An Open Letter to Derek by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Dear Derek, Open Letter re Conduct of Council Officers Hope you don’t mind me addressing you by your first name, but we have been corresponding for so long and I have [...]
Ex-Leader Kicks Off Over Leaks Deluge an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, sharing yet another loaded email regarding the cascade of leaks. ~~~~~ For some months now, I have been attempting to heads-up Scarborough Borough Council to a [...]
SBC Interception of NYE Emails An Open Letter to the Leader of Scarborough Borough Council, Councillor Steve SIDDONS [Lab.], by regular contributor TIM HICKS, addressing the continuing issue of email interception. ~~~~~ Dear Councillor Siddons, Open Letter re: Scarborough Borough [...]
Not a Man of his Word an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, expressing disappointment in the new Leader’s evasion of a reasonable and courteous request on behalf of victims of sexual abuse – and other disgusting disappointments. ~~~~~ [...]
Leaked CV Row Escalates an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, keeping readers up to speed on the escalating row over the leaked CVs of the applicants for the Chief Exec post, abandoned by Jim DILLON and now filled [...]
Having decided to sit back for a couple of months after the May local elections to see what the new administration are capable of, I decided it is time to speak out about the latest madcap scheme coming from SBC. [...]
Hebo Rides Again! by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ I read with great interest the article “Handbags at Dawn” and the good news that Councillor John “Hebo” Nock is still at large and doing his stuff. I have written to Councillor Derek [...]
“Rank Hypocrisy” A Letter to the Editor by NORMAN MURPHY, the former Independent Councillor who many Scarborians hoped would assume the Leadership of the Council, following the Tory collapse. Norman minces no words, beats about no bushes and calls it [...]
A Letter to the Editor from MICHELLE DONOHUE-MONCRIEFF – a member of the Independent Group at Scarborough Borough Council – who writes to offer an inside view of a becalmed Council. ~~~~~ To the editor – I read with some [...]
The State of Independence A Guest Author opinion piece from Enquirer regular FRANK SHEPHERD, asking the questions many are asking about the nature and resilience of the Labour/Independent ‘alliance’ currently leading Scarborough Borough Council – not least because, thus far, [...]
