Rutland County Council, Volte Face, Providing the UKIP Cllrs are Good Boys
What a turn around, reading today's Rutland Times I am pleased to see the Council is backing down and
may cease it profligate legal action against the UKIP three.
Is it possible RCC after paying the "Jobbing Provincial Lawyer" as he described himself at the meeting of the 10th January 2013, after paying him £43,000 Have they spent even more for further advice only to be told the obvious? The UKIP Councillors may or may not be guilty of defaming the local authority but reading their statement I can not see any mention of any named individual. I suspect no barrister with or with out their reading glasses could see a case either!
Meanwhile the paper is full of letters from irate residents, due to the councils continuing poor conduct and extravagant wasting of public money on this none case, whilst cutting essential services such as social care
by £65,000 and then setting aside at least £150,000 with the no cap! For legal action.
What a disgrace this Tory Mob is!
I can only assume the leadership is hard of thinking, when we live in a county predominately made up of retired people who may or not use those essential services. And we all know the Tory Mob rely on their votes due to the lack of interest in politics from the younger residents.
Is this out pouring of anger a sign that this Tory mob led by Begy and King are destined for the electoral dustbin in 2015? its up to you - the voter!
Councillors accused of making defamatory comments about council officers have been given time to “moderate their behaviour” before they face legal action.
Rutland County Council ######### has vowed to fight for ### reputation and that of council officers following an ongoing dispute with three UKIP councillors.
The three, Richard Gale, Dave Richardson and Nick Wainwright have refused to apologise for comments made on their website, 4 Rutland, after they disbanded their Rutland Anti Corruption Group and joined UKIP.
Lawyers say council officers have a strong case for legal action because the comments suggested they were involved in fraud and corruption, suspect planning approvals, the misuse of public money and squandering millions of pounds of grant funding.
The UKIP members were given the opportunity to apologise or produce evidence to support their claims but the council says they have not done so.
Council members have agreed to foot the bill if ####### or any council officers seek legal action.
In a statement to the council ###### said: “You have given me a clear mandate to bring proceedings for defamation in my own name.
“Before doing so I intend to allow these three councillors a short period of time to show whether they can moderate their recent behaviour, and operate as councillors would be expected to, but I shall not hesitate in commencing proceedings unless there is a marked improvement in their behaviour.
“I will continue to deal firmly but fairly with these councillors, as I would with any other, and I hope that I can rely on your support to allow me to concentrate my efforts on pursuing the best interests of this council and the residents of Rutland.”
Residents have been assured that the legal dispute will not impact on the services they receive.
###### said: “The council has clear priorities and a challenging agenda to deliver.
“Significant work has taken place on key projects despite this distraction and I am committed to ensuring that the staff team are working hard to build on this work.
“I will not allow these three councillors, or anyone else for that matter, to continue to disrupt the effective operation of this council and me as its #########.”
The UKIP councillors are in talks with solicitors over building a case against the council for harassment. They say their comments were not defamatory.
What a turn around, reading today's Rutland Times I am pleased to see the Council is backing down and
may cease it profligate legal action against the UKIP three.
Is it possible RCC after paying the "Jobbing Provincial Lawyer" as he described himself at the meeting of the 10th January 2013, after paying him £43,000 Have they spent even more for further advice only to be told the obvious? The UKIP Councillors may or may not be guilty of defaming the local authority but reading their statement I can not see any mention of any named individual. I suspect no barrister with or with out their reading glasses could see a case either!
Meanwhile the paper is full of letters from irate residents, due to the councils continuing poor conduct and extravagant wasting of public money on this none case, whilst cutting essential services such as social care
by £65,000 and then setting aside at least £150,000 with the no cap! For legal action.
What a disgrace this Tory Mob is!
I can only assume the leadership is hard of thinking, when we live in a county predominately made up of retired people who may or not use those essential services. And we all know the Tory Mob rely on their votes due to the lack of interest in politics from the younger residents.
Is this out pouring of anger a sign that this Tory mob led by Begy and King are destined for the electoral dustbin in 2015? its up to you - the voter!
Councillors accused of making defamatory comments about council officers have been given time to “moderate their behaviour” before they face legal action.
Rutland County Council ######### has vowed to fight for ### reputation and that of council officers following an ongoing dispute with three UKIP councillors.
The three, Richard Gale, Dave Richardson and Nick Wainwright have refused to apologise for comments made on their website, 4 Rutland, after they disbanded their Rutland Anti Corruption Group and joined UKIP.
Lawyers say council officers have a strong case for legal action because the comments suggested they were involved in fraud and corruption, suspect planning approvals, the misuse of public money and squandering millions of pounds of grant funding.
The UKIP members were given the opportunity to apologise or produce evidence to support their claims but the council says they have not done so.
Council members have agreed to foot the bill if ####### or any council officers seek legal action.
In a statement to the council ###### said: “You have given me a clear mandate to bring proceedings for defamation in my own name.
“Before doing so I intend to allow these three councillors a short period of time to show whether they can moderate their recent behaviour, and operate as councillors would be expected to, but I shall not hesitate in commencing proceedings unless there is a marked improvement in their behaviour.
“I will continue to deal firmly but fairly with these councillors, as I would with any other, and I hope that I can rely on your support to allow me to concentrate my efforts on pursuing the best interests of this council and the residents of Rutland.”
Residents have been assured that the legal dispute will not impact on the services they receive.
###### said: “The council has clear priorities and a challenging agenda to deliver.
“Significant work has taken place on key projects despite this distraction and I am committed to ensuring that the staff team are working hard to build on this work.
“I will not allow these three councillors, or anyone else for that matter, to continue to disrupt the effective operation of this council and me as its #########.”
The UKIP councillors are in talks with solicitors over building a case against the council for harassment. They say their comments were not defamatory.
