Rutland Radios, Rob Persani, Supports Oakham Christmas Tree Campaign, "Mangled out the back of a Ford Fiesta"
Over 500 residents are using Facebook to highlight the poor costly decorations each year provided by
Oakham Town Council.
Rob Persani Rutland Radio's best and oldest presenter has given his support to the campaign to get the tree sorted. On his breakfast show this morning he described the tree as looking as if it had been mangled out of the back of a Ford Fiesta.
Well done to Rob and the others who are speaking out.
For far too many years, I have sat in at Town Council meetings a listened to them patting each other on the back, fooling themselves into believing they had done a good job. During the time I have lived here in Oakham they have spent over £100,000 attempting to decorate our town. They refuse to listen to the justified criticism.
The town Clerk Richard White often saying "we don't do much but what we do, we do well"
Cllr Adam Lowe said "I am aware of the page"
Last year Cllr Lowe was Mayor and his big pledge was to improve the decorations.
He succeeded in arranging a decent tree. This was helped after Lite Ltd incorrectly decorated the
tree with blue lights, leaving those on the tree they added the white lights.
Cllr Alan Walter also said he has seen the Facebook page, and suggested there is likely to be a period of washing up at some point.
Oakham's Deputy Mayor Cllr Alf Dewis, said There are a lot of strange people on-line and I should know, when I attempted to point out to him people comment about the council lack of professionalism.
Rob said the tree is a gift from the Rotary, it is not wholly a gift from them anymore the tax payer pays £200 to the Rotary and has done for three years to provide a decent tree.
The Rotary used to receive a personal donation for the tree from one former member, this was withdrawn three years ago.
The Charity Commission rules forbid the Rotary from using their charitable received donations in this way, so they now rely on an undisclosed sum collected from members to provide a tree along with the £200 from the Town Council.
https://www.facebook.com/endoakhamschristmaseyesore
Over 500 residents are using Facebook to highlight the poor costly decorations each year provided by
Oakham Town Council.
Rob Persani Rutland Radio's best and oldest presenter has given his support to the campaign to get the tree sorted. On his breakfast show this morning he described the tree as looking as if it had been mangled out of the back of a Ford Fiesta.
Well done to Rob and the others who are speaking out.
For far too many years, I have sat in at Town Council meetings a listened to them patting each other on the back, fooling themselves into believing they had done a good job. During the time I have lived here in Oakham they have spent over £100,000 attempting to decorate our town. They refuse to listen to the justified criticism.
The town Clerk Richard White often saying "we don't do much but what we do, we do well"
Cllr Adam Lowe said "I am aware of the page"
Last year Cllr Lowe was Mayor and his big pledge was to improve the decorations.
He succeeded in arranging a decent tree. This was helped after Lite Ltd incorrectly decorated the
tree with blue lights, leaving those on the tree they added the white lights.
Cllr Alan Walter also said he has seen the Facebook page, and suggested there is likely to be a period of washing up at some point.
Oakham's Deputy Mayor Cllr Alf Dewis, said There are a lot of strange people on-line and I should know, when I attempted to point out to him people comment about the council lack of professionalism.
Rob said the tree is a gift from the Rotary, it is not wholly a gift from them anymore the tax payer pays £200 to the Rotary and has done for three years to provide a decent tree.
The Rotary used to receive a personal donation for the tree from one former member, this was withdrawn three years ago.
The Charity Commission rules forbid the Rotary from using their charitable received donations in this way, so they now rely on an undisclosed sum collected from members to provide a tree along with the £200 from the Town Council.
https://www.facebook.com/endoakhamschristmaseyesore
