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News and Comment November 2022

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25 November - Nothing to see here

TweetI used to think that a handful of Bexley Councillors were politicians solely because the position provided business opportunities and maybe a few backhanders, but those I would have pointed a finger at have all gone now. Or have they?

I don’t know the Cabinet Member for Growth especially well except that one of his colleagues told me he was the Leader’s blue eyed boy - which cannot be good - but on the other hand when he was part of a gaggle of Councillors I bumped into a few years ago he was the only one with a civil tongue in his head.

I understand he is is a small time landlord and business man which is not yet illegal but I didn’t know that he was into healthcare too; not until @tonyofsidcup stuck his nose into what had happened to the derelict public toilets just a short walk from his home.

I have not been near to the old bogs since I gave up on going to the Sidcup Place restaurant, I forget why, so I hadn’t even noticed their closure, but Bexley is not a bladder friendly borough so it is no surprise that Bexley Council flogged them off to guess who? Cafer Munur the Cabinet Member for Growth. He bought the adjacent car park too.

So there’s a nice little scandal for you; a Councillor with his nose in the trough. But hold your horses, it may not be like that.

Bexley Council placed a For Sale advert in the Estates Gazette and Cafer Munur put in the second highest bid (out of 11) but the highest laid down conditions relating to guarantees on planning permission. That was deemed unacceptable and in any case there was only a two and a half grand difference so Cafer won the bid fair and square.

So we are not back to property developers, estate agents and assorted ne’er do wells more interested in themselves than electors and any criticism of Cafer would appear to be misplaced. If you don’t like having business men as Councillors, don’t vote for them.

Incidentally, despite appearances, @tonyofsidcup takes the same view as I do one this one. Superficially it may not look good but it doesn’t look nearly as bad as this one. Bexley Council was down by a million quid on that.
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