15 November (Part 2) - The lies attributed to Councillor Cheryl Bacon
Firstly
the usual health warning. Councillor Bacon neither signed nor dated the lying
statement written by the Legal Team Manager. It is entirely possible that she
did not sanction its release and might not agree with the statement if questioned.
It is more than two weeks since I told Mr. Tuckley, Bexley’s Chief Executive, that
I would allow only a fortnight to pass before reporting councillor Cheryl
Bacon and others to the police for Misconduct in Public Office. I have not had a
reply and Bexley council continues to ignore the mounting evidence that
councillor Bacon lied constantly to protect herself from the rather trivial
charge that she made a mistake while chairing the
Public Realm
meeting on 19th June. However I have not yet submitted my file to the police
and the reason is as follows…
I became aware within hours of emailing the Chief Executive that Mr. Barnbrook
had been invited to see Mr. Akin Alabi, the council’s Head of Legal Services following his very
similar complaint and it seemed sensible to wait and see what Mr. Alabi had to
say. Unfortunately three weeks have gone by since that invitation was made but
still no date has been set.
Meanwhile the council has cancelled two consecutive meetings of the Members’
Code of Conduct Committee. It presumably remains reluctant to censure
councillor Bacon for her many lies. The plan to report her and others to
Scotland Yard (not Bexley police because they admit to suffering “political
interference” when investigating Bexley council related crimes) may be on hold
until Mr. Alabi has spoken but it has certainly not been abandoned.