Wednesday 15 July 2009

Coleman's Bottom

Histrory, they say, repeats itself.

So it is with the
Asset Co scandal, in which Coleman awarded the company a multi million pound contract after being wined and dined by their chief executive.

This, after all, is not the first time that free food fan: Mr Toad has been supportive of a venture being promoted by someone who also happens to be one of his many winers and diners - detailed
here and here.

Those with long memories may recall that Brian Coleman forced through a
scheme that included a deeply unpopular new road to be built across a primary school playing field in New Barnet (Metropolitan Open Land adjoining the Green Belt). Rather than debate the environmental and planning merits of the scheme, he chose instead to use a straw man argument, effectively labelling local parents and environmental campaigners - his constituents mark you - as a bunch of racists, "idiots" and "the usual Nimby brigade".

Now why would Brian Coleman go to such lengths to abuse his own constituents? I merely note that he is regularly wined and dined by the president of the venture which wanted to build the road:
Gerald Ronson - and I leave readers to draw their own conclusions.


Incidentally, I hear that the hated road is known locally as 'Coleman's Bottom'. Here's what it looked like before Coleman:


Here's what it looks like since Coleman added (landscape) injury to insult:

Tip of the hat to the Save New Barnet campaign for the pictures.

2 comments:

  1. The Barnet Times are reporting that when they tried to contact Cllr Coleman regarding this contract, he put the phone down on them.

    Perhaps he has a very heavy handset as he appears to drop it quite regularly.

    Doesn't the Members Code of Conduct have a rule about treating the public with respect?

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  2. Its arrogant behaviour towards the paper - and its contemptuous of the elctorate into the bargain.

    We constituents, we voters, deserve an explanation.

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