20 January (Part 3) - Pot hole or Pothole and how can we fill them?
I hate having to imply that people I know quite well are not telling the truth and so the last few days contrasting
what the MP for Bexleyheath has been
telling us about pothole money against what Bexley Council has been saying about it
have been less than comfortable.
Basically Labour has been saying that Bexley has been given £900,000 to fix
potholes while their Highways Manager has said he has heard nothing from
Government, doesn’t expect to until next month and can only hope it is as much
as the Conservatives provided. I have him saying it on tape so he must have had his reasons.
Who is right? I do not know. All I can say is that the Highways Manager is not
averse to telling massive whoppers when it suits him and the Leader of the Local
Labour Group has never been caught out fibbing in the 15 years I have been
watching him.
He has
issued a Press Release (PDF) and until it is proved otherwise I am going to assume
that at best there has been a misunderstanding and at its worst the Highways
Manager’s information is out of date.
What I really want to know is whether the correct term is pot hole or my preference
of pothole which my spell checker rejects.