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Time for the two-hatted duo to quit?
(August 06, 2011)FEARS that the ill-fortunes of Warminster are being
made worse by those most locally charged by their residents to look
after their interests have risen to the surface again.
In a letter to the Warminster Journal the usually quiet
spoken octogenarian Alan Shepherd is 'assuming that no councillors
resign on the grounds of conscience' has nowset the clock running
It shows that 637 days are now numbered until their extra two
years 'comfort zone' runs out and is appealing for public support for a
vantage point.
"I have never seen an ordinary member of our community so
perfectly put the crisis that faces Warminster in the 250 words that
the local paper allows in its letters column," says former town
councillor Paul Macdonald.
"The 'despair for Town's Future' as the heading to his
letter observed was so close to the truth that the question now arises
how do we hold a vote of confidence in Warminster Town Council?"
This town council is now widely held in contempt by many of their
former members but not on political grounds. Many former councillors of
all political persuasions have expressed objections time after time
about their decisions.
"We are waiting for the resignation notice of Cllr. Steve Wheeler
(Con- Warminster-East) to spark a local election," observes Paul. "We
need a referendum on this council which sits in its comfort zone after
it should have sought a vote this year."
"If we have to go to the polls then as this Warminster
correspondent has challenged so I suggest the Warminster East
councillors to resign at the same time.
"If the cost will be the same for all six then they can get a
public verdict on their four years of rule or mis-rule. If they lose
then the West ward members should do the same!"
Two east ward members are also influential Wiltshire Council
members who could not be relied on to support one of their more
experienced town council party members on the town council.
"Chris March was forced to go and sit on the public benches at the
crucial Town Hall meeting twenty four hours before the possible
auction of that challenge to the town council," says Paul.
"The two hats issue only applies when he is campaigning against the wishes of the ruling clique.
"Shame on you Cllr. Humphires and Davis. You can wear two hats
with impunity. Which interest did you support when the car parking
charges were being imposed?
"Which two hats did you wear when Wiltshire Council waded in with a offer to support the Ass Hall project.
"I now publicly challenge you to examine your consciences and
resign from either the town council for which people give their time
freely," challenges Paul. "Or the expenses backed Wiltshire Council."
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