19 December (Part 3) - Who has been a naughty boy or girl?
Bexley council is going to enormous lengths to protect the identity of the councillor
accused of misconduct recently. Their Code of Conduct Committee tried to hide the
hearing away with a sub-Committee that met at 10:30 in the morning
and declared the heart of the meeting closed.
When three members of the public showed up they were escorted around the Civic
Centre in a manner never seen before and when written complaints went to both
the Acting Chief Executive and the Committee Officer both have ignored them (†).
Probably they have gone off on their Christmas break by now so information will
be even harder to come by.
Meanwhile we can only speculate and guess who stood accused but usually what
gets a councillor a rap over the knuckles would result in a court appearance
for anyone less privileged. It would be surprising if this case was any different.
† This is no longer true but the requested information has
not been forthcoming.