Comments for The Friends of Lever Park

Comment on New Go Ape Protest Group at Moel Famau in Wales by Phil Johnson

Phil Johnson — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:06:09 +0000

Yet another beautiful part of the countryside about to be raped in the name of commerce that is GoApe. The good people of Moel Famau must fight the GoApe machine and the potentially corrupt council that looks to exploit such a sensitive site. Their success relies on your steam running out, but we are proving that if you keep going, they get found out.

Comment on You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet by David

David — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:14:37 +0000

Let’s not forget that other developments also threaten areas immediately around Lever Park and Rivington.

This was posted on the Blackrod and Horwich Environmental Action Group’s website (www.bheag.co.uk) the other day:

http://www.bheag.co.uk/2010/02/rivington-being-considered-for-greater-manchester-waste/

If we don’t protect our area it seems that no-one else will!

Comment on You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet by Jim Watt

Jim Watt — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:50:07 +0000

Hi just been having a look at the news today and found this.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_east/8508291.stm

More S*** that they are causing. When will they ever learn?
Seems to be taking over the whole world…. all about the money now and how big they can get!!

Jim

Comment on You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet by bob dootson

bob dootson — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:22:40 +0000

I’ve had a belly full of Constitution, I think what is needed is to go for a Constitutional (I might feel better for it).

It’s made me that ill, ive gone on a new diet—–Viagra and prune juice. Now i don’t know whether I’m coming or going.

Comment on Latest News from Australia by The Friends of Lever Park

The Friends of Lever Park — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:47:10 +0000

Well done Dianne, good news indeed! The fight to preserve areas of peace and tranquillity goes on all over the world. Perhaps local democracy is stronger in Australia!

Comment on You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet by Diane Holroyd

Diane Holroyd — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:20:54 +0000

Bring it on Bob …with all guns blazing!

Comment on Latest News from Australia by Dianne

Dianne — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:07:39 +0000

I’m dredging up a very old post here, but I want to pass on the good news from Sydney.

Our council finally met this week and REFUSED the Go Ape application to construct a course in Bidjigal Reserve!

We can’t yet shout “we won!!!”, as Go Ape have 12 months (!) in which to lodge an appeal with our Land and Environment Court. However, the fact that Council refused development consent is a huge step. The words “does not comply” can look very good.

Many thanks for the moral and practical support you provided when we first started our campaign. I wish you all the best in your current endeavours in Lever Park.

Di
Bidjigal Reserve Action Group

Comment on Council Meeting by bob dootson

bob dootson — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:34:18 +0000

Well we attended the meeting, and what a waste of time. We where allowed 3 minutes to ask a question (which we had to provide 2 working days before the meeting), then the Leader of the Council responded with a prepared reply. We weren’t allowed to respond to his reply.
Then we could ask a supplementary question (but only in the time left over from the original 3 minutes). The Leader of the Council again gave a reply, and again we weren’t allowed to respond.

We were not allowed any form of dialogue. (not very democratic if you ask me).
I accept that there must be some sort of time scale, but this is ridiculous. There was approx 47 Councillors in attendance and none of them with the exception of the Leader could make comment.
In all a very boring meeting with no outcome………

Comment on Manual Manipulation of the word Maladministration by bob dootson

bob dootson — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:18:38 +0000

We can’t get satisfaction!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejtR81RzCo

Comment on Manual Manipulation of the word Maladministration by bobdootson

bobdootson — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:08:27 +0000

This is an extract from the web page of “rottencouncil.co.uk”. I don’t need to comment, the silence says it all.
No person should suffer!
It is every citizen’s duty to challenge the torment and distress so often caused by local authorities such as North East Lincolnshire Council. Quite often, maladministration, abuse of power and injustice within these authorities are simply left uncontested. Even when Councils are brought to task, their own internal investigations simply lack the credibility of an honest, impartial study of those complaints put before them.

Misconduct by Councils, when it occurs, harms not only the community they are elected to serve but the wider reputation of government as a whole across the entire country. We all should expect Councils to uphold the highest standards of integrity and carry out all its duties. Most wrongdoing stems from officers that are employed to uphold the Council Constitutions. It is these officers who have no fear of retribution from the employer they serve.

Unmistakeably, in particular matters where law and procedure have been unequivocally demonstrated to these officers, it is of little or of no consequence to them until the issues are forced into further investigation. These breaches of law and procedure are shown to exist for many years, prejudicing the rights of those individuals entitled to exercise or benefit from the fundamental function of that regulation or procedure and as of a consequence, irrefutably causing maladministration.

Despite hard evidence and firm arguments proving inexcusable behaviour by Council officers, the unfortunate citizen who has empowered themselves to bring their complaint forward is immediately deflated upon the Council’s conclusions into their complaints. Often, the complainant is made to feel that they are at fault as the Council usually vindicates itself of little or any wrongdoing.

After the initial whitewash from a Council investigation, those brave enough to go a step further will no doubt run into the biased brick wall of the Local Government Ombudsman. The Local Government Ombudsman is most efficient and indeed methodical in his or her duty of ‘tidying up’ complaints against Councils, adding further insult to injury. Such injustice is intolerable from a watchdog body which purports itself to be ‘impartial’.