9 November (Part 1) - More misinformation? It’s more than likely
The repercussions from
Bexley Council’s SEN Transport humiliation at the
hands of the LGO and persistent parents rumble on.
From inside the Council comes an excuse for Mr. Simon James who sat alongside
the Cabinet Member for Education John Fuller after keeping him in the dark about
the fast developing disaster and never breathed a word about it to save his embarrassment. Could he have
been under instructions from his boss Jacky Tiotto who conveniently left for
pastures new just a few days later? Hmmm, I’d forgotten that.
But was John Fuller misled on another matter too? He said, with possibly too
much relish, that the parent who rebelled through the Courts against the
Council’s decision “had to pay costs and everything”.
They lost and had to pay costs and everything.
Someone who suggests he was close to the centre of things has said that that
simply wasn’t true, not a penny in costs was awarded, but the Council ran up a big legal bill by instructing counsel.
I’ve not found any reference to this gigantic Council cock-up in the local press
which only covers the Council Press Releases like the new bins arriving next week
only four months late. Where’s Tom Bull when you need him?
Maybe some inquisitive Councillor should follow this one up.