CAN YOU HELP?

We have been a bit tied up the last few days.........we are on the trail of the real life story of Stinkypants and we would appreciate our readers help, any piece of info no matter how little will go to making the bigger picture.

What do we have so far you may ask........well, cast your minds back to 2009 when Stinkypants first appeared, he claimed to have sent an email to M Hodge stating that he was coming back to Britain from Korea to help her fight the BNP. What utter rubbish, the nearest Stinkypants has been to Korea was his library borrowed atlas..........

Secondly, we have absolute proof that Stinkypants has NOT seen any military service, that is unless of course he counts his 3 week membership of the Boys Brigade.

Where do we go from here? you may ask, we are looking very closely into his alleged term as a councillor in another part of the country.

Now what we ask you to bear in mind in this investigation is who it was that brought Stinkypants into the borough, yep, Darren Rodwell, just how many of Stinkypants tall stories does he know.

We will not give up on this one, we understand that Stinkypants may be feeling a little vulnerable at the moment, and he don't like being called Stinkypants, but that's how its going to be until we unmask just who or what he really is.

LET THEM EAT CAKE

Or words to that effect was the pronouncement made by Hodge this week in her speech to the press stating she would be fighting to save the £330,000 grant to the Broadway theatre.

You would think that St Hodge had the good common sense to understand the hard times people in the borough are suffering, what with the increase in food prices and utility prices and the growing cost of child care for working parents, but, no not St Hodge, she says we must have culture, well in good times we would agree, but, what do you cut out to buy the theatre tickets????????

Can you imagine, "sorry kids, sandwich only for the next 3 weeks, and don't forget no lights, no TV, we have to save for the theatre tickets".............

Give us a break Hodge and get with the real people.

The worrying thing is her Barking Mafia will do as they are told and vote to keep the grant to the theatre, so what service gets cut to the tune of £330,000?

WHAT A BLOODY WASTE OF TIME

There we were sitting with all of the other civic minded residents taking part in the Leaders Consultation on the budget. Some had even managed to read through the very badly written reports in officer speak.

Quite a few residents were asking questions looking for assurances, but finally for us the penny dropped, one resident raised his concerns over the planned reduction on community safety coordinators.

We were surprised at the answer given by the Deputy Leader, he stated that the community safety coordinators posts would stay. So the decision has already been taken then????????? so if they are staying whats going in their place?

Really we should not be surprised a Councillors wife works in this department and so does a Councillors sister in law.

Consultation you couldn't make it up.

THE BIGGEST LAUGH THIS WEEK

We are sure many of you would have read the Deputy Leaders defence of council members when it was suggested by a member of the public that they should take a pay cut.

The Deputy Leader stated "they give good value for money" hahaha

Just go on the council website and have a look at the members attendance figures, lets just stick a pin in 2 Dee Hunt expected at 19 meetings she attended 8. Tony Perry expected at 32 meetings he attended 24.

And they are not the only ones who are sitting pretty, taking the money and doing no work for it.

Come off it Deputy Leader, "value for money" you couldn't make it up.

A SIMPLE AND HONEST ANSWER WILL DO PLEASE

Why? is Margaret Hodge MP holding meetings with the councils Finance Director?????

As far as we understand the councils finances are no business of an MP, so, is she just trying to protect her own little groups or looking to poke her nose in where she shouldn't?

As far as finances are concerned Hodge is the last person to consult with, look at the mess and debt she got Islington council into while Leader.

PONDFIELD PARK CAN NOW REPAY ITS LOAN

According to todays Post Pondfield park has come into the tidy sum of £45,000 to put in additional play areas.

We have been asked by residents and supporters of Thames Eco park to remind the supporters of Pondfield park that they have an outstanding debt to the Eco park of £64,000.

Just a brief summary of why; several years ago that money was allocated to the Eco park, but, because the soil tests were taking time Damian Parker agreed with Thames residents that the money would be loaned out to Pondfield park on the full understanding that any future monies coming in for Pondfield would be repaid to the Eco park.

We have been informed that the chair of the residents association and former councillors have copies of all necessary relevant paperwork.

So come on Pondfield repay your debt.

ANOTHER PRE ELECTION BRIBE DELIVERED ON

We are very reliably informed that a very cosy meeting took place to discuss the way forward on the Hope pub in Gascoigne road. At this meeting were the Police, 3 ward Councillors and the Imman. Oddly no residents, especially as the pub is in a residential area.

Anyway the councillors see no problem at all with the pub being converted to a Mosque (NO surprise there) even though the police did raise the issues of the BNP and EDL and probable demonstrations.

Never mind just wait and see what happens when the residents find out. We can only hope for their sakes that the majority of councillors will recognise that 3 Mosques in Barking is just too many.