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Written by johnfranklyn   
Monday, 03 November 2008

The Telford housing Summit is rapidly approaching and I must take the opportunity to thank MP David Wright, Cllr Richard Overton and their colleagues for the hard work they have put into arranging this.
 
Many agencies and residents will be coming together to work on this vital topic, whilst we will attend pre meetings and the Housing Summit, it is only fair to acknowledge the sterling efforts and hard work put into arranging it and I offer my most sincere thanks for this work.
 
We have to be honest and say there will be NO quick fix, not only because of the current financial climate, but also because of many wide ranging and far reaching issues.
 
I feel we need to be aware, that is not about now, tomorrow or even next year, it is about addressing the needs of future generations, our children, grand children and beyond.
 
This is a unique opportunity, not often afforded to a bog standard resident, but I intend to grab it with both hands whilst being polite, professional and given the chance to represent the resident. I am extremely keen to hear your views, ideas, concerns so that I can ensure they are put forward and addressed. It will be my privilege to do so.
 
I also feel this Housing Summit presents another unique opportunity and it must be grabbed with both hands, this unique opportunity is to raise the profile further for Sutton Hill and similar areas.
 
MP Iain Wright, MP Caroline Flint have previously declined my invitation to visit Sutton Hill, but I now firmly believe this Housing Summit presents an opportunity to raise their profile and set the scene in a visual manner of the Housing Summit.
 
As this issue is a long game, I never replied to my letter from MP Iain Wright dated 12th March 2008, but chose to wait for the right opportunity, I believe that opportunity now presents itself and have now grasped the opportunity sending the following email, my formal reply and sending another invitation to one of the few people that are ideally placed to actually do something.
 
My email is as follows:-   
 
 
Dear Mr Ian Wright,
 
I am contacting yourself with regards the Telford Housing Summit and feel it is vital that MP David Wright and his office must be congratulated for the hard work they have put into this.
 
As you know, outside agencies will only see the final outcome but not the hours of work in the run up to it, naturally I am keen to ensure they receive the clearly deserved praise for their sterling efforts.
 
I would like to address your letter to myself of 12th March 2008
 
Ref:- P1/WR/006945/08
 
In which you say
 
“Unfortunately existing commitments and the pressure of parliamentary business makes it impossible for either of us to accept your invitation to visit Sutton Hill at this time”
 
You go on to say that
 
“£2 million to replace the centre of Sutton Hill”
 
I would now like to point out that these funds were initially directed to another area, that until 2007 was a Labour stronghold and is now a Conservative area.
 
As it is, Sutton Hill was traditionally a Labour stronghold and the Conservatives are now holding a vital seat in this ward.
 
This clearly indicates a swing away from Labour to the Conservatives and could see a considerable reduction in MP David Wrights Majority at the next general elections.
 
This view has been further supported by the visit made by MP David Cameron, PPC Tom Biggins and the Council to which you refer who are a Conservative Majority.
 
Whilst I believe this visit was nothing short of a photo opportunity for the Conservatives, it has to be said that the residents of this key area will see that it is Conservative members making all the right noises and moves at the right time, whilst Labour appear, again, to be leaving them to their own devices.
 
The reality is, MP David Cameron and his party are not in a real position to do anything of substance and not in the position to affect real change.
 
However, you are.
 
As you and or your colleagues have confirmed attendance to the Telford Housing Summit I would now like to resubmit my invitation to you to view the Sutton Hill estate.
 
As you know a video of the estate was placed on You Tube and you and your colleagues, including Mr.Brown received a copy. I would suggest you view that prior to your attendance.
 
Ok, it would extend your visit by up to an hour, but aren’t the people of Telford and Sutton Hill now worthy of your time.
 
My invitation, ie, this email will be placed into the public forum to display that a resident is maintaining the support previously offered to members of another community and I hope that you now accept my invitation.
 
Kind Regards
John Franklyn
83 Queens Road, Donnington, Telford, TF2 8BZ, 01952 676990, 07856 572936.     
 
 
 
Telford town Park - THE TRUTH
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Written by Steve Wilson   
Thursday, 30 October 2008

 

Councillor Keith Austin has called upon Council Leader Andrew Eade to finally come clean about the fiasco over Telford Town Park.
 
As Residents, we must agree with him and again Telford Council Watch calls upon Council leader Councillor Andrew Eade to finally deliver on his promise to deliver the open and honest Council he constantly refers to.
 
This promise formed an integral part of the Conservative Campaign in 2007 which saw them take over the administration from the Labour Party, since then, we regret that we have seen nothing more than a bunch of failed promises from the Conservative Leader.
 
The Telford Journal ran the Story headed
 
“FURORE OVER COUNCILLOR”
 
The article on the front page covers the issue of Councillor Allen being responsible for the policy of checking “Lone Adults” in the Town Park, despite Senior Officer Ron Odunaiya saying on BBC Radio
 
“This Policy had been in force for 9 years”
 
And
 
“In that time 9 million people had used the Town Park with only 5 people being approached”
 
The article goes onto say
 
A spokesman for Telford & Wrekin Council denied the allegations.
 
“There is no investigation of any specific individual around the Town Park Issue”
 
Concerns were also expressed about a sum of £50,000 being pledged to South Telford Rights of Way and earlier articles in the Shropshire Star said that information had been leaked to Parish Councillors John & Pat Smart.
 
In a post on the TCW Forum in the Park area, John Franklyn accurately predicted the outcome of this investigation saying that Councillor Allen would be placed on the back benches and the Conservative Group would retain its political majority.
 
This evening in the absence of John Franklyn, Telford Council Watch representatives were passed a series of printed emails
 
One email dated 20th October 2008 says
 
“I need your help as I believe I am being "Set up" by Wellings. It is to do with the "penquins in the park" incident. I was interviewed on BBC Radio Shropshire on 9th-10th September.”
 
And goes to say
 
“I am to give evidence to an internal inquiry (I requested an external, unbiased one but this was denied).”
 
This clearly displays that an investigation was actually on going.
 
Emails continue to talk about a CD Rom that had been given to Councillor Allen that should’ve contained various information. The CD Rom had been wrongly formatted by Jenny Mcgreger of the Public Relations Department. Councillor Denis Allen initially requested a transcript of the BBC Radio but was informed it would be too difficult to have one but one had been issued to a person referred to as Steve Jenkins. When Jenny Mcgregor was tackled about the wrongly formatted disk, she agreed to issue a typed Transcript.
 
A further email issued by Jenny Marriott goes onto say
 
From: Marriott, Jenny
Sent: 23 October 2008 09:14
To: Costello, Mary; Allen, Denis, Cllr; Clarke, Ken
Subject: Town Park Policy Review
When: 31 October 2008 10:00-11:30 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London.
Where: Ken's office
Dear Denis,
Please find attached the terms of reference for the above review.
<< File: Town Park Internal Review TOR final.doc >>
This meeting is to discuss your role.
If you have any questions about the meeting please do not hesitate to contact me or Mary Costello.
Jenny
 
Councillor Denis Allen replied to this email sending a CC to Mary Costello and Ken Clarke
 
 
Dear Jenny, I note your last sentence with interest as you have not answered the two questions I put to you in my response to your last e-mail. You will recall that I was concerned at the invidious position you have been placed in and about your suitability (knowledge and training) for the task. On 15th September the Cabinet agreed that the inquiry had to be an external one to ensure objectivity as the Senior Employee and a Director are directly involved in condoning the actions in the Park and the Press releases and letters issued. It was only on 3rd October that I was informed that this decision had been overturned by persons and for reasons unknown. I do not understand the Leader's impuissance in this matter for, using Aristotle's philosophy I can only deduce, that the change is in order to avoid objectivity and introduce subjectivity to enable the involvement of the Senior Employee and the Director to be played down. Please have the good manners to answer me this "If paid staff of the Borough Council ignore questions put to them by democratically elected Councillors; why should a Cabinet Member bother to turn up to answer questions put by the same paid staff?" If you would like to make this "Town Park Internal Review" a little less of a charade, you could borrow a "Police & Criminal Evidence Act" tape machine from Trading Standards so that we could both have a tape of what is actually said. If you do not do this then I am afraid that, as previous experience has taught me that few Telford & Wrekin Officers are to be trusted, I shall not attend this farcical event.
 
Clearly, there is a lot more to this issue that the residents of Telford & Wrekin are not be told about and we must now demand the open and honest council we were promised.
 
A great number of people have been involved in the Telford Town Park fiasco and many people believe that Councillor Denis Allen has been used as a scapegoat with others being conveniently let off the hook.
 
Questions
 
As Director of Community Services why has Ron Odunaiya been let off the hook as he clearly played a vital role in this?
 
Council Leader Andrew Eade has constantly backed Councillor Allen over the Town Park issues dating back to 2007 and the debacle over the consultation which saw residents having to go through the FOI procedure to get a set of minutes to a meeting they had attended. So why has Councillor Eade been prepared to sacrifice his colleague Councillor Allen?
 
Why has Telford & Wrekin Council got no CRB or List99 check information on the 25 organisations it allows to use the Town Park?
 
Will Councillor Andrew Eade finally issue the apology to the Wrekin Stop War group who Telford and Wrekin council treated so badly?
 
Telford and Wrekin Council Watch now formerly call upon Council Leader Andrew Eade to come into the open and give residents a full and frank explanation of the genuine concerns surrounding Telford Town Park and once and for all deliver the open and honest Council he has promised.
 
John Franklyn has arranged a petition via the No.10 web site calling for this and we now urge all to sign it in our call for an open and honest Council.
 
The Petition can be signed at the following link.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
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Written by johnfranklyn   
Friday, 24 October 2008

     There has never been a more important time for the Residents of Telford and Wrekin to be given their voice at full council, planning meetings and Cabinet Meetings.
 
The Past 18 months has seen a change in administration with Council Leader Andrew Eade having promised us a voice at full council, which to date is a promise he has failed to maintain.
 
Telford Council Watch has actively campaigned on a wide variety of issues for, with and on behalf of residents throughout the Borough.
 
Over recent months, we have seen
 
Proposals for an incinerator in which residents have seen ineffective consultation from SITA.
 
Assets being sold off during the named “EadeBay Sales” that saw businesses loose their premises.
 
We have seen The Wrekin Housing Trust sell off Social Housing
 
We have seen Homelessness Increase
 
We have seen charges introduced for bulk waste collections
 
We have seen cost for carers increased
 
We have seen cost of meals on wheels increased
 
We have seen the Borough towns Initiative jeopardised
 
Whilst the administration are busy flogging off assets and placing a financial burden on the poorest in our communities, they voted to give themselves an increase in allowances.
 
Councillor Andrew Eade, you made a promise, now is time to deliver on that promise.
 
If you, your family, group, work place and colleagues want to have your voice heard, now is the time to sign the petition, work together to get our voice heard and have a say on what happens in our communities.
 
SIGN THE PETITION BELOW
 
     Your petition has been approved by the Number 10 web team, and
      is now available on the Number 10 website at the following
      address:
 
 
      Your petition reads:
 
      We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to A Residents
      Voice In Telford and Wrekin Council
 
      'Accountability To The Resident by Telford and Wrekin Council'
 
      Telford Council Watch calls upon the Administration of
      Telfordand Wrekin Council to deliver upon its pre-election
      promises and deliver an open and honest Council.
 
      Telford and Wrekin Council Watch are Petitioning to gain greater
      involvement via a Residents Panel allowed to speak at Full
      Council, Planning Meetings and Cabinet with regards any
      decision that affects the residents of the Borough.
 
      The Council Leader promised to give the residents a Voice and
      we now petition for this promise to be delivered.
 
      We, the resident want the administration to work hand in glove
      with residents, give residents a greater voice and deliver its
      promise via a Residents Panel that can debate and put foward a
      community voice.
 
 
 
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