Obtiser letters

Robert Finnigan replies:

Actions speak for themselves (Journalist headline)

YOU have recently printed letters from BNP councillor Chris Beverley and former Independent councillor Stewart McArdle criticising the Morley Borough Independents. Both claim to avoid publicity yet are quick to use the newspapers to further their own self-promotion – thereby using the same process they condemn others for using.
The Morley Borough Independents will continue to work hard to deliver on the programme that got them elected and will not be detracted from this work by those who chose to bicker in the newspapers.

Finally, contrary to BNP Coun Beverley’s report last week, the ‘A’ Frame on Millbeck Approach is being partially financed by Morley Borough Independent Coun Terry Grayshon. We believe that in such cases actions speak much louder than words.

COUN ROBERT FINNIGAN

MORLEY BOROUGH INDEPENDENT

I think it succeeds in making Chris Beverley look stupid. It doesn’t actually challenge any of Stewart’s points though…

Obtiser letters

The Morley Obtiser was supposedly putting up some election pages online but they don’t seem to be there yet.

However, I notice there are a number of letters online, some (but not all) of which I’ve previously put up at Morleygate.

Here are a few others connected to the Town Council and politics in general. letter, letter, letter, letter, letter, letter, letter, opinion

Another Wednesday, more letters…

Three pertinent letters this week.

The first is from an observer at the March Town Council meeting. The title was the width of the Postbag.


I don’t know who he is but I am pleased that my thoughts on what observers might have thought of us are on the mark as far as he is concerned.

The second is from Amy Teale, leader of the Labour Group.


To save you looking it up, here are two definitions of petulant

pet·u·lant (pĕch’ə-lənt) pronunciation
adj.

1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.

[Latin petulāns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail.]
petulance pet’u·lance or pet’u·lan·cy n.
petulantly pet’u·lant·ly adv.

I have to say that Amy’s letter betrays a huge level of ignorance of debating matters. When proposing an amendment,it is not permitted to actually discuss the motion first as the amendment will be refused by the Chairman in those circumstances. (You can’t speak for or against a motion and then subsequently amend it- it would give you two bites of the cherry.) My proposition was democratically rejected but there was no effort to explore it first. At that point, the amendment having been lost, I was then entitled to speak on the original motion and would have done so had I not lost the opportunity to do so shortly afterwards. (I was happy to let a couple of others speak first (keeping your powder dry!) and that was my downfall
Her points about Derek Bradley being wrong in blaming just the Labour party have merit, but she spoils it with a personal attack about having “lost the plot”.

having the opportunity to raise concerns in the proper place (the Chamber) is exactly the point I am making and has obviously sailed straight over her head.

her suggesting that I would rather remain silent in the Chamber and then go to the press is at best disingenious- did she not hear me stress that I wished to speak at the meeting?

As for blatant electioneering, it seems somewhat of a ridiculous comment seeing as how I’m not standing again! I have no idea what Derek Bradley’s intentions are though.

Amy, I’m waving goodbye to you from the window of the Cluetrain that you missed…

Finally, one fromDerek Bradley.

I’m a bit puzzled by this and wonder if he has got confused.One Motion on whether to give funding to a charity was indeed deferred after I picked several holes in the proposal. However, the Morley Together Motion was accepted by a majority- but at breakneck speed and with abuse of procedure-it must be that he blinked and missed it!

The other supportive letter

Letter of support

This is the letter from Derek Bradley. It is in two halves because it spanned two columns on the letters page.

Whilst he is correct that Labour did leap on the perceived Racist comment, the move to the vote was proposed by Tom leadley, Independent Councillor and the Independent Group Whip (i.e. chief cat herder!)