br /><br /> Dear Bertie, I am sure you will agree we can all recognise the style of many local bloggers especially those who sometimes give their names and then reply with an anonymous supporting response. I am well aware that the Conservative leadership at TDC are annoyed by my questioning at Council, Cabinet and elsewhere. If adding 30 minutes to meetings throws some light on what is happening at TDC under their stewardship I am more than happy to oblige. Since 2003 I feel many Labour members are banging our heads against a brick wall in getting work done to clean up and regenerate Thanet. Holding the ruling group accountable for wasteful expenditure and false dawns is a full time job. The many questions I asked at Budget making are of interest to local tax payers and although proving uncomfortable for some senior officers and leading Conservative members I and my colleagues will continue pushing for the truth. Some of my most recent questions. 17k ‘for dilapidations at Mill Lane offices’. What have they been up to? 5k per annum for Gateway furniture etc. Only recently redone! 80k towards shared services. We were told it was costing very little and I am still waiting for a full answer so far on costs for the housing ‘initiave’ 40k to conclude works at Cecil Street. How much has been spent in total? 260k towards increased concessionary bus fares. Stagecoach charge for a full journey when most people get off well before the end destination. A simple altering of the ticket machine would show the true cost. The meeting I asked for with Stagecoach and senior members/officers last year on the alterations to bus routes has not happened. I have emailed Cllr Brian Sullivan Chair of the JTB to look into all petitions (on 18th March agenda) for the last 12 years that have ended up nowhere with KCC on road safety/parking and bus service measures. I am still waiting for his reply. 4o million to Margate from the Government and EU yet we are named and shamed in the national press on a regular basis. Who is deciding where this money is being spent and who is insisting the work it was given for is being done. ? When I ask Sandy Ezekiel who is Vice Chair of the Regeneration Board he wants any answers to be on ‘pink’. Why? Yes opposition is very frustrating and if I can use my time to draw attention to very serious concerns at Full Council I will do so. Thank you for all that you do Bertie. You also have a genuine concern for Thanet. Best wishes, Iris.Bertie Biggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-42334420914533683822010-03-10T13:19:01.310+00:002010-03-10T13:19:01.310+00:0012:39, an interesting example of a 'goodwinism...12:39, an interesting example of a 'goodwinism'. Seems like some in-house counter posting going on!Bertie Biggleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197385124719226254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-73631330690715683872010-03-10T12:39:26.684+00:002010-03-10T12:39:26.684+00:00god help us all in thanet if moores and bruce take...god help us all in thanet if moores and bruce take over the tories that would be the end of the tories in thanet because all would walk out both men are not very popular within there party me thinks mind you who is there if anybody to take overAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-14980028378232376492010-03-07T19:11:39.508+00:002010-03-07T19:11:39.508+00:00I take it from the silence that Jarvis and Bruce a...I take it from the silence that Jarvis and Bruce are not contributors and haveno debating skills, which blows a hole in your judgement that they are worthy Ezekiel replacements Bertie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-70521504393051893302010-03-07T13:08:55.735+00:002010-03-07T13:08:55.735+00:00How inconvenient for the council!
God forbid anyon...How inconvenient for the council!<br />God forbid anyone should take time to take issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-36707756363932895682010-03-06T22:16:32.014+00:002010-03-06T22:16:32.014+00:00In council the way it works is that the leaders of...In council the way it works is that the leaders of both parties 'lead'' the debate, supported by their deputies and then other cabinet members have pre-arranged speaking parts, based on the content of the agenda on the night<br /><br />The exception is normally Iris, who interrupts and leaps in at any opportunity, single handedly extending the length of council meetings by a good 30 minutesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-86030376398567921282010-03-06T17:22:56.401+00:002010-03-06T17:22:56.401+00:00Yes 0854, but there isn't any talent on the La...Yes 0854, but there isn't any talent on the Labour front bench team either. Hart has not got the intellectual capacity and the rest are weak apart from Johnson who is loud but not house trained. Hart would be an embarrassment in any forum where he represented Thanet as his KCC days have shown. He was widely ridiculed by officers and even his own side as "that idiot from Thanet" althouth Burgess and now Jarvis seem to have picked up that title. So there is little to choose between the sides. Goodness knows why Nicholson and Harrison stood aside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-38242425453183746142010-03-06T10:57:30.948+00:002010-03-06T10:57:30.948+00:00A potential leader should be able to stand up and ...A potential leader should be able to stand up and make a point worth listening to on any subject. Do Bruce and Jarvis contribute?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-19431237682772004352010-03-05T12:59:49.951+00:002010-03-05T12:59:49.951+00:00Bruce was away and Moores did not have any questio...Bruce was away and Moores did not have any questions relevant to his cabinet portfolio to comment onAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-29099412308197868562010-03-05T11:22:25.922+00:002010-03-05T11:22:25.922+00:00Indeed 19:37, a lot of Old duffers with no leaders...Indeed 19:37, a lot of Old duffers with no leadership skills whatsoever and that includes the ofwicers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-61902176477534824742010-03-05T11:10:00.946+00:002010-03-05T11:10:00.946+00:00Perhaps Bruce and Moores haven't got any ideas...Perhaps Bruce and Moores haven't got any ideas. They didn't seem to contribute anything from what I could see on the webcast. Nodding donkeys springs to mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-17113180288498709862010-03-05T08:54:33.840+00:002010-03-05T08:54:33.840+00:00I have to agree with 19.37 i have no faith in the ...I have to agree with 19.37 i have no faith in the local Conservatives, apart from the few decent ones - Jarvis, Wells are there any others? doesnt seem so, Bayford has the same cronies as Ezekiel so i dont think there will be much change there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-89479884301347213872010-03-04T19:37:47.650+00:002010-03-04T19:37:47.650+00:00As one completely disillusioned Thanet voter I cou...As one completely disillusioned Thanet voter I couldn't give a rats ass who gets the leaders position.<br /><br />Lets be honest for a moment and agree that politicians at both national and local level have lost touch almost completely with the electorate, they don't give a cr4p about us and we prove that we don't give a cr4p about them with the continuing poor turnouts at local election.<br /><br />Sack the lot of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-3682458891316877942010-03-04T18:16:41.671+00:002010-03-04T18:16:41.671+00:00I agree that Bruce and Moores would be a great par...I agree that Bruce and Moores would be a great partnership and do an excellent job - but I don't think the other Tory councillors have the guts to let new ideas and fresh minds take over. Too many of them would be out of a job, for a start!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-50594607269312047022010-03-04T13:32:07.073+00:002010-03-04T13:32:07.073+00:00Hope your information is correct Bertie, my finger...Hope your information is correct Bertie, my fingers will remain crossed. Bruce or Moores would be good replacements. but I suppose there is little chance. A clean sweep of Planning should also make for electability, getting rid of the gruesome twosome, who comprise chair and vice chair, entirely. Mike Jarvis would make a good chair of planning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-24969577305435492392010-03-04T10:30:57.233+00:002010-03-04T10:30:57.233+00:00The last I want is someone who can "unite Lab...The last I want is someone who can "unite Labour and Conservative".<br />They are much too close already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-18202446388943977482010-03-04T08:50:24.149+00:002010-03-04T08:50:24.149+00:00President Putin and Medelaev or whatever his name ...President Putin and Medelaev or whatever his name is come to mindAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-58119677848993830262010-03-04T08:36:11.535+00:002010-03-04T08:36:11.535+00:00Cllr Bob would get my vote any day of the week. A ...Cllr Bob would get my vote any day of the week. A decent hard working chap with a sensible grasp of reality, and someone who has the knowledge to sort out the true state of tdc finances and decide a sensible path.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273124520330547347.post-23792788170457307652010-03-04T08:04:32.371+00:002010-03-04T08:04:32.371+00:00whoever leads lets hope they have the nous and str...whoever leads lets hope they have the nous and strength to actually guide thanet in this difficult time rather than be led by the executive and their own agenda.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com