daughter who was involved in a neighbourly dispute. She was found guilty because she said she was a councillor and that she
A standards committee report about the
incident said: “The member (Cllr Docker) had failed to comply with Paragraph 6 of the Code of Conduct which states that a member must not use or attempt to use their position as a member improperly to confer on or secure for themselves, or any other person an advantage or disadvantage.”
“Three of the four allegations were dismissed but I was disappointed that on one count I was found guilty of breaching the standards.
“However, I received the lowest penalty available which was to have a training session concerning guidelines when the highest penalty could have been dismissal. I have decided not to appeal because the investigation took 11 months and I just did not want the whole thing to go on and on where as now I can put it behind me.”
Sorry councillor Docker, but if you were
Sometimes councillors have to actually turn up at meetings, but this apparently doesn’t happen in some places. Hartlepool has
amongst the lowest in the UK but the latest
more than a quarter failed to attend at least half of the meetings they were supposed to go to. Hartlepool councillors receive a
taxpayer for their duties, which includes attending meetings.
Information Act reveal that 13 councillors attended less than half their meetings
year. I bet they remembered to pick up their
A former councillor from Lancashire has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for helping a
nine counts of concealing criminal funds for Silvano Turchet, 55, who is serving a 15-year sentence for importing class ‘A’ drugs.
Judge Robert Atherton, sentencing, said:
“You told a pack of lies through your evidence, you’re a deceitful man, you deceived those you did business with and you deceived those who trusted you”.
fraud linked to his transport company.
executive John Schultz recently. It followed an
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If this magazine had demanded the
subversive, admittedly I would have probably also have insisted the good councillors carried out the ancient Japanese act of ‘seppuku’ at a full council meeting in front of
because he’s got MP behind his name and
to Steve Maddox expressing fury at his
schools. He said Mr Maddox and Howard
department, should resign immediately.
The council has refuted the MP’s
of the Wirral’s taxi trade, someone should because the council aren’t, after all, some would consider Wirral’s attitude towards the borough’s taxi drivers as downright
Wirral residents will also be delighted to hear
year, the ministry of propaganda sold this to residents by pointing out it’s less than 50p per week. I hope taxi talk advertisers follow
suit; “The New Mercedes Vito, only £14 per day or 58p per hour......can you afford not to have one?”
investigation by the Department of Work and
until June pending further investigations and has vowed to continue as mayor.
Mary Monson, the solicitor representing Mr
MacAlister, said: “Colin MacAlister attended at Stockport Police Station voluntarily to assist the police with inquiries into allegations of breaches of regulation. He wishes to make clear that he has absolutely no doubt that this process will show that he has done nothing wrong.”
Watching Wirral
proud of the budget the authority had “been
and all the savings were achievable. Describing it as a
budget “about jobs and the environment”, This is the third budget of our administration. It’s not about the election; it’s about the future of our citizens.”
Yes, Steve, it’s not about the election is it, it’s about the environment; I wonder how many extra pollutants are on the Wirral due to taxi
employer of the year 2008, so presumably one of Steve’s budgets went down like a
stated: “Staff say they haven’t been consulted about the problems, in terms of job losses, and were absolutely shocked when they found out. They were discouraged from getting involved and they were discouraged from going to meetings. You can be an employee of Wirral Council but at the same time pay your council tax. Therefore, you still have the right to express your opinion, and that seems to be what the council is trying to prevent from happening.”
Strange what 12 months can do in politics;
“Last year, we were told because the budget was in such a mess we had to close swimming pools and libraries and that ‘doing nothing was not an option’. But that has been shown to be massively incorrect. It was a huge con on the people of Wirral. This budget shows how wrong they were 12 months ago.”
The Wirral Waters planning application was so huge it had to be delivered by van and
biggest application the UK has ever seen will take more than a week to be fully uploaded
the Wirral news.
Peel Holdings’ Richard Mawdsley said: “As
well as targeting new start-ups and local companies, we see Wirral Waters having an appeal to those who have become discontent with the South East.”
Obviously Richard forgot to mention it would attract interest from the People’s Republic
is being spent to go there on a cushy trip
restaurants opening in the near future,
making good their announcement in the recent budget shpeel telling us about the
council commitment “about jobs and the environment”.
The public seem impressed anyway, with Peel reporting a 99% approval rate among
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