10 April (Part 1) - Dave’s departure
I
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.
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.