18 February (Part 2) - Councillor Fothergill. No progress
There have been further developments in the ongoing saga of Councillor
Maxine Fothergill and her supposed involvement in a property transaction that
earned her a Misconduct verdict
from Bexley Council’s Code of Conduct Committee.
Her Appeal hearing was cancelled and when asked why, Bexley Council replied that
she had had an “emergency operation”. It was surprising that they were so
uncharacteristically forthcoming but it lined up with reports from other sources
over several weeks past which said Councillor Fothergill was in hospital.
At last night’s Resources Scrutiny meeting
where she earns £3,000 a year for being Vice-Chairman she was said to be absent due to
illness. £750 for not being there. Can’t be bad.
Sources claiming to be close to Councillor Fothergill say she is on holiday.
It’s not impossible that all of those things could be true.
You may recall that Michael Barnbrook wrote to the Chief Constable of Kent
to suggest
he looked into an old complaint about Maxine Fothergill submitted by letter in May last year.
The reply said that no letter had been received.
It’s a good job that the sender paid for tracking and has the Royal Mail’s
confirmation that Kent Police accepted and signed for the letter on 3rd June 2015.
However it is not all bad news, the investigating officer has been instructed to conduct a full review.