Last week Around Ealing, a “new monthly magazine”, from the council hit my doormat.
The purpose of this magazine seems to be blow the council’s own trumpet and bypass local press who will add commentary about real performance and value for money.
It is particularly telling that Leo Thompson, the council’s Labour Leader, can do a piece about the Council’s Comprehensive Performance Assessment by the Audit Commission without mention of the terrible farce of last year’s appeal.
I do wish that the Council would stop puffing itself at council taxpayer’s expense and get on with the job of delivering service that we value.
It is a bit smelly that this new initiative coincides with the forthcoming local in elections in May.
[See letter published in Ealing & Acton Gazette on 27th January.]