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Residents living in the west of the city may have participated in the recent consultation exercise about planned road "improvements" and a cycle route from Walter Road to Sketty Road and Uplands Crescent. Like me, they may therefore be gobsmacked to hear that the Council went ahead with submitting its funding application for the (first) Walter Road phase even before the consultation was concluded. Here is a video of part of the Council deliberations when this emerged.
I've seen a few mealy-mouthed shysters in action in my time, but Stevens and Stewart take the biscuit. Peter May on the other hand exemplifies the value of an independent councillor, and illustrates why the Uplands group are streets ahead of the party hacks. Seeing Stevens doing his best to obfuscate and finally resorting to an outright fib, before then accusing May of going round in circles was something to behold. Stewart said pretty clearly that the active travel network was a Council strategy that no single ward would be allowed to overturn. To me that signals that the mindset evident in the Senedd that our masters know best, also holds sway in our Council. Who voted in these people? How wonderful it would be to have more independents.
For reference here is some information on the active travel network. No doubt it has some good aspects. but the detail in the west of the city does not look good to me.
Swansea Council's Active Travel Routes on 14:06 - Apr 4 by Flashberryjack
"mealy-mouthed shysters" I would say is about right.
Just like the Senedd, holding public consultations, and discarding the results if they don't get the answer they want.
Well the local elections are in months time , lets hope more independents stand and give those rather smug sitting tenants a run for their money . Personal jibes is not a good look from some so called professional politicians
"In a free society, the State is the servant of the people—not the master."
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Swansea Council's Active Travel Routes on 16:16 - Apr 4 with 343 views
For years now I have been spouting off about this. Teach these smug, self serving people a lesson and put independents in, not just locally either. Fill the Senedd and Westminster with indy's and then maybe we can get the massive change for the better we so badly need.
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Swansea Council's Active Travel Routes on 16:21 - Apr 4 with 340 views
Swansea Council's Active Travel Routes on 15:09 - Apr 4 by Boundy
Well the local elections are in months time , lets hope more independents stand and give those rather smug sitting tenants a run for their money . Personal jibes is not a good look from some so called professional politicians
I thought that the way some responded to a reasonable question about why action was taken before a consultation ended was awful. Pretending to "take umbrage", and then launching a highly personal attack on the questioner, was right out of line. Not a good look indeed.
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