Helen Briggs (left) Tory Leader Cllr Roger Begy (right)
Just over five years ago Rutland received a new chief executive Helen Briggs during her Tory reign she has
destroyed any freedom of speech in here in Rutland.
Many local critics have moved away or have been silenced by her army of Tory bullies.
A Langham Blogger who made comments about the planning issues of Rutland and the serious issue of blocked drains in his village was silenced. It is not clear if her army manipulated the local police in this case
as is my case and admitted by a detective sgt. yesterday. Although it is proper to mention that he did not mention the name of the person responsible for that manipulation. Maybe all will be revealed in court.
Sgt Shellard and others have described it as mismanagement. I describe it as council and police corruption.
Future Blogging by Roy Clarke
http://roys-blog-moments-in-time.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/future-blogging.html
Many of those who have spoke out at public meetings have moved out of the county.
Some according to a Rutland County Councillor still suffer abuse from the council when
they move hundreds of miles away.
I am told the BBC is currently producing an 'Inside Out' documentary about our fab Tory Council. I wonder if they will interview any of those victims. The BBC is very good at exposing this sort of issue but sadly we have no decent local press to ever follow up their good work. I think of the past exposure of Melton Estates and more recently the Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Rutland Air Ambulance.
People are very aware how rotten are local councils are, they fear taking it on, most councillor are have no mandate from the electorate, standing and becoming elected unopposed. This is true of all eight Oakham Town Councillors. at least one of the vacant seat has been available since 2010. It would be nice to see the
transformation that has happened in Uppingham repeat itself her in Oakham and the County.
The Town Council is content it "does little well" at a very high cost to the tax payer. Uppingham now appear to work for the community after school clubs a perfect example. Instead of wasting tax payers money on Army parades Oakham and giving the costly freedom to a regiment that has been in Rutland about the same time as our Chief Executive and is on the day the government announced the regiment is on the move again.
You do of course see the odd tweet or letter in the paper but these are often silenced by the menacing telephone calls and when that does not achieve the desired outcome they call you a paedophile "manipulate" the local police.
wendy moody
There is enough evidence to prove that things turned very nasty throughout the county when Mrs Briggs arrived.
A local man who has disagreements with her since then has sadly been pushed to the brink where he now publishes death threats and other crude comments out of pure frustration. This man has a far higher education
standard than Helen Briggs and her army. It's all very sad. I don't endorse any threats of harm. I question why the people of Rutland and Oakham have permitted our councils to spiral out of control.
Let us not forget Helen Briggs description of her council “we are lean and mean”. her quote from a national
newspaper sums it up.
Is this Helen Briggs New Car?
Concluding today's post I would like to thank Mrs Briggs for recognising that our councillors find it difficult
to answers or respond to any public correspondence. I assume they might be a bit thick?
She has ordered I don't email any councillor due to the complex nature of my questions and emails.
She orders I use the single point of contact address, the same one she demands the Anti Corruption Councillors are asked to use.
Of course it's not that complex to realise her request is unlawful. Any member of the public has the right to
communicate with Councillors. without the interference of the unelected Chief Executive and her staff.
Any Councillor can chose to ignore residents, this of course could effect there support at the next election.
It is unlawful for an MP to ignore a constituents written correspondence.
