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Response
to Keith Gilby’s Comment on HU12 Online.
Thank you so much for making your comment
Keith, the reasons for our delight will be self evident but we would like to
respond to some of the points Keith has mentioned.
There is welcome confirmation that our
member has tried many times over the last couple of years to resolve the issues
with the council. The council did offer to meet with our member we believe
(without locating the letter from file) subject to ‘advice’. Our member was unable to respond to that offer in a speedy
fashion due to a family bereavement and contacted the Council Vice Chairman to
explain those reasons, the Vice Chairman asked for a letter detailing what the
resident would settle for to end all issues. Our member at a time of some
distress confirmed in writing he would end all enquiries with agreement on 3
minor issues that he was clearly open to giving ground on to end all issues
with the council.
Our member received a reply from the
council stating simply “the offer has
been removed from the table”, it appeared to our member that the council
was punishing and taking advantage of him at a time when he was considerably vulnerable, he decided then
to fight back and push for settlement on all issues, which is where we are
today.
We believe the majority in the council is
controlled by a few councillors who are responsible for the mess we find
ourselves in to today, they continue to control the council and nothing will
change until ‘good’ councillors speak
out and start to do what they were elected to do, that is change the attitude
of the council and its method of operating making the council more accountable,
open and transparent to residents.
If the council is acting in the manner it
is due to ‘advice’ we strongly feel that advice should be seriously questioned
and probed in order to establish if any current council members are connected to its advisors and influencing
the quality of advice being given to the parish council.
Keith is quite right, there are important
issues that need to be investigated and an open and inclusive council would not
fear the outcome, they would indeed be working in the best interests of residents.
We do hope Keith is right and the new
councillor is able to make a difference and bring some of the long overdue
improvements to Preston. As for that councillor having tried to hold the Parish
Council to account it is not at present our place to comment but maybe the new
councillor might like to comment on this response.
If there are
any residents with similar experience of the council do please contact us by
comment or email. If you wish we will post on your experience without your
identity being released, or not post anything if you simply want to share your
experience it’s entirely up to you. We would love to hear your story, your not
alone, there are a number of us, let us compare notes and grow as a group.
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