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Thank you howard ,of course any one wishing to seriously get hold of me can(and do every day)
But to the more important issues
Like John Heron I was elected In October and I questioned the Mayor at the first meeting I was at.
Unlike John , I didn't get the details as he did, The Mayor did explain why, In August the Town Council had given away £350,000,and the merits of doing so(which have been explained in many postings above) What he didn't mention was that he was to be a Director as was the Town Clerk.
Also that the Town council has no further ways of making this group accountable(apart from going through the charity commission)
At the next meeting I did ask many questions of the Mayor/Clerk, including an article in the kent on line where in it he stated the Town council would still be the accountable body, he stated he didn't know anything about he article, I then asked him if he was, or has refuted the contents to which there was no reply.
At this same meeting it should be said I asked many questions on the accountability of the money and how the Directors came into being(self appointed)
As Did Labours G Cowan who edged on would the Mayor financially benefit from works on the property and who are the proposed newer Directors.
John Ward(Con) asked a few questions as did Cllr Shirley but the rest of the Lab, conservatives independents remained silent.
We should all hope this venture works, but it should be noted that if it fails the clerk and the Mayor have to payback just a pound each!!!
On the rest of John Heron's post, there are a number of concerns over councils joining together and doubts if there will be any savings, in fact through the council tax it could cost us a lot more and have councillors representing areas far to large to be able to be effective in.
Regarding the councils I believe in local decision making as local as possible so should a supr council get of the ground then I hope they will get rid of KCC and cascade these services down through the super council and Town council.
With regard to Dover forum, I believe in contacting/giving my views as widely as possible through s many channels as possible, Dover Forum being just one of them.
We should though try to encourage councillors to post, at the moment wedo get regular postings from Sue N John H (which I hope he will post often) P Watkins and I noticed g cowan made a couple recently. and of course Bob Frost.
Pam brivio posts on and off
And a few others contribute now and again.
I would like to see us be constructive in encouraging all our councillors to contribute
Well I wasn't going to say much lol