Spotlight
SBC: The Empire Strikes Back – with Disdain an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the first signs of a reaction from SBC to either the Whitby or the Filey No Confidence motions. ~~~~~ I am now [...]
After ‘WHEXIT’ – ‘FLEXIT’ – Filey Town Council Flexes Its Muscles! On Monday 13th February 2017, Filey Town Council flexed its muscles and resoundingly trumped the NO CONFIDENCE motion carried at Whitby Town Council last Tuesday 7th February 2017, both [...]
SBC: The MARRIOTT Gauntlet an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating readers on the SBC fraud and corruption scandal. ~~~~~ The “Whitewash” Continues On Tuesday 13th December, I attended the Hull Employment Tribunal to witness the attempt of [...]
An Open Letter to the Councillors and electors of the Borough of Scarborough from Mr Ben MARRIOTT, the “whistleblower” at the heart of the fraud and corruption “whitewash”, directly challenging Mrs Lisa DIXON’s version of events. In particular; “What you [...]
SBC: MARRIOTT “Whitewash” Costs Council £¼M Today’s Scarborough News reports the outcome of the final hearing (in Hull – not Bradford, as the SN states) in the Ben MARRIOTT constructive dismissal claim. Mr MARRIOTT is reported as estimating that by [...]
SBC: Leader & CEO Excoriated In Futurist Letter The Scarborough News has published the following letter from Scarborough resident Bob HIRD, heavily criticising the Council Leader, Councillor Derek BASTIMAN [Con.] and the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Jim DILLON, in respect [...]
SBC: The MARRIOTT Allegations – No Smoke . . . an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on ‘the elephant in the Council Chamber’ – the allegations made by former SBC employee Ben MARRIOTT. ~~~~~ There has been [...]
Scarborough Borough Councillor Janet JEFFERSON [Ind.] has set out her view of the controversy surrounding the proposed demolition of The Futurist Theatre – the so-called “done deal” – in a letter to the Scarborough News (1st December 2016). Readers are [...]
Scarborough Dysfunctional Council an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reviewing the present dysfunctional state of a Council that has been usurped by the few at the expense of the many – an OLIGARCHY. ~~~~~ When first I began [...]
SBC: Cabinet Performance Ratings In response to a request from a number of Scarborough Borough Councillors, the North Yorks Enquirer has agreed to publish the following Open Letter to the Leader of Scarborough Borough Councillor and his seven Portfolio Holders [...]
