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[email protected] · February 14th 09, 09:47 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Ian Jelf) wrote:

What's wrong with disciplining a power-hungry ******* who has betrayed
those who bothered to vote -

That is the job of the electorate; not a non-elected body of officials.

If a councillor wants to be a complete ******* then that's their
prerogative. The democratic process should ensure they don't get in
next time.

As has been said before, we get the leaders we deserve.

Can I make it clear that this was no power-hungry grab. It was a (totally
screwed up admittedly) attempt to deal with a problem that constituents
have complained about vehemently and repeatedly for many years.

I would never have met the ambulance driver if a constituent hadn't rung
me up and told me that the gate had been broken open. If he had correctly
reported that the gate had been left open by someone entitled to open it I
wouldn't even have gone to look. I'd just have called the council officers
and left them to it. That was where things went wrong and I lost it in
frustration for the failure of people to do their jobs as promised.

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Colin Rosenstiel