Saturday 7 May 2011

Trust and transparency......when it suits.

The Leader of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council represents Rusthall ward.  At the local elections he spent a major part of the day standing outside the polling station in Rusthall with the Conservative candidate who was standing for re-election. The victor was Victor Webb of UKIP.

Next day the local newspaper, the Courier, carried a story concerning a report by a consultant commissioned by the Council which set out options for re-locating the town hall.  The report was published after a Freedom of Information request. 

The Leader of the Council has pleaded for trust in the Council and promised the perceived secretiveness of the previous Leader's administration would end. According to the newspaper: Council leader Bob Atwood and senior officers refused interviews with the Courier.

So, not only did the Council have to have the document dragged out of it by an FoI request, it refused to answer any questions or give any update on its contents.

Trust and transparency........what a joke.

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