A Letter to the Editor from Derek ROBINSON, of Whitby, who writes as a member of the public who has served for eight years on Scarborough Borough Council and presently represents the West Cliff Ward of Whitby Town (Parish) Council, [...]
HDC: As I Was Checking Dr. Ives . . . an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, going beyond the intriguing puzzle of the Hambleton District Council Pay Policy – colloquially known as the “You-Scratch-Mine Game” . . . [...]
Hambleton District Council: Incompetents, Liars & Fools an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on irrefutable evidence that, like their counterparts at Scarborough Borough Council, the Leader of Hambleton District Council is a proven liar – no better [...]
HDC: Tricky Micky’s Musical Chairs an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on an entirely predictable evasion of responsibility in the corridors of Hambleton District Council, where vast and disproportionate salary increases have signally failed to produce that [...]
SBC: Another £60K Down The Pan an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a shoddy waste of tax-payers’ money. Scarborough’s Peasholm Park Pagoda rockery waterfall has been undergoing a face-lift. Was it worth nearly £60K of taxpayers’ [...]
City of York Council: The Ballad Of Lendal Bridge an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the very latest posturing from the City of York Council in its response to public concern regarding the legality of its [...]
A Poke In The ‘Eye’ For York City Council – a report by NIGEL WARD. ~~~~~ All summer long, residents of North Yorkshire have being enjoying a snide chuckle at the expense of York’s latter-day Dick TURPIN – chubby-cheeked Councillor [...]
SBC £230K Dredging Damage Settlement – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a Scarborough Borough Council out-of-court settlement that vindicates his concerns first-raised on 19th July 2011. All Councils play the long game. And then lose. [...]
A premises license application by Alpamare UK Ltd has been made to Scarborough Borough Council (SBC) for the planned North Bay Water Park attraction. The content of the premises license application has come as a shock to residents in Scarborough’s [...]
Documentation detailing the termination of Joanna Miller, Craven District Council’s (CDC) Corporate Head of Finance and Section 151 Officer’s employment was placed on the web last week. The documentation detailed the humiliating treatment meted out to Miller, which likely caused [...]
