HOW TO BE A HARTLEPOOL COUNCILLOR

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 ELECTION  TO  HARTLEPOOL COUNCIL ?

MY research into Council Corruption  on the Internet has  highlighted Two (2) More Very Highly Recommended & Excellent Corruption Buster Sites Both well worth a Visit?

                                 Stockport Homes - Sheila Oliver's Campaigning Website

                                                   http://www.real-whitby.co.uk/


I thought I would continue as Previously  Promised & Try  to explain & add a little background  regarding the SOLICITORS  LETTER  I  RECEIVED  FROM PETER DEVIL ?  Requested, It should be remembered by   my (3) Three  DE-BRUS Labour Party  Ward Councillors, ROB COOK, SHEILA GRIFFIN & SANDRA TEMPEST ? 

Any Sensible Person realises  as I do, that  a Councillors work  can at  times  be a thankless task, but the bottom line is  no-one  held a gun to  their heads and  physically threatened , ROB COOK, SHEILA GRIFFIN & SANDRA TEMPEST  with death unless they agreed  to stand for Council,? 

That’s is  the truth of the matter.? It is ALSO  believed that an army of  Labour supporters &  would be Politicians-banged on every single door of their constituents in the  West-View  De-Brus Ward, including ROB COOK  &  SHEILA  GRIFFIN-  Voluntarily claiming to be the
 Best- the  Most  Upright Decent & Honest Person  for the job! 

Indeed  it should be noted  that  when  ROB  COOK , knocked on my Door, 
he appeared a normal person,  totally committed  with a God given desire to help  his  fellow Men & Women, ? I invited him into my Home,  he delivered a lengthy and  informed  talk on Why I should Vote Labour-?  &  In Particular for himself- In the coming DE-BRUS ward Council Elections-
I explained my personal  disillusions  with the Local Labour Party- in particular  my inability to get Hartlepool Council to investigate  my  
Complaints & Protests,  regarding the “GRANTING” by  the Case Planning Officer Richard Trow, of the Structural Unsafe  Retrospective Planning  Application H/2009/0568?  - after a few further  questions & answers, I invited ROB COOK to Inspect & see for himself  the Cowboy Built  Carbuncle of a Kitchen Extension, originally  erected & attached  to  my  Freehold Detached Wash-House Property Without both  Council Planning Permission, or the Land Owners Consent?  

ROB COOK’S  reactions,  after his inspection of the unsafe Carbuncle of a Cowboy built kitchen extension, was one of Total   Disbelief -    how did this  Disgraceful Extension  get Retrospective Planning Permission-  “It should be Demolished, he said” I firmly believed at that time,  that if Elected ROB COOK, would try  & address my Genuine Safety  Concerns, &  I  would receive  an explanation at least,  as to  what  legal justification  had  allowed a Council Planning Officer to completely Disregard my Lawful Peaceful Protests , that the Retrospective Planning Application was Legally Flawed, in that it was Constructed on Part of my Freehold Private Land & Property & had caused substantial damage including the dangerous  Blocking  of the Gas Exhaust ducts ? 
It clearly  did not comply  with  the Statutory Building Regulations, 

Events have since proved, that I was completely Naïve & Foolish  in 
Trusting  the words  of ROB COOK the Labour Politician who was  seeking election to the local Council as the  Labour Representative of the DE-BRUS WARD  hindsight is a wonderful thing, it is quite clear to me now that  getting elected to the Town Council, was obviously, his main   ambition, ? Election to Council  at any Cost- Forget-  Honesty,- Integrity, any previously held thoughts or  obligations to his  DE-BRUS Ward Constituents -   they can be Ignored, 

My Complaints of Misconduct by Officials in Both the Legal And Planning  Departments, my Complaints of the “GRANTING” of a Retrospective Planning application, for a Cowboy  Building , which clearly did not comply to any Statutory Building Regulations - which he saw with his own eyes? have been effectively Brushed  under the Carpet- Kicked into The Long Grass ? Ignored in fact since ROB COOK’s  Election as  Labour Councillor for the DE-Brus Ward, he has  joined forces  with the other Two(2) elected Labour  Councillors, SHEILA GRIFFIN, & SANDRA TEMPEST , and  requested  the Town Solicitor  PETER DEVIL,  to send me a Letter, available on here,   which I understand  to be,  a Letter of “Disapproval”  of my written  criticism of  their total lack of  interest in my Concerns,  it is my Understanding that  any 
further  Correspondence from me to my Elected DE-BRUS  Ward Councillors “MUST” be viewed and Vetted by the Legal Department (I.e.)  Himself  first? 

I believe  this is a Blatant attempt to deflect attention away from  their  failure to investigate  my  complaints

 I didn’t vote for the Town Solicitor PETER DEVLIN to be my  DE-BRUS Ward  Councillor, but whether I like it or Not - it would appear I’ve Got him-  on reflection-  it would be impossible  for him to be  any worse or Incompetent than my present (3) Labour Ward Councillors ? 

This very unsavoury  and serious situation   now exists in the Hartlepool Borough Council, is Not a Laughing matter, for ordinary Hartlepool  people to  Dare  to Criticise  their Elected ward Councillors  all Members of the  Hartlepool Labour  Council  is often seen  like a Personal Criticism of the Queen,   
and to do so , you would,  in all probability,  be quickly  labelled  as a  trouble-maker, a Crack - Pot-   who is in urgent need of  some type of mental treatment ?  Or  threatened  with legal proceedings ?
(a Solicitors Letter from Peter Devlin,   is the flavour of the month in Hartlepool-)

It suit’s the local Hartlepool  Labour  Political rulers that way- it limits Complaints- and keeps some sort of lid on resentments- allegations of Corruption, Planning irregularities,  arrogance  and incompetence  are quickly  ignored, kicked into the long grass, or claimed they where NEVER received, ?  As my last letter to the Mayor of Hartlepool -STUART DRUMMOND  Highlights?

To quote Mandy Rice-Davies – “He would say that wouldn’t he?” 

A few Hartlepool People ,  having lately  lost  their wonderful  “University  Hospital” are now  beginning at last,  to ask questions which they are entitled to do, where is our money  going,? how Competent are the people “Running the Show”   Who is in command of the Ship ? and  will they continue to be  Deceived -Lied too- Stone-walled-  insulted,- for having the Courage to ask a question-. ? I believe the Answer is “YES” 

A healthy -honest group of Elected Councillors should not be  frightened or apprehensive  of scrutiny- yet many in Hartlepool are very reluctant,  indeed some appear to be terrified to investigate reported  allegation of misconduct  WHY ?  

The answer  my friends,  is very simple,  and anyone with an iota of common sense and  ten minutes worth of research can see that the problem is -Self Interest-what’s in it for me attitude,  that the most important  thought in the minds of the majority of our Labour Councillors 

They all appear much better off after Election- than they were before? 
Does anyone remember or  know of “ONE” ex- Labour Councillor having to apply  for  Financial Assistance after leaving Office? 
Will I now  get another Solicitors Letter?

It was  my Understanding ,  (this information I have  found in the Public Domain,)  that Town Solicitors only have  the right to make representation on behalf of the Council as a Whole ….and I thought they have “NO”  right to make representation on behalf of individual  labour Councillors on ‘personal’ matters, if that is  so, then I believe  they overstep their contract of employment.?   But then who cares ! After all this is Hartlepool? 

Time to report it to the police, I hear you all say?   That is the advice of  IAIN WRIGHT Member of Parliament for Hartlepool  & lately the Advice of the  Democratically  Elected Mayor of Hartlepool , STUART DRUMMOND, to whom I have lately Complained ? Will I receive any better treatment there ? 

One can only wait and See, I most certainly intend to  Report my Concerns to the Police.

 After all is said & done, although , I am “NOT” anti -authority, one can’t help being   a little apprehensive  of reporting any  allegations of Criminal Misconduct of Council Officials to Cleveland Police after reading all the Media reports lately ?

The Evening Gazette Report  published on March 22, 2013,  stated that :-

NINE ARRESTED UNDER CLEVELAND POLICE CORRUPTION  PROBE ARE TO BE REBAILED -THOSE ON BAIL  INCLUDE THE FORCE’S  FORMER CHIEF CONSTABLE SEAN PRICE- & THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF CLEVELAND POLICE  AUTHORITY  COUNCILLOR DAVE McLUCKIE  Both have denied  any wrongdoing 

 on the  5th April 2013, the Northern Echo  reported that the Sacked  DEPUTY CHIEF CONSTABLE OF CLEVELAND POLICE DEREK  BONNARD  has appealed  against the decision. 
What a sad state of Affairs  ?

It is to be remembered & I will continue  to Protest, I am NOT the Villain in this Property Planning Dispute, I am the innocent victim of a Deliberate Despicable Deceitful  attempt by Richard Trow, an Official in the Hartlepool  Council’s  Planning Department to “GRANT” a Retrospective Planning Application H/2009/0568 knowing the kitchen extension  was structurally Unsound & Unsafe   & did not  comply  with the Statutory  Building  or Safety  Fire Regulations?  and had been  erected on part of Registered Freehold Land & Property which Was “NOT” in the Registered Ownership of the Applicant, 

The victims of crime have the right to be  heard- & NOT  treated  as Criminals