My avid reader will note that I had a letter published in the Courier newspaper today. The letter is based on one of my recent blogs. Unfortunately it has been overtaken by events as, since it was written, nominations for the Leadership race have closed.
Three candidates have declared. As I have surmised the current Leader, Roy Bullock, is standing.
One of the candidates, John Cunningham, is a fellow director of mine on the board of Tunbridge Wells Mental Health Resource Limited. One thing I have in common with these two candidates is that we were all first elected to the Council in 1996.
The third candidate is one of my ward councillors, Robert Atwood who seems to prefer being called 'Bob'. Known to be ambitious, 'Bob' is in his first term as a councillor and clearly has a high opinion of himself judging from his election address.
Who will win? It is rumoured that the vote of no confidence in the current Leader was close. Will the fact that John Cunnigham lives in Sandhurst count against him? He is a most engaging person but some may argue that he lacks gravitas.
Will Robert Atwood's lack of experience on the Council, together with his obvious ambition, count against him?
Of course, the great imponderable is what is going on in the minds of the Conservative councillors who will be voting next week. The sad truth is that they permitted the current mess and chaos to develop.
KENT COMMUNITY ACTIVIST: acerbic, carping, caustic, curmudgeonly,critical, cynical, grumpy, moaning, sardonic and plain speaking.
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