28 April (Part 2) - Minor updates
There’s probably been too much road related stuff here over the past few days
but apart from that there is currently not a lot to report, but here are some
minor updates on old stories…
Bridleway 250
You may remember that Bexley council allowed partial closure of Bridleway 250
on
the authority of police sergeant Alison Bateman after one crime in five years
when the law says that closure requires the agreement of the Secretary of State
who will give it only after it is shown that a bridleway is the cause of
persistent crime. Bexley council is simply not interested in upholding the law
and as usual hopes the problem will go away. A suitable letter has been sent to
the Secretary of State, I’ve not seen it but presumably it advises him that
Mike Frizoni has raised two fingers in his direction.
Closed Session
Akin Alabi told Mick Barnbrook that after five members of the public
refused to leave the council offices on 19th June 2013 the police had to eject
them. This of course is a total lie. If any of them had been rough handled by the cops I
would have blogged about it, instead I described them as jovial bobbies. They in
turn said no crime was committed and that one was a Bonkers’ reader. It’s
hardly likely they would have said that in the presence of council staff but
according to Alabi five people including me were prepared to risk arrest by refusing a request
to leave by someone who wasn’t there and who in my presence denied all knowledge of
the unsigned statement he was supposed to have written.
Despite all the evidence to the contrary it was reported by their Inspector
that Constables Kelly and Arthurs did have to eject us because we refused to go
peaceably. It’s hard to see why two police constables would risk a charge of
Misconduct in Public Office to protect the lying councillor Cheryl Bacon and her
fellow fabricators so Mick Barnbrook put in a Freedom of Information request for
a copy of the police statements. You won’t be surprised to hear that the borough
commander has refused it. Whether this is because the statements don’t exist
or because they say something completely different from what has been reported I
do not know.
The last two Bexley borough commanders started off by pulling small stunts which
escalated into big ones and eventually found themselves under Investigation for
Misconduct in Public Office. We may be heading for the hat trick.
Index to related blogs and documents.
Will Tuckley
The Chief Executive has not yet replied to
the letter that formally advises him
that councillors from both political parties have provided email confirmation from which
the only possible conclusion is that councillor Cheryl Bacon is a liar. Not a
single witness has confirmed what Bacon stated although several highly paid
council officials who weren’t there have backed her but refused to seek witnesses. Mr. Tuckley
has not yet responded to the evidence which shows the council he runs to be
corrupt to its core. Presumably he will want to draw a veil over it at least
until after the election.
Another possibility is that he is collaborating with the police to “resolve the
situation” as he did when councillor Peter Craske got himself into trouble.
The Election
I asked Mick Barnbrook how he was getting on with canvassing in Blackfen &
Lamorbey and found him in a buoyant mood. I’m not sure why because he told me
that a very high proportion of voters have nothing much to say beyond “I’m
voting UKIP”. However such people have three votes so there is room for
Bexley
Action Group crosses on the ballot paper. To read Tory Tweets you would
think they were going to romp home on an increased majority.
Mick also said there is a lot of interest in what happened to councillor Peter
Craske after his arrest and he has been referring them to Bexley is Bonkers. To
make it easier for new readers to navigate to
the dedicated Craske page a new
link has been added to the Index page at
www.bexley-is-bonkers.co.uk.
I gave him some Bonkers leaflets to hand to interested parties too. Craske has
been the publicity man for telephone masts and fixed odds gambling machines so I
hope he appreciates the efforts made towards handing him the same treatment.
New Readers
I told an enquirer at the weekend that the number of Bonkers’ readers had not
gone up much in the run up to the election, “no more than 10%” I said. A more
careful review showed this to be wrong. It varies from day to day of course but
the numbers recorded this month are at least 20% above March and daily unique
visitors are breaching the 25% increase mark on some days.
One new reader asked “how do you get away with making these statements?" The
answer to that probably has something to do with never making things up.
Everything you read about the hard core of thoroughly dishonest Conservative
councillors - they are all Conservative at the moment but that could change -
and the top brass who are well paid for their loyalty, is true.
Usually Bexley council provides the evidence of its own dishonesty and
nothing controversial ever goes on line without evidence being posted too. To
make something up would instantly destroy all credibility. A lesson Bexley
council has failed to learn.