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News and Comment April 2022

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10 April (Part 1) - Dave’s departure

Van Van VanI think I am just about emerging from three months of being occupied with a load of household repairs and rearrangements and life may soon resume a more normal course, but I don’t think I will go back to looking at Facebook.

It was not a conscious decision to boycott it, I came to realise that a shortage of time had caused me to give it a miss for a couple of weeks and that I had not missed it one bit.

It may explain how I failed to see Councillor Putson’s farewell message which appeared on social media.
Good bye letter

Click extract above to read all of Dave’s thank you letter.

It reminds me that it was Dave Putson who managed to arrange the clearance of two vans which had been dumped barely 30 yards from my house circa 2009 when this area was represented by Conservative Councillors.

It was also Dave who tried to help when I saw that some nearby trees were leaning at an alarming angle. The owner says they are safe but they seem to have leaned further since then.

It could be said that former Labour Councillor Dave Putson became an Independent because he was too far to the left for Bexley Labour and Councillor Hackett became Independent for being too far to the right but I have no real understanding of Labour politics. If I did I might understand why they think it is a good idea to bring back their former Leader. The one who raised Council Tax by 40% over four years and who told me that the Chief Executive and his Directors deserved a pay rise when the total pay package was worth a quarter of a million.

 

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