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1 in 5 town hall staff want to leave

LibDem Councillors Posted on Sun, August 04, 2013 16:04

I hear on the grapevine how upset decent, ordinary town hall workers are with the LibDem despots at SMBC. Particularly galling is the astronomical pay-off for Ged Lucas, Assistant Chief Executive.

How well at remember sitting through Mr Parnell’s Crown Court acquittal and, on hearing how the police had tried to contact Ged Lucas circa 9 times by email and phone and had had no response from him, Mr Bernard Lever said “When Ged Lucas was asked requested to appear before this court he ran for the hills,” I, for one, am very glad to be shot of him.



Is anyone in Stockport going to vote LibDem in future, given the awful mess they are making?

LibDem Councillors Posted on Sun, August 04, 2013 15:55

Yet another unhappy bunny. “I’ve now been told the pemit is for use on Grenville Road – which is always full because people who live there park their own cars outside their homes.”
“They shouldn’t have sold it (the permit) to me in the first place – It’s unclear.”
“It’s going to put people off coming to see me – they are stripping me of everybody who comes to help me – tradesmen and care workers.”

“All I want is a permit that allows visitors to park outside my house.”…



LibDems “save” bowling greens from LibDems

LibDem Councillors Posted on Sun, August 04, 2013 15:27

Stop Press! LibDems save bowling greens from LibDems, who were out to destroy them. The brass neck of these people beggars belief. This Ann Smith woman was made fully aware of what was being done to Mr Parnell. She did nothing to help.



Why have NPS Stockport been awarded bypass work?

Bypass Posted on Sun, August 04, 2013 14:23

Email sent 4/8/13 at 14.16 to Councillor Roberts and h.bernstein@manchester.gov.uk; Jon.Lamonte@tfgm.com; j.bowles@manchester.gov.uk; r.paver@manchester.gov.uk; steve.warrener@tfgm.comThis document can be more easily read at:-http://www.sheilaoliver.org/m56-to-a6-bypass.html

Dear Councillor Roberts

Many thanks for the reply attached re public question time 16th July 2013 with information on the A6 – Airport Scheme – £260m and thank you for your references on the components, namely the financial case and appendices E, G and O; I would have welcomed a more enthusiastic response including perhaps a thumbnail sketch of each component and your commentary.

Your response to the question – why NPS Stockport were appointed to work on the scheme – seems to depend entirely on NPS being a going concern. Have you not taken account of the fact that NPS is only a “going concern” on the condition that guarantees of support exist from the Norse Group? These have to be renewed annually and without them legal barriers to continuing to trade would almost certainly come into force, so the answer to the question “going concern” must be a guarded Yes and No. The auditors have found it necessary to quote the (limited) guarantee before issuing their certificate.

I have noted that the project has required their services.

Finally, we must not forget that the company’s value as a stand alone entity is NIL unless a new owner was willing to absorb it or guarantee its “going concern” status.

I look forward with interest to your response, which I shall post up on my website and blog. I shall inform all relevant parties of this potential problem. Let no-one subsequently try to claim they were unaware of the true situation. We certainly don’t want incompetence and legal wrangling to push up the costs of this unnecessary roadscheme even further. I am still shocked at the £750,000 cost of the “consultation” exercise with a very paltry response rate.

Kind regards

Sheila



What we paid Stockport Homes in April 2013

Stockport Homes Posted on Sun, August 04, 2013 08:59

April 2013 – £6,657,738.70



What we paid SK Solutions in April 2013

SK Solutions/ISSK Posted on Sun, August 04, 2013 08:56

April 2013 – £3,688,190.65

Phew, I hope someone at the Council is trying to ensure we get value for money.



What we paid NPS Stockport in April 2013

NPS Stockport Posted on Sun, August 04, 2013 08:51

What we paid NPS Stockport in April 2013 – £496,440.54



Traffic on feeder roads for A6 to Airport Road will be worse

Bypass Posted on Sun, August 04, 2013 08:00

They are building this road to facilitiate journeys from over 15km to the airport. It is actually going to make traffic in many roads in the Borough far worse. Why are they proceeding with this expensive lunacy? LibDems! – Unaccountable and downright iffy.



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