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Legal fees for the farm sales?

On 06/05/2019 at 09:17, megilleland said:

For the benefit of Newton Farm Residents does Mr Bernard Hunt have a point of contact ie address, telephone or email where they may bring matters to his attention. I understand he has business premises in Whitecross, however I doubt whether people may want to go there and find he is out or not available.

Details now on the HC website - a residential Whitecross address. Is this just a mailbox?

Councillor Bernard Hunt, 42 Hewitt Avenue, Hereford, HR4 0QR 

Home: 01432 367674 

Work: Bernard.Hunt@herefordshire.gov.uk

Dear oh dear. It’s Our County’s Whitecross ward member Sue Boulter has stood down today May 10. 

https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/17632626.county-councillor-resigns-just-a-week-after-election/

10 hours ago, megilleland said:

For the benefit of Newton Farm Residents does Mr Bernard Hunt have a point of contact ie address, telephone or email where they may bring matters to his attention. I understand he has business premises in Whitecross, however I doubt whether people may want to go there and find he is out or not available.

Too much to hope that the Council would update their website with Councillor details in a timely manner - perhaps check there in a month or so ...

You can't, easily. It's a Building Control matter and none of their stuff is in the public domain in the way that planning is. You would have to do a FOI request, I think.

Comments by 'Thetruthwillcomeoutintheend' (Mr Tobin?) in the HT were largely spurious and inaccurate.

Architects don't 'supervise'. This implies a continuous presence on site.

Architects don't issue 'guarantee's'. They can issue Professional Consultants Certificates which are normally valid for 6 years.

Building Control don't 'supervise'.

Drawings don't get 'lost' in this digital age.

it would seem to me that resident's should be well aware of what has happened and should be talking to the Council via their management company to establish a way forward and a way to repay the Council for the costs incurred and imposed on the council tax payer for deficiencies in a private development.

22 hours ago, Roger said:

Kath can always call on my door if she is interested in my view, or indeed, her new Ward. She can leave a card if I'm not in. In this Brexit phase I am after engagement. Disappearing for a few years from my doorstep, after she got voted in, would never get my vote in the future. I am totally aware, of course, that she has no influence over Brexit. I am very influenced in how much she wants to engage with the people she is representing. She got 374 votes so she needs to engage with expectations. My email is roger.lfc@gmail.com Over to her! 

Given that Cllr Hey will also be Mayor this year, she may be too busy to come knocking on your door ...

Her deputy elect IOC Paul Stevens lost his seat at Widemarsh Parish Ward, so that position is yet to be re-allocated. Given that (according to City Council minutes), in the four years since elected, he has declined all invitations to civic events, stating he does not partake in official or civic events, it's probably just as well.

She was an IOC Hereford City Councillor for Tupsley Ward, now promoted to play with the big boys and fair doos, anyone who manages to depose BW is to be applauded. I'm not sure of the new make up of the City Council, I haven't seen any analysis as yet, but I expect he'll have one or two blues for moral support.

1 hour ago, megilleland said:

Cabinet members ousted so far

Councillor H Bramer OUT
Councillor BA Durkin IN
Councillor DG Harlow (didn't stand, but his position gone) OUT
Councillor JG Lester IN
Councillor PD Price OUT
Councillor P Rone IN
Councillor NE Shaw IN
Councillor EJ Swinglehurst

Cabinet support
Councillor AW Johnson IN
Councillor RJ Phillips IN

Quite right two wheels. Councillor EJ Swinglehurst - any news on her position?

Voting results on Council's website.

She won

Miss Swinglehurst, Elissa Jane, The Conservative Party Candidate. Votes 653

Ms Setterfield, Maggie, Green Party. Votes 552

16 minutes ago, megilleland said:

Cabinet members ousted so far

Councillor H Bramer OUT
Councillor BA Durkin
Councillor DG Harlow
Councillor JG Lester IN
Councillor PD Price OUT
Councillor P Rone
Councillor NE Shaw
Councillor EJ Swinglehurst

Cabinet support
Councillor AW Johnson IN
Councillor RJ Phillips IN

I think that should be EX cabinet members!

32 minutes ago, Denise Lloyd said:

Well will you just look at that

 

Breaking news: Harry Bramer and Brian Wilcox both lose seats.

Happy days!

Unlike every other Council in the Country, Herefordshire are content not to bother start counting votes until 9am this morning;

Due to the number of contested district and parish elections we will be counting everything on Friday 3 May 2019 from 9am until finished. We will begin with counting the votes for the district elections in the morning, and follow with the parishes towards the afternoon.

Due to the number ... same as the last time and the time before that, surely?

Nothing short of blatant electioneering about a non-issue. Some very questionable stories running in the HT over the last couple of days, all arguably trying to promote or discredit certain candidates.

I do find it disingenuous that candidates ask for your vote but will not tell you where they live - this seems to be a recent trend and seems to be predominantly Con and UKIP candidates. (address in Herefordshire) or (address in Forest of Dean) is not good enough. 

In Central Ward, no one has knocked on my door yet, but I've had several well written flyers from the Greens, who seemed to have started ages ago, one from the Con which reads as expected, several from the Lib Dems, which are appallingly written, vague in the extreme and promising a bypass to solve everything and nothing from the so called 'Independent' proposed by Kenyon. I have to say that IOC have produced a very well written and comprehensive manifesto. I don't agree with all of it, but they are at least making the effort. The Con one, by contrast, is 6/7 pages of bluster and sound bites, no real plan as such, but oh so much promised.

The same one that gave a false name and address and drove off after a crash in 2007, but later thought better of it. For failing to stop after an accident, Greenow was given a £300 fine and eight penalty points were put on his driving licence. For driving without due care and attention he was fined £200 and his licence was endorsed. Prosecution costs and a victim surcharge took the total Greenow must pay to £575. The local Con Ass said they fully supported him.

The same one who obtained planning permission for a new house in the open countryside, contrary to policy and contrary to officer recommendation, signed off by the planning committee's conservative chairman's casting vote.

It's just an independent way of behaving isn't it?!

What was his defence of the Blueschool Street overspend fiasco or did he hide behind some spurious excuse?

Looking at the approved Site Layout, although 'The Hub' building is shown, with its own parking and landscaping, it is specifically excluded from the application by virtue of the red line around it. This is confusing, because the supporting design and access statement says 'As we are proposing the design of the Hub on the piece of land at the junction of The Oval and Broxash Drive, the bus stop (shelter) directly of the Oval will be relocated next to the Public Open Space in front of Plot 153.'

The Hub may be an intention, but it has no planning permission at this stage. A cynic might say it was put into the mix at the community consultation stage as a sweetener, and no one in charge (councillor, looking at you) has really followed through on the delivery. It's on my list to cycle the area to see if the approved cycling provision has been delivered. Why it's down the general public to do the job of highly paid council officials and indeed ward councillors is a question to ask any prospective councillors who may knock on your door.

Their Ernest Jones brand is round the corner selling the higher end/more profitable stuff anyway. Their assistants have to sell/upsell £xxx worth of goods per day or they get disciplined.

Phil Edwards isn't standing for re-election and so is unlikely to have much interest. 

Where is the ward councillor? He should be all over this and working on your behalf to see the whole scheme is delivered, not just the bits that make money for the developer. I'm not familiar with the scheme in detail, but if its part of the planning permission then it must be provided. Planning won't get involved unless people complain and then they are duty bound to investigate. There may be timing proviso's laid down in the planning permission you can refer to. Sadly, you have to make a nuisance of yourself to get what has been promised, but on May 3rd I would be banging  on the new councillor's door demanding support and action.

Well yes, but this 'official' explanation says otherwise - unaligned Independents should be playing nicely with Herefordshire Independents. Guess Kenyon plays by his own rules. They've all had long enough to sort this out - IOC lost seats at the last election  because they weren't organised in time and they've all had another 4 years to get their stories consistent. Poor proof reading as well (govemance - is that a love-in with the Gove?).

It's the local Lib Dem way of campaigning - slagging off, or worse, the opposition. I recall the Lib Dems disgraceful personal campaign against Mark Hubbard when he opposed them (and won) in Central Ward. A flyer from the current Central Ward's Lib Dem candidate cannot even correctly place Bartonsham and Portfields on a map.

9 hours ago, Tom Smith said:

Kath is standing at City in Tupsley.

Reason for not standing at County in Tupsley is to help the Herefordshire Alliance as many Tories out as possible.

She's definitely standing for College as their ward councillor - the statements are linked further up the thread. She's standing against a UKIP and a Con.

There isn't a City ward. There is a Central ward - Jeremy Miln is standing for Greens, against an Independent (proposed by Kenyon), which sort of contradicts the much touted 'cross party co-operation'. 

15 hours ago, Denise Lloyd said:

This from Jim Kenyon

Jim Kenyon for Hereford & Herefordshire South

8 hrs · 

Kath has worked with me in the Tupsley ward for the last 4 years she is hard working intelligent and trustworthy, she is standing in the College ward for the county council please if you live in the area Vote for her if you don’t tell a friend who does if you need another reason to vote for her when she wins she will knock out an absolute idiot of a Tory who is quite possibly the most self serving prat I have ever met “and I’ve known a few”

A Freemason as well. Kath stands a good chance of knocking him off his perch, and I really hope she does, it won't be a moment too soon. 

Cllr Anthony Powers (former leader of IOC, Greyfriars Ward) seems to be standing down. IOC are not fielding a candidate for this ward.