30 June - Don’t give Teresa O’Neill more power today
If
Teresa O’Neill’s 45:18 majority is maintained by the voters of St. Michael’s today she
will take it as a signal that she is further empowered to take Bexley on its
downward path. It is her constant boast in Council when making cuts that it is
what residents voted for. Tell her Bexley deserves a new approach; and fewer blatant lies
and persecution of critics wouldn’t be such a bad thing either.
It will be interesting to see if Bexley Conservatives can come up with anything at
all (see Tweet) that they have improved since they were last elected. It can never come
close to what they have made worse.
Road cleaning has been slashed, recycling centres have gone part time, street litter collections
halved, grass verges uncut, fallen leaves no longer swept up, more yellow box junctions
with cameras, street lights turned off, Danson Park Festival cancelled using an
excuse now proved to be untrue, Belvedere Splash Park closed blaming an organism not found there,
public toilets sold, no more roadside trees, free garden waste collection cancelled, dog
fouling warden sacked, Sidcup Manor House closed, four parks up for sale, nature reserves
for the chop, roadside weeds not sprayed, parking restrictions to go 24/7 and Erith
fire station lost an engine (a Bexley Councillor voted it through the GLA).