Update from the Basildon Cabinet Meeting Thursday 11th September : Preferred Options Statement of Consultation
Last week Councillor Turner of Basildon Borough Council accused BAG and other action groups of scaremongering having previously worried residents by stating that Basildon Borough Council’s plans could lead to “slaughter on the roads”.
This week in the Yellow Advertiser Councillor Turner said he wanted to have “a grown up debate” about the future of the green belt and will have a series of meetings with political rivals to explain his plan, to let them comment and suggest changes; yet in last night’s Basildon Cabinet meeting which discussed the responses from residents to the Local Plan it descended into political mudslinging and insults leaving observers concluding that there was little or no respect for fellow Councillors or their views.
Last week Councillor Turner of Basildon Borough Council accused BAG and other action groups of scaremongering having previously worried residents by stating that Basildon Borough Council’s plans could lead to “slaughter on the roads”.
This week in the Yellow Advertiser Councillor Turner said he wanted to have “a grown up debate” about the future of the green belt and will have a series of meetings with political rivals to explain his plan, to let them comment and suggest changes; yet in last night’s Basildon Cabinet meeting which discussed the responses from residents to the Local Plan it descended into political mudslinging and insults leaving observers concluding that there was little or no respect for fellow Councillors or their views.
| Our chairmans letter regarding the meeting was also published in the Echo on Thursday 7th |