Harwell Village News and Gossip

Ever since this site has been here we have been holding the Parish Council to account for its actions, and for the actions done in our name. This has caused stunning and humiliating set of u-turns from the unelected Parish Council.

You can just imagine the shock on their faces as they suddenly realised that they were accountable for their actions.

So slowly the u-turns continue.

You can now attend the Parish Council meetings without an invite. You still cannot ask questions unless they are blessed by Cllr June Blissett. You still cannot hear all of the meeting as they will take some items into closed session.

What do these people think they are dealing with? Why should information about our community be withheld from us? One would assume that these closed sessions are not documented (nothing appears in the minutes). One could further imagine that dodgy handshakes take place in these sessions.

We cannot for one minute think that any of this is in the communities best interests. Of course they are only there to serve our community - have they forgotten this?

The other u-turn we noticed this month that warrants a blog mention is the creation of an occasional (and only during working hours when most of the village are unavailable) Q&A session. This is of course yet another way of avoiding actual documentation. By informally discussing issues with you they do not have to put anything down in print, and by avoiding the documentation they are not held accountable for what is said.

Cowards. Document it. Put it in writing. Be held accountable. Or do you have something to hide?