24 August (Part 2) - Alison Griffin is dragged further into Bexley’s culture of crookedness
I
suspect that half of Bexley Council is on holiday because letters that one might
expect to come from Human Resources or the Table Snatching Buffoon (TSB) are
currently coming from Alison Griffin the Finance Director.
A Freedom of Information request from Mick Barnbrook which attempted to prise
the truth out of Bexley Council about their Head of Legal not, according to the
Law Society and the Bar Council, being either a Solicitor or a Barrister
as
demanded by his job description was rejected on the grounds that his ‘A’ Level
Law, or whatever his qualification is, is personal information. If he had the
qualification demanded it would be
on the Law Society’s website.
Mick asked a different question and an answer to that was also refused.
He appealed the decision together with his reasons which is his legal right under the Freedom of
Information Act. The appeal was not accepted. It has been immediately rejected
on the grounds that Mick is vexatious.
I
can understand that a crooked Council like Bexley might want to ban Mick from
making more FOIs but he has one which is only half way through the process
dictated by law. It wasn’t classed as vexatious when he
submitted the original FOI and he was given a a response which was
acceptable in law, albeit one which was as secretive as ever.
The Act provides for an Appeal and Alison Griffin has denied it.
Mick believes that curtailing the legally prescribed procedure will only add to
his case when he submits it to the Information Commissioner as he undoubtedly will.
Not only has Mick been denied his appeal he has been threatened with
the same
sanction to which John Watson is already subject. An effective ban on contacting Bexley
Council for six months. Don’t ever believe that Bexley’s Conservative Council
believes in open and transparent governance or even democracy itself.
For the record, Mick has asked three different questions about Mr. Akin
Alabiְ’s lack of qualifications.