Good news for Patrick?

Flintshire County Council have agreed to pay Cllr Patrick Heesom's  legal bill as long as he wins. My limited view of Flintshire County Council is not impressive. They seem to have this idea that they know best and will frustrate and attempt to gain  proper information or action. Many county councillors will share this view but will not admit it in public. Dealing with county hall is a PIA.

They have tried for 4 years to hide traffic data taken on Chester Rd. Penyffordd has been taken for a ride with regards the new A55 Warren bank exits. We are part of the new trunk road structure whether we like it or not. We have been shafted.

It is a fact the the Flintshire County Executive hate Cllr Patrick Heesom. They do not I think like Cllr Alison Halford. Robust questioning on short comings ( ie council housing or Canton) sends officers into hissy fits.

At the end of the day robust questioning of county officers will become a thing of the past. With the cry " I am being bullied" stopping any councillor dead in their tracks. The downside being for the county councillor financial ruin. Officers retire into the sunset on gold plated pensions.

The bottom line being Patrick hasn't murdered anyone. Do Flintshire ratepayers want an efficient run county or one that seems to be there for lots of not very hard pressed jobs with good pensions?

Having an efficient run county involves robustness when faced with obsfucation and inefficiency.

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Martin Said
 I for one, will certainly not be congratulating Cllr. Heesom. In this harsh economic climate we should not be throwing money at Councillors who fail to adhere to the Code of Conduct. 
Just because Cllr's like Patrick Heesom and Alison Halford ask awkward questions, and court controversy it does not make them the hero’s of the hour. 
Alison Halford's Blog is very destructive. It has caused untold misery and considerable mayhem in County Hall. All the bleating about Canton will never repair the damage she has inflicted on the characters of those in high office.
Those of us who foolishly voted for her-and deeply regret it-having read some of her blog entries, feel that the only decent thing for her to do would be resign and take Cllr. Patrick Heesom with her!
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Colin replied
Thanks for the comments Martin which are most welcome. Just for the record may I say I have never spoken  to or had any emails off either. I find AH's blog of interest. There needs to be more blogs about Flintshire County Council. We need a Druid of Anglesey.  You talk of codes of conduct. I have had a senior officer sit opposite me in a meeting  knowing full well there were nearly 2000 vehicles a day speeding through Chester Rd Penyffordd. He sat there and said nothing. Didn't even say they had measured the traffic. 
He's not lost anything he's waded off into the sunset with a gold plated pension.


FCC have lied and cheated me over traffic data for Chester Rd for three years. Codes of conduct seem to go only one way. ( Where may you ask are Penyffordd Cllrs on this)


Any way if the Big O finds against PH you may have half your wish.


A sad day for democracy. 




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