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Mr Vic, the DHB wanted to privatise the port back then. I was against that. However, I also wanted to make sure that if they were successful, the only people that the port could be sold to would be the people of Dover. I NEVER said that the DHB should go. It is all on record, so it should be easy enough for you to check it up before you apologise.
Before I joined the DHB, i was a freeish agent and could write whatever I wanted about the DHB, so long as i believed it and had evidence that what I wrote was true. It didn't matter whether it was in favourable or unfavourable (I wrote both), whether I agreed or disagreed (I did both). Now I am a member of the Board, I have a duty to uphold and promote the organisation of which I am part. Now, when I think something could be done better, or I disagree with something, or when members of the community approach me with something that needs action, the discussion happens in the boardroom and the outcome is a collective responsibility.