The then LibDem run Stockport Council knew this site they had chosen for a new school was seriously contaminated. It didn’t stop them pretending it wasn’t.
Three planning applications were refused in the past due to the toxic nature of the site.
The then LibDem run Stockport Council knew this site they had chosen for a new school was seriously contaminated. It didn’t stop them pretending it wasn’t.
Three planning applications were refused in the past due to the toxic nature of the site.
So, that is cleared up then.
Memorial Service for LibDem Councillor
Council taxpayers have also had to pay for a memorial service for a councillor. This is the response I got to a Freedom of Information request:-
“Further to your FOI request, the cost of the memorial service for former Councillor Maggie Clay which was held in the Council Chamber, Stockport Town Hall on 29th June 2009 amounted to £502.50. This related to printing costs for service sheets and refreshment costs which were met from the Mayoralty budget.”
They were forced to pay it back. All I remember of this councillor was when I attended the Stepping Hill Area Committee State of the Area debate, being told by Maggie Clay: “This is not a debate, Mrs Oliver.”
http://www.sheilaoliver.org/why-have-this-.html
“During 2010 there were 112 pages in the six issues, including a few supplements, and contained within – excluding the ‘Your council’ pages, were 17 pictures of Dave Goddard and eight pictures of Councillor John Smith. Not too far behind was Councillor Helen Foster-Grimes………………….The special edition in the March to April issue contained the
same story and pictures about getting active (and needless to say the almost obligatory picture of John Smith) as did the January to February issue.
But worst of all is the cost – a freedom of information request for the cost of the six issues published in 2010 showed the cost as £147,000 – an outrageous waste of public funds. Two a year would have meant an annual saving of £1m over ten years. What could they have done with this million pounds? This paper is just pure LibDem propaganda which is proved by the fact that it never publishes photos of a Tory Minister – onlyLibDems…. My advice would be to produce it every six months and remove all the blatant electioneering – i.e. the unnecessary photos of LibDem ministers and councillors such as John Smith with a spade (January to February issue).”
Meikle, Stunneybuns, Smart and Goddard. Their brass neck is astounding.