Oakham Town Mayor Councillor Sharon Spencer should Resign Now.

Speaking to a person who works for the local press this weekend, I was told the current Mayor is the worse Mayor Oakham town council has ever had, that is quite a statement when you consider the behaviour of the previous one.
I won't go into details but I can assure you this person has been following events of her year very carefully.

I myself am not a big fan of etiquette but then if you are the Mayor I guess you have to go along with it.  Basic manners are important.

My personal view of Mrs Spencer is she is a bully supported by bullies, she blames me for the stress this has caused her. As far as I am concerned if your going to be a bully and support bullies like Cllr Dewis, Lucas, Dodds and Haworth then you deserve stress.

She rather foolishly thought she had full control of the Rutland Times when she told them she was stepping down in May.
"I was not expecting them to publish" she said!

She needs to go now, she admits she is exhausted. If she had concentrated more on council business instead of bullying she would not be stressed. She needs to step down now and take the offer bullies with her.

She has no shame, when she laughs at a family who complained about anti social behaviour caused by the youth at Royce Recreation ground.

I can not begin to imagine the anguish this family suffered, having to sell their new home and moving into a rented home in Langham. Because the Council did not assist and then to find they just laughed at your correspondence and publicly stating they should not have bought a house next to a park.

Shameful Oakham Town Council

From

Martin Brookes

At the time this matter was reported to Rutland County Council Standards no action was taken.

Leader of Oakham Town Council planning to Scrap Planning Meetings

The leader of Oakham Town Council and Oakham Mayor Councillor Sharon Spencer in a private pre Town Council meeting proposed scrapping planning meetings and suggested a committee should be set up to discuss and make decisions. This should only involve member who are interested in planning matters. Although this may not be illegal, it is not transparent and suggests to me the Clerk who is unelected is looking forward to this new power, if it does happen I trust Rutland County Council will not take any notice of future recommendations from Oakham Town Council. I feel this is an attack upon local democracy and transparency or is an attempt to unseat the current chair Councillor Joyce who the public found amusing at the Tesco meetings. Councillor Spencer felt large applications like Tesco could still be held in open public meetings.

I also wonder if she realises the public are entitled to attend committee meetings.

Councillor Spencer also proposed abolishing the Parks and Recreation Meetings.

And finally Councillor Spencer proposed limiting main Council meetings to one a month, if this change is implemented this will become one very long meeting or is she proposing most of the Councils buiseness is conducted behind closed doors

Transparency and Accountability?

Oakham Mayor Cllr Sharon Spencer officially opens the Renovated Oakham Bandstand

 

 Oakham Mayor Cllr Sharon Spencer 

officially opens the 

Renovated Oakham Bandstand

Sarah Outen Opens Refurbished Royce Recreation Ground Oakham

MOD Police on Standby?

Sarah Outen opens the newly refurbished

Royce Recreation Ground.

Saturday 22nd May 2010



Sarah is known for recently rowing a long way at sea solo for charity.

She appeared on BBC breakfast at the end of her last project.

Her next project will be rowing from London to London around the world.

Royce recreation is a project the now Mayor Cllr Sharon Spencer organised.

The cost of the project was met by a government grant of £50,000

The event was attended by other Parish Councillors, Cllr Dewis. Cllr Haworth and Cllr Lucas, Alison Greaves Assistant Town Clerk and The Town Clerk was on gardening leave. This was very true he was planting a new hedge.

Also at the event was Jay he is the friendly local PCSO

The opening was organised by Alison with the help of Cllr Joyce Lucas. I was very pleased to see the bouncy slide for the young people of the ward although I was tempted to try it myself I refrained from doing so.

Cllr Lucas was organising a Town Council Official event and for some strange reason she was wearing a badge asking people not to speak to her because she was not on official duty. I guess this meant she could say what she wanted to the public without fear of being reported to standards. Cllr Joyce Lucas slipped up and tried to smear me at this event but she was put in her place as she approached unknown to her a very good friend of mine. Naughty Joyce…..

Sarah Outen Waits to Cut the Ribbon

Sarah Outen Cuts The Ribbon

Some of the Happy Young People of Our Ward

Cllr Joyce Lucas support the wombles

Cllr Charle Haworth keeps the young folk refreshed

Cllr Alf Dewis

PCSO Jay

Oakham Mayor Sharon Spencer gives Sarah Outen a push

Oakham Mayor Sharon Spencer and Sarah Outen