sorry all i can say is
Shame Shame Shame.
This is the type of guy you want to represent your town..... JOKE
I respond to this in my capacity as a resident of Westbury who cares that the people of Westbury get the services they deserve, and in no otherNobody elected him. He stood in the Laverton Ward when there were insufficient candidates for an election to be called and therefore got in by a "bye"! He has
never been elected by the people of Westbury!
He stood in the Ham Ward as a Unitary Councillor but was defeated by David Jenkins.
(I would add here, that there have been
other councillors who have got in by a "bye" or been co-opted, but in my experience,
they have worked hard to represent the electorate!)
He sits on the Westbury Town Council Highways and Planning Committee, who supported this application. Did he object at this time? I don't know, but as a member of that committee should accept the decision of the majority. If he can't, he should consider his position on that Committee!
He also is aware that the Town Council has always supported Westbury having a Primary Care Centre. If he cannot accept this, he should consider his position as a Town Councillor.
Why did he leave it until the eleventh hour to raise this objection? Surely not in the hope that the inevitable delay would lose Westbury its' share of the Government funding towards the provision of Primary Care Centres? He, according to the WHN, declined to comment on this. Maybe he should realise that he is a Westbury Town Councillor and
must explain his actions to the people he
claims (by using the title Westbury Town Councillor) to represent or consider his future as a Councillor.
A number of existing and previous Town Councillors fought against the closure of the hospital (he was not involved in this fight), and when it was obvious that the hospital would be closed, fought for the improved medical facilities that the Primary Care Centre would give the people of Westbury (he was also not involved in this fight). He is apparently now doing his best to screw this up for the people of Westbury, or does he not see, as the intelligent person he is, the difficulties he is causing?. Over what, a footpath that is so overgrown that it has not been used for years, and would not actually be lost, but merely re-routed slightly)? His objection has already cost the Primary Care Centre a great sum of money and could cause serious risk to the provision of some of the planned services for Westbury people. (Eastleigh Surgery have worked very hard and invested a lot of money in getting this facility for Westbury - it is a pity that there is no mechanism whereby
he should be made to pay for this in the event of his objection being unsubstantiated). This threat has been caused by a man who does not live or work in Westbury, does not use the surgery nor the footpath he is so upset about (nor apparently, having any real concern for the people of Westbury).
On the Town Council meeting on Monday, a proposal was also made for the adoption of the Westbury Vision and Scoping Study, a professionally written document outlining the aspirations of the people of Westbury that has followed a lot of public consultation and consultation with other groups
who work for the benefit of Westbury (apologies to anybody who may have missed the consultation process). This document would also be the Town Council strategy to negotiate with the Unitary Council in
their future plans for this area. Councillor Morland
objected to the adoption of this document because there were parts of it dealing with the aspirations of the people and other WESTBURY groups that
he did not agree with. The rest of the Councillors, who were elected and do try to represent the people of Westbury defeated his objection.
