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Whitby Town Meeting/Assembly – 4th Sept. ’23

Whitby Town Meeting/Assembly – 4th Sept. ’23 On Monday 4th September, the people of Whitby will meet at the Coliseum Centre to discuss a Question for Poll: “Should the present members of Whitby Town Council resign en masse to facilitate the [...]

September 3, 2023 Whitby Town

WTC Clerk/RFO mislays the ‘plot’

WTC Clerk/RFO mislays the ‘plot’ – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on an inexplicable (and inexcusable) deviation from acceptable standards by the Whitby Town Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer, Mr Michael KING, who seems to imagine [...]

September 1, 2023 Whitby Town

WTC: A Wall of Pork Pies

WTC: A Wall of Pork Pies – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on encouraging developments at Whitby Town Council, the branch of local government that prefers to avoid engagement with the public. ~~~~~ Since my [...]

August 25, 2023 Whitby Town

WTC Councillors’ Secret Training?

WTC Councillors’ Secret Training? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, exposing the lengths our paid public servants will go to conceal widespread ignorance, ineptitude and incompetence. ~~~~~ Readers may recall reading a recent article of mine – [...]

August 13, 2023 Whitby Town

POTTO’s Public Humiliation (Pt. 1)

POTTO’s Public Humiliation (Pt. 1) – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, providing a wider readership to a humiliating public exposure of Potto Parish Council’s desperate attempts to conceal its appalling performance. ~~~~~ Regular readers may recall that, [...]

August 12, 2023 Potto

POTTO: “Where’s the Money?” (Pt 5)

POTTO: “Where’s the Money?” (Pt 5) – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, investigating the wild tactics used by Potto Parish Council to circumvent due process, ignore Council procedures – and the law – whilst spending £5,580 of public money on repairs to this [...]

July 29, 2023 Potto

POTTO’s “vexatious” claim ruled UNLAWFUL

POTTO’s “vexatious” claim ruled UNLAWFUL – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, investigating the wild tactics adopted by Potto Parish Council to prevent the ‘inconvenient truths’ about its unlawful activities (ref: Tribunal) and widespread maladministration (ref: PIR) from reaching the public [...]

July 14, 2023 Potto

POTTO: Post-PIR Governance & Accountability

POTTO: Post-PIR Governance & Accountability – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, investigating the validity of Potto Parish Council’s claim, in its February 2023 minutes, that the July 2022 PIR Recommendations had all “been actioned accordingly”. (All Potto articles may be reviewed here). If [...]

June 23, 2023 Potto

WTC Records – Missing Links

WTC Records – Missing Links – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the whereabouts of the formal Mayoral Regalia of Whitby Rural District Council (WRDC) – established 1st April 1930, abolished in 1st April 1974 when [...]

June 17, 2023 Whitby Town

More Woes for ARRIVA

More Woes for ARRIVA – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering a (slightly) informed opinion on the woeful state of public transport in and around Whitby – and a worrying portent that things may be worse than [...]

June 15, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council