I believe a justified rant
Jun 2nd, 2009 by philjay
Never having been in a position where I have had to follow the party line, regardless of my personal scruples or morals, I can look back on the last 12 months and all that has transpired over that time, with a certain amount of sadness. Sadness, because nievely at the outset of our campaign, I believed that we lived in a society that was in the majority, honest and fair, and in part, maybe that’s true of ordinary everyday people. Twelve months on however, and staring the conclusion of our campaign squarely in the face, I have to say that my faith has been severely dented. I allege that we have observed two major players in peoples everyday lives, collude together, to force a development into an area of outstanding natural beauty, based purely upon financial gain. One player is a service provider who will inevitably bow to its shareholders and to that end ride roughshod over all who will dare to complain or object, my opinion of UU was never a favourable one and has taken a steep downward slide since the recent meeting where I witnessed what must be the corporate face of UU and its cold almost feudal attitude toward FOLP and the public in general. The other however is a body that is answerable to us, yes us. Chorley B C, whether they like it or not, are in place for one reason and one reason only, and that is to serve the people who live within the borough boundary, they pay your salaries, don’t forget that. So in light of the recent expose of our ‘honourable’ members of Parliament, is it any wonder that my faith has been dented. We now know that local government speak with forked tongue, and we also know that most MPs (which includes the two we had placed our trust in) spend so much of their time lining their own pockets, that our campaign, regardless of how watertight we believed it to be, was doomed to failure. Now that might have a negative ring to it, particularly in light of the fact that we have yet to receive the LGOs final report, but regardless of that outcome, what an incredibly sorry state of affairs our public services and its apparently corrupt servants are in, not just nationally, but I suspect locally as well. Recent events have opened my eyes to the greed and dishonesty of people in positions of trust and in future I shall treat all with the suspiscion they deserve until proved otherwise. In conclusion, for those who have put their positions and salaries before their consciences and what they should know to be right, you have failed those you aspire to serve.
