Monday 23 May 2011

Councillor Jukes takes up the reigns.

Last month the local newspaper quoted the Leader of Tunbridge Wells Council thus:

He (Councillor Atwood) said after scrutinising the detail of the Tunbridge Wells Regeneration Company...he was happy with its terms.

What has surprised me is that there has been no reaction to this comment. Councillor David Jukes resigned from the board of the company in a blaze of publicity. His resignation was another nail in the coffin for the then Leader, Roy Bullock.

Now Councillor Jukes is freed from the shackles of office of Mayor he will be taking up his position as Deputy Leader of the Council and his place in the Cabinet.

May we assume that Councillor Jukes is at one with the Leader and is happy with its terms?  Have the concerns which led him to resign been addressed? 

It has been my argument that the Council made a mess of informing the public about what was happening within the regeneration company, but so far no-one has produced a shred of evidence to support the contention that secret plans existed which were to be railroaded through with minimum  consultation.  Roy Bullock denied the plans existed and, whatever one thought of his leadership style, he was truthful.

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