Another Toxic Town Council in Meltdown
- – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a bid to oust the present membership of Newby & Scalby Town Council.
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Readers may have seen coverage in the local, regional and national media concerning the allegations of bullying and cover-up at Newby & Scalby Town Council.
For those who have not, this BBC report covers the principle details:
The North Yorks Enquirer has been asked to publicise a forthcoming Town Poll on the following Question:
- “Do you want Newby and Scalby Town Council to be dissolved and a new Newby and Scalby Town Council to be elected?
Readers may find this more than a little reminiscent of the successful local putsch at Thornton-le-Dale Parish Council last September, where an allegedly “autocratic and obdurate” clique of ‘old guard’ Councillors were finally ousted. The following BBC report provides a welcome refresher:
- “Should the present members of Whitby Town Council resign en masse to facilitate the democratic election, by ballot, of a fully mandated town council for Whitby?”
- “They cling to their perceived ‘power’ like limpets to a rock.”