Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Cornish Lib/Dem councillors in council tax arrears shame!

I just caught this report by the local Beeb news team on the number of local councillors who are in arrears on their own council tax.

Which set me thinking along two different lines.

Firstly, if this is happening in Cornwall, how many of your own local councillors are in arrears on their own council tax?
Whilst the law allows councillors to be up to two months in arrears and yet still be able to vote on budgetary matters. Surely this should be changed to zero, after all there are no ifs, nor buts if you're on the other side.

Secondly, is it purely coincidence that all the Cornish councillors are Lib/Dems?
Taking their lead from Christopher Murray Paul-Huhne, their speeding points dodging Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, who obviously thinks the law is for the poor plebs and not Lib/Dems.

So how about a FoI request about your local councillors?
I will be doing it as soon as I get back oop north!

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