I wasn’t going to post again on this subject but feel I can’t let GL’s further dishonesty on his blog go unchallenged. If anyone joined one of LBH’s “engagement meetings” back in 2021, you will have heard me ask whether residents’ views on road closures would be considered, only to be told that this was “council policy” and no, there would not be any notice taken to the massive amount of negative feedback to this plan. I was naïve at the time and was a bit surprised that the council would be so cavalier in ignoring the views of those affected – I now understand a bit better how these things work. GL was in the meeting, so clearly was part of the decision process that made this a fait accompli. I would respect him more if he was honest about his and the council’s position, as opposed to the surprisingly honest comments from the other council person, whose name I’ve forgotten but was otherwise fairly unpleasant. So, when GL states in his blog that he isn’t lying and is not riding over democracy, he is clearly (still) lying. Does he think he is performing a Jedi mind trick and we will all start believing this dishonesty if he repeats it often enough? The truth is that the majority of people rejected these road closures, and our views were ignored, as they were always planned to be. I know that some people are not particularly bothered about this issue, but there will be other contentious decisions around the corner, and we know that our views again will not be considered. It’s time people considered voted out this one-party mini state who believe that a big majority allows them to do whatever they like.
Graham Thorpe ● 445d