WTC: The Meet is ON! – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on another instance of ‘dodge the electorate’ – despite which, the Public Meeting called for Monday 8th January 2024, in the Ballroom of the ROYAL [...]
WTC: Docs Doctored? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a case of apparent ‘in flagrante dilecto’. Whitby Town Mayor Councillor Bob DALRYMPLE has passed on an opportunity to comment (‘Right of Reply’) on this article [...]
Vexatious Potto 2 – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, investigating the wild tactics of self-denial and a story of abject refusal to acknowledge the difficult truths that continued to blight the serially deficient Potto Parish Council throughout [...]
Whitby Public Assembly (19th Dec. ’23) – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a significant step on the road to reclaiming democratic involvement in local government in Whitby, where Councillors have not a vote between them [...]
Rogue Clerk tells Cllr to “F*ck off!” – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on another dysfunctional public body – North Thoresby, Waithe & Grainsby Parish Council, situated just south of the Humber. The Councillor on the [...]
Whitby Electors call Town Meeting/Assembly – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on Whitby Town Clerk Mr Michael KING’s proposal to increase the Parish Precept (local Council Tax) from £283K this year to £412K next – a [...]
Scarborough Parking Re-Set – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, following up on his recent article “Whitby Parking Blunder” (highlighting enforcement problems at the Church Street Long Stay Car Park in Whitby). A reader has provided photographic evidence [...]
Whitby Parking Blunder – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, highlighting a calamitous parking loophole in Whitby’s Church Street off-street Long Stay Car Park. One wonders why no local Abbey Ward or Streonshalh Councillor in the immediate neighbourhood [...]
Whitby: That ‘Plinth’ – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the controversy over the strongly-opposed proposal by the Whitby Town Deal Board (WTDB) to erect a ‘plinth’ (or ‘apron’) in Whitby Market Place, to the west of [...]
WTC Totally Dysfunctional – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an assessment of the pusillanimous way in which Whitby Town Council, at its meeting of Full Council on 7th November 2023, addressed the outcome of the Whitby [...]
