16 May - To Bexley Council openness is an anathema
The following is not the original blog but a replacement for the opening paragraph.
This blog referred to a Council web page which was withdrawn in January
2025 following legal threats against Bexley Council and without it the
original Bonkers blog has little purpose.
An archived copy remains available to legitimate enquirers.
I
understand that it has taken five emails over three months to establish that
fact and a resident trying to get at the truth has in
mind seeking a Judicial Review to establish whether or not Bexley Council is
free to vary the Localism Act - by accepting a complaint not in writing - if it
is so inclined. Obviously the complainant would like to have all his questions
answered before making a judgment on whether or not to take that step.
He is up against Bexley’s Acting Chief Executive who is determined not to have his
Council judged and has done what Bexley Council always does when boxed into a corner.
He has asked the complainant to “refrain from submitting further correspondence” to
avoid being declared vexatious and thereby having his enquiries ignored.
The scoundrels have a whole armament of dirty tricks placed at their disposal by
successive governments which have failed to see that Local Government is both
incompetent and corrupt. Few more so than Bexley.
