Councillors

The BNP are denying any involvement with the EDL, yet at least 2 BNP councillors from Stoke-on-Trent City Council were present at the EDL rally in Hanley on 23 January On his personal blog, Councillor Mike Barnes writes, [quote]The BNP apparently are denying any involvement or attendance of the English Defence League Rally in Stoke-on-Trent on January 23 2010. Well take a close look at this picture I took and posted on my twitter as it happened.

VIDEO INTERVIEW The Head of the Press and Communications Department at Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Dan Barton was heavily criticised by the Chair of the Transformation & Resources Committee Roger Ibbs, for his no show at a meeting to scrutinise his departmental strategy and 3year plan. Head of Member Services Elaine Bates along with Terry Follows the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Communications did their best to answer members questions and grievances but both looked grossly under

Yesterday’s Full Council Meeting started of in a very positive fashion, unfortunately that didn’t last long. The Lord Mayor presented the Director of Adult Social Care, Health & Communities, Tony Oakman & members of his staff two awards in recognition of the excellent standards of care delivered by the department. Members Questions

How do we measure how good a councillor is? What I think is good may not be what you think is good. I have never had to ask my councillor to help me with anything (although he can expect a call about the broken drains shortly) so I can't use this as a gauge. It is very easy to say 'all the councillors are rubbish because [insert reason]', pretty much everyone who comes on this site has an opinion.