29 July - Bexley good. Bromley bad
The Evening Standard newspaper
reported yesterday
that Bexley Council had the least number of upheld Local Government Ombudsman complaints recorded against it
and Bromley was only one complaint away from being worst. The Standard didn’t
say for which year but it couldn’t have been 2019 because that year
55%
of all LGO complaints came from Bexley.
There is no bromley-is-bonkers but residents there can subscribe to a monthly
newsletter; I usually get to see it. They are still livid about the imposition of
a
cycle Lane on Crofton Lane which frequently causes gridlock because no one
can pass if a bus stops, or in one case an invalid carriage user decides that
the road is a better option than the cycle path. Bromley Council consulted
residents but only 26 of them and not the police or ambulance service.
An FOI revealed that the Council secured fund on the basis that Crofton Lane was
in London’s top 5% for the potential to get drivers on their bikes. Further
enquiries revealed that the actual number was 21,000 drivers. In other words
it was forecast that every single car and van driver would throw their ignition key away and
get in the saddle.
Presumably it is safe to assume that every Conservative Council is stuffed full
of liars taking their lead from Downing Street.