They are worried, hence the sudden street cleaning going on all over the borough, as if that makes up for years of neglect.Mason has gone very quiet on things that were announced to great fanfare in recent years.For example, reopening Stirling Road as a recycling and reuse centre. Two years since that big announcement and no sign of any action. No explanation and quietly dropped.The manifesto (which is an unintentionally hilarious read) boasts about the parks, but no mention of Lammas whatsoever. Not included in the part about green spaces for people or the action on climate change. I wonder why?They really don’t want any serious scrutiny of what they do or how they operate. Keep the public at arms length, feed them puff pieces via taxpayer funded Around Ealing and make objecting through petitions almost impossible. We used to laugh at regimes where those in power used that very power to silence the majority. It’s happening here and a lot of people just don’t notice until it’s too late.Must watch what happens with the Trumpers Way development proposal which has attracted over a thousand objections. If it’s refused at planning committee the developers will appeal and win that appeal, at taxpayers expense, because the planning department under Shital Manro has allowed things to drift and not met its statutory obligations. Naive to think that the current plans weren’t discussed at length with the council before being submitted. Cllr Knewstub knows this but is using it as an electioneering opportunity. Cynical.Time for a change.
Simon Hayes ● 1d