9 September (Part 3) - Cheryl Bacon’s illegal meeting. It’s not over yet
When councillor Cheryl Bacon was panicked into
putting her meeting into Closed Session
- presumably on bad advice - nearly three months ago she committed an illegal act and certain people
are keen to see that Bexley Council shouldn’t get away with it. Mick Barnbrook wasn’t
slow to put in a complaint and naturally Bexley council had to find a way of
getting itself off the hook - an art in which they are well versed. This time
they came close to making up more lies than I have ever
seen in one letter before. Apparently everyone at the meeting including me was guilty of continuous disruption.
Mick wasn’t the only complainant, I’ve recently been informed there were two
more, both of which were ignored. Following a complaint one has received a belated reply, the other is still waiting.
At Cheryl Bacon’s fiasco of a meeting I took up my ‘Bloggers Seat’ which the
council is now compelled to provide me. I did so because I go there as a
reporter and wished to dissociate myself with anything that might be deemed
contentious. I do not intend to be part of the news, I only report it. That
special seat is nearer to the closest councillor than it is to the general public and I know
that councillors know that I sat there doing nothing. Yet Cheryl barred me from
her meeting for no reason other than her being in headless chicken mode. The
response to Mick Barnbrook’s complaint says everyone was disruptive. Absolute
rubbish and I object to being used as an excuse for Bexley council’s law breaking.
So I did something I have not done for three years. I made
a formal complaint to
Bexley council. As always, the most interesting thing might be seeing what
contortions they tie themselves in rather than putting their hands up. I have
some evidence that Bexley council is lying but I doubt it will stop them lying again.