tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post112628113562975674..comments2023-10-10T11:50:55.402+00:00Comments on Marcus Wood: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-1130340780005670152005-10-26T15:33:00.000+00:002005-10-26T15:33:00.000+00:00Dear EricThanks for your comment. To be fair you a...Dear Eric<BR/>Thanks for your comment. To be fair you are right that we were in charge when the Audit Commission reported us as 'poor' but they began the inspection in 2001, barely 16 months after we had taken office. <BR/><BR/>The report also said that the failures in the council were systematic and went back 'many years' -even the Lib dems acknowledged that the criticisms included their term in office.<BR/><BR/>You may believe that Torbay council is one of the most improved councils in the country but the people who count - Torbay residents- overwhelmingly don't agree. They say that while the council has spent time keeping the bureaucrats from Whitehall happy our streets have got dirtier, our services have got worse and our taxes have gone up.<BR/><BR/>The Audit Commission is a puppet for John prescott and to please them this council have spent millions adopting 'politically correct'policies that most ordinary people think are a waste of time and effort, such as the obsession with 'public safety' that meant hundreds of gravestones being propped up; the unwanted fencing on Paignton Green and the removal of the cross at the Crematorium.<BR/><BR/>A more wised up group of councillors would have listened to voters, not the Audit Commission.Marcus Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540289778100132614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-1130332396806651392005-10-26T13:13:00.000+00:002005-10-26T13:13:00.000+00:00Yes and Eileen Salloway's administration was rated...Yes and Eileen Salloway's administration was rated 'poor' by the Audit Commission. Have you forgotten how bad then were ?<BR/><BR/>Of course, you fail to mention the current situation that has Torbay under the LDs as one of the most improved council's in the country - despite the [rightly] terrible PR re councillor allowances, Torbay Crem, toilets closure, Upton St. James School issueset al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-1126349098262381072005-09-10T10:44:00.000+00:002005-09-10T10:44:00.000+00:00I think your last comment "Tory and lib dems over ...I think your last comment "Tory and lib dems over the past 16 years have put Torbay where it is now " is unfair. The Lib Dems have had control for all but three of those years, you can't really blame the Tories - they at least tried to turn things round but didn't have long enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-1126302060546748382005-09-09T21:41:00.000+00:002005-09-09T21:41:00.000+00:00We just need an independant who is party politics ...We just need an independant who is party politics free. Tory and lib dems over the past 16 years have put Torbay where it is now - it's as simple as that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6385595.post-1126282626456416712005-09-09T16:17:00.000+00:002005-09-09T16:17:00.000+00:00The August Annual SchmoozfestI just got back from ...The August Annual Schmoozfest<BR/>I just got back from the August Annual. The August Annual is August Capital's schmoozefest and while it is not actually in August, it is indeed annual.<BR/>Hey, you have a great blog here! I'm definitely going to bookmark you!<BR/><BR/>I have a <A HREF="http://CollectiblesSport.com" REL="nofollow">sports memorabilia</A> site. It pretty much covers sports memorabilia related stuff.<BR/><BR/>Come and check it out if you get time :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com