Well I've still not had a reply. I hope he doesn't treat his other constituents like this but, having spoken to a few, he does!
Dear Mr Sharma
In reference to your recent ‘report back to Battle
Ward’. I was surprised to see you claim
credit for persuading the council to:
- Increase the number of free books of visitor permits to households located in a permit parking zone from one to two.
- Begin issuing visitor permits, valid until 10am the following day, rather than 8am.
- Look favourably upon, and within reason grant, requests for allocation of visitor permits above the total official annual allowance of seven books per household.
I am sure you will
recall that the changes you claim to have reversed were brought in by the
Conservative/Lib Dem coalition council in 2010/2011. You did not object to these changes when your
Conservative colleagues on the Council were making them and you suggest the
changes were not properly consulted, presumably by the Conservative/Lib Dem
coalition?
Only at a later date did you object to these changes AFTER
the Labour controlled Council had already reversed the unpopular and unfair
changes to the residents parking scheme by increasing the number of free books
of visitor permits to two and pledging to return the 10am cut off time once the
existing stock of permits has been used.
As a Labour council we have listened to residents and made
the changes they asked for when we were back in control of the council.
We have also recently re-affirmed our commitment to the first
parking permit being free and we ensure any changes to the residents parking
scheme are fully consulted, as you well know.
I hope to see more care taken in your claims in future
literature.
Yours sincerely
Sarah Hacker
Labour Councillor, Battle Ward
UPDATED:
Evidence!
Press at the time: The article in the Reading Chronicle makes it clear he was criticising the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition yet on his leaflet (below) makes it seems he was criticising Labour! Both articles make it clear the unpopular changes he refers to were made by the coalition and that they had already been changed by Labour when Alok Sharma decided to speak up! I wonder if we'll get a leaflet correcting these mistakes?
Reading Chronicle October 2011
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UPDATED:
Evidence!
Press at the time: The article in the Reading Chronicle makes it clear he was criticising the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition yet on his leaflet (below) makes it seems he was criticising Labour! Both articles make it clear the unpopular changes he refers to were made by the coalition and that they had already been changed by Labour when Alok Sharma decided to speak up! I wonder if we'll get a leaflet correcting these mistakes?
Reading Chronicle October 2011
Get Reading October 2011
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| Never mind the picture's in Abbey ward too! |
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