We learn that the latest news to tory run Walsall from this Tory Government is that funding for the Borough has been cut by a further £6 million pounds, including over £2Million on education alone. The details are being worked out by the tory cabinet at the moment , but we await the details and will be probing especially the effects on the most vulnerable and already disadvantaged in the Borough and even more so in wards we represent.
The news that we shall not be sending any more children to Bryntysillio and that Willenhall Leisure centre will close is bad news for those from more disadvantaged backgrounds who value such opportunities. This Borough faces a serious problem of overweight children which will result in many such now children being outlived by their parents.
The committee looking at the loss by this Council of £ 3 million pounds due to poor record keeping and poor officer management met last Monday and it was admitted that the records are there but not in the right files and so claims back cannot be made. Next Monday the audit committee looks at the draft accounts for the Council and seeing that we have 91officers ( excluding education where we have 215 more) earning over £50000 a year and a chief executive earning over £190,000 a year .. that is £40000 more than the prime minister… are we getting value for money as council tax payers?
We also read that the tory cabinet in July is proposing to charge everyone for a replacement wheelie bin including those where the gree bin has worn out after 10 years service... and so the other bins brown and grey will also all be charged £18.50 but probalby going up to £25! The benefits of paying council tax are gradually diminishing!
what do you think?
The news that 1 in 5 cancer patients are having to wait over 2 months to get treatment was revealed by the Primary care trust in their annual meeting… can they imagine what it is like to have to wait that long to find out if you have a possibly fatal illness and have some treatment?
We shall as labour councillors be pursuing these issues with vigour and welcome your comments.
Regards
Cllr Ian Robertson Cllr Bob Thomas Cllr Mo Nazir
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Cannabis factories run from Palfrey!
News Eight face trial in January and one in August after police uncovered an alleged ring of cannabis factories
Jun 2 2010 by Steve Bradley, Birmingham Mail
Comments (3)Recommend (3) EIGHT men, including the son of a Walsall councillor, will go on trial in January after police allegedly uncovered a ring of cannabis factories.
Ali Hayder Munir, aged 29, of Thorpe Road, Caldmore, Walsall, whose father is Palfrey ward Conservative councillor Mohammad Munir, pleaded not guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court to two counts of conspiracy to produce cannabis.
Alongside him in the dock was Shazad Zulnorain Ali, aged 29, of Brook House Road, Chuckery, Walsall, who pleaded not guilty to the same charges, which relate to police swoops in March, including a raid on a house in Roman Road, Little Aston’s swanky “Millionaires’ Row”.
Munir and Ali were granted conditional bail.
Also facing trial on January 4 are Vietnamese nationals Tien Dune Dinh, 39, Le Manh Hung, 21, Hoang Long, 20, Trung Van Pham, 35, Hung Phi Nguyen, 20, all of no fixed address, who each pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to produce cannabis. Tam Thai Pham, 42, also of no fixed address, will also face a trial on the same date having pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to produce cannabis. Tung Hoang, 36, of no fixed address, pleaded not guilty to a charge of producing cannabis and will face a separate trial starting on August 12.
Daniel Shemmell, 24, of Redhouse Street, Walsall, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to produce cannabis and will be sentenced at the end of the New Year trial, which could last eight weeks. Judge Martin Walsh granted him unconditional bail.
Mohammed Ikram, 34, of Delves Road, Walsall, and Asim Ali, 34, of Brook House Road, Chuckery, Walsall, were charged with production of a Class B drug and conspiracy to produce the drug, and will return to court on July 12, to enter a plea. They were granted unconditional bail.
Son Van Nguyen, 37, Linh Aka Nguyen, 48, Tung Le Nguyen, 31, all of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to production of cannabis and will be sentenced on June 23. Huang Hoang, 36, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce cannabis, and to another count arising from the Coventry area, of producing cannabis, and faces sentencing on June 23.
The case against Hoai Thi Tran, 26, of no fixed address, was adjourned until July 12.
All the Vietnamese people were remanded in custody
Jun 2 2010 by Steve Bradley, Birmingham Mail
Comments (3)Recommend (3) EIGHT men, including the son of a Walsall councillor, will go on trial in January after police allegedly uncovered a ring of cannabis factories.
Ali Hayder Munir, aged 29, of Thorpe Road, Caldmore, Walsall, whose father is Palfrey ward Conservative councillor Mohammad Munir, pleaded not guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court to two counts of conspiracy to produce cannabis.
Alongside him in the dock was Shazad Zulnorain Ali, aged 29, of Brook House Road, Chuckery, Walsall, who pleaded not guilty to the same charges, which relate to police swoops in March, including a raid on a house in Roman Road, Little Aston’s swanky “Millionaires’ Row”.
Munir and Ali were granted conditional bail.
Also facing trial on January 4 are Vietnamese nationals Tien Dune Dinh, 39, Le Manh Hung, 21, Hoang Long, 20, Trung Van Pham, 35, Hung Phi Nguyen, 20, all of no fixed address, who each pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to produce cannabis. Tam Thai Pham, 42, also of no fixed address, will also face a trial on the same date having pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to produce cannabis. Tung Hoang, 36, of no fixed address, pleaded not guilty to a charge of producing cannabis and will face a separate trial starting on August 12.
Daniel Shemmell, 24, of Redhouse Street, Walsall, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to produce cannabis and will be sentenced at the end of the New Year trial, which could last eight weeks. Judge Martin Walsh granted him unconditional bail.
Mohammed Ikram, 34, of Delves Road, Walsall, and Asim Ali, 34, of Brook House Road, Chuckery, Walsall, were charged with production of a Class B drug and conspiracy to produce the drug, and will return to court on July 12, to enter a plea. They were granted unconditional bail.
Son Van Nguyen, 37, Linh Aka Nguyen, 48, Tung Le Nguyen, 31, all of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to production of cannabis and will be sentenced on June 23. Huang Hoang, 36, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to produce cannabis, and to another count arising from the Coventry area, of producing cannabis, and faces sentencing on June 23.
The case against Hoai Thi Tran, 26, of no fixed address, was adjourned until July 12.
All the Vietnamese people were remanded in custody
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Ban on use of Broadway playing fields crazy?
WALSALL’S new leisure chief has vowed to get a contaminated playing field re-opened for ball games after a seven-year delay – or closed off altogether.
Coun Anthony Harris, who has just become cabinet member for leisure, is set to counter-attack after it emerged that Broadway West Playing Fields near Pleck had banned footballers and cricketers while allowing locals to walk there and play hide-and-seek.
Pitches had been closed since 2003 because worrying levels of cyanide, copper, lead and zinc were found at the former landfill site, he said. The council had yet to find the £250,000 it needed to get the area cleaned up and possibly re-opened.
But Coun Mohammed Nazir (Lab Palfrey) said generations of sportsmen and women had used pitches at Broadway West without any ill-effects.
“In 2006 I presented a petition to the full council asking them to find some money from somewhere to bring the playing fields back into community use, but nothing has happened,” he said.
“I remember when I was a kid I used to play cricket there, and it was a good location and a good home ground for quite a few local teams. What I want to know is, what evidence there is that it isn’t safe for ball games, when for many, many years people played there and had no problems whatsoever. I will keep pressing until they come up with a proper explanation.”
He said a contractor had told him remedial work could be done for around one fifth of the £250,000 suggested by the controlling Conservative group.
Tam Fry, spokesperson for the National Obesity Forum said Walsall was a hot-spot for obesity and added: “Councils should be encouraging children to exercise rather than discouraging it with these stupid [No Ball Games] signs.”
with thanks to Birmingham Post for highlighting this issue...
this one does need investigating as it is madness not to allow sports activities when this Borough is desperate to increase such activitiy... welcome comments.
Coun Anthony Harris, who has just become cabinet member for leisure, is set to counter-attack after it emerged that Broadway West Playing Fields near Pleck had banned footballers and cricketers while allowing locals to walk there and play hide-and-seek.
Pitches had been closed since 2003 because worrying levels of cyanide, copper, lead and zinc were found at the former landfill site, he said. The council had yet to find the £250,000 it needed to get the area cleaned up and possibly re-opened.
But Coun Mohammed Nazir (Lab Palfrey) said generations of sportsmen and women had used pitches at Broadway West without any ill-effects.
“In 2006 I presented a petition to the full council asking them to find some money from somewhere to bring the playing fields back into community use, but nothing has happened,” he said.
“I remember when I was a kid I used to play cricket there, and it was a good location and a good home ground for quite a few local teams. What I want to know is, what evidence there is that it isn’t safe for ball games, when for many, many years people played there and had no problems whatsoever. I will keep pressing until they come up with a proper explanation.”
He said a contractor had told him remedial work could be done for around one fifth of the £250,000 suggested by the controlling Conservative group.
Tam Fry, spokesperson for the National Obesity Forum said Walsall was a hot-spot for obesity and added: “Councils should be encouraging children to exercise rather than discouraging it with these stupid [No Ball Games] signs.”
with thanks to Birmingham Post for highlighting this issue...
this one does need investigating as it is madness not to allow sports activities when this Borough is desperate to increase such activitiy... welcome comments.
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