Martin Brookes Oakham

Cllr Adam Lowe Decided Not To Invite Cllr To Oakham Town Councils Annual Civic Event

Last week Oakham Town Council held its annual Civic Event.

It would appear the Mayor Cllr Adam Lowe decided that the Residents of Oakham
South East, who I represent did not need to be represented at this event.

After I found I had not been invited to the event I questioned the council and the Mayor
sent the following reply.

Martin Brookes Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 4:45 PM
From: "Adam Lowe"
To: "Martin Brookes"
Subject: Re: Mayors Evening
Martin

Your comments about me and my family on your blog and in e-mail over the last 9 years, indeed about others as well, coupled with your opinion and disregard you hold for the position I represent
as the Chairman of the Council, when considering who I would choose to spend an enjoyable evening
with I chose not to invite you to the event, it is as simple as that.

Regards

Adam Lowe

Once again I find my exclusion and the response unacceptable.

Cllr Lowes response is also very inaccurate and is another fine example of how
unprofessional he and the town council are.

Personally I have not known Cllr Adam Lowe for nine years
I have only been blogging for 7 years and not 9 as he states
I have never made any comment about his family.

The Councils civic event is not meant to be for the enjoyment of
the Mayor of course that would be a bonus.
The purpose is to reward and recognise those members of the community
who do charitable work for our community.

There is another council know as Rutland County Council who
it would be fair to say also don't like me but they recognise that
I am a ward Cllr and invite me to civic events in the proper manner.
Only this Saturday I am invited to a event at the castle. They have
not decided to refuse me an invitation because they don't like me
and I will be attending representing my ward residents.

I do wish Cllr Lowe and a few others members of Oakham Town
Council would grow up and stop bullying.

It appears bullying still being tolerated at Rutland County Council

I received the following message this morning:

Hi Martin, sorry to text you so early. My colleague at Rutland County Council gave me your details. Ive been asked to leave on ##### due to me addressing some bullying that was going on in the council. Both ####### and ###### have been quite nasty to me and made some comments about other staff. I addressed it with HR and as Im a ######, instead of addressing the issue Ive been asked to leave. Since Ive addressed it ###### has been really sharp with me. This is why Im messaging you, Im now without a job and have no one left to talk to, if ##### isnt doing anything who do you advise I go to? Sorry to hear you had problems there too, it really is a rotten place.

I have removed names of those involved, I know all but one person named and it does not
surprise me they appear to continue to support a environment of bullying at Rutland County
Council.

As for the person described as sharp, I was only this afternoon reading a police officers statement about that person, he described them as friend until they don't get what they want.

As for the sender of the message I was pleased to be able to point them in the right direction
for help.