Deal Taxpayers fund booze, gambling, gifts & 'tips' to tune of thousands of £'s via Mayors allowance in 1 year.

·        The New Transparency Policy of Deal Town Council has lead to the publishing of an admission that of Mayors £3,000 allowance for expenses,  £650 of tax payers money was spent on gifts, £737 on wine & other drinks, £250 on gambling, £140 on 'tips' and £65 to have his shenanigans captured on camera for posterity. On top of that £392 was not accounted for. There was some repentance as we also put £60 in a church collection plate for him. 

1) The mayor's allowance is £3,000, his accounts show he spent £2,658 yet he was paid £3,050 leaving £392 unaccounted for.

2) Of the £2,658 he says he spent, how much can he not prove and is it justifiable paying tax payers money for these things?

i) The twinning trip to St. Omer is not an overnight trip. The mayor chose to stay the night He also says he  bought gifts to take and bring back???   £280 expenses. Is this justified? B & B would be no more than £80 regardless, so £200 on gifts. FOR WHO AND WHY? Should we pay?

3) Charter Day wine. £120. In his notes, this mayor says he went to the supermarket and spent £120 on booze and the council refused to pay for it. Why would they refuse? What is Charter Day and does it require £120 worth of wine? We can see from this 2011 link that it involves a religious festival and prayers. Is the wine therefore 'Communion Wine' ? 

http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/address_2010_10_14.html

4) £250 in raffle tickets at events he attends.  Are prizes owned by the tax payer?

5) £617 on drinks.

6) £65 on disposable camera's and development fees so he could have a momento of his year.

 7) £165 on care for his elderly parent who he receives a carers allowance for from the government. He had already been paid to provide this care himself and should have given that over as he did not earn it.

8) Mayors tips in restaurants £140. He is so flash with our money!

9) £435 in Christmas presents, cards & stamps. WHO FOR?

10)  Lunch £56 that DTC refused to pay so he took from expenses.

10)  Church collection plate £60 Can he show a receipt? NO. Should Atheists  have to contribute to the church?

11) £25 for a regatta cup.

12) £40 for attending 4 charity events. His transport etc is separately arrange. Why is he asking a fee for supporting help the Heroes.

Source - Deal Town Council Records - Bill Gardener - Mayor of Deal May 2009 - April 2010

A week in small town politics - Deal Kent.

EKM letters page 9 October 2014

Mock of a mayor deryck murray writes that a NEW SEWAGE SYSTEM IS VITAL - the mayor, being the rat he is should just crawl back down the sewer he first came out of. We are already building a bypass so his home gets a reduction in traffic. Why upgrade his accommodation?

The Deal Celebrations after coming 2nd in the South East in Bloom Competition have been marred for ex labour councillor bryan henderson who spat his dummy out because he saw councillors of opposing parties working together for the sake of the community. I think that might be why his political career on Deal Town council was so short.

Council ben bano had a pop at ukip who had previously  commented about bano being bottomed out of Mill Hill. bano proudly listed his other 'duties' which turned out to be office tour director for jollies abroad.

Self proclaimed saviour of the human race Sid Pollitt  ( #whoissidpollit?) wrote a touching letter as a supporting reference for bano. If I were ben I would seek a different referee. Sid Pollit who?

Cream of the crop this week and town hall bad boy micky the sledge hammer eddy gets the town hall monthly bonus for longest bullshit letter of the month in the EKM. The usual smearing of others which is the usual deflection tactic that has become the MO of the sledgehammer king.

To summarise a week in local politics, those in control are too busy slating others in the local press and fail to actually serve their community.

Town Hall Quarterly Catch Up

A round up of town hall events from the last few months.

April - Labour Councillors took a spring jollie to Lithuania.

July/August Labour Councillors summer jollies to Detmould Germany.

September Labour Councillors late late summer jollies to Greece.

chris tough describes mock of a mayor murray as a dignitary.

Kent County Councils /deal town c's eileen rowbotham and mikey the sledge eddy played peek a boo in a bus shelter the other week. Pictures on request as its not a pretty site.

£47,000 compo payment still well hidden by Deal Town Finance Comittee.

Still no new staff member to fill the gap at the town hall following The Town Clerk Bullying shenanigans. Still drawing her wages though. Payroll doesn't reflect a staff member down. 

Mayor of Deal to get new limousine...

Councillors on Deal Town Council’s finance committee voted to provide the Mayor with a new limousine at their meeting on Tuesday.

Following an intervention from Conservative group leader Cllr Wayne Elliott the Labour dominated committee reluctantly agreed to reconsider their purchase of a Rolls Royce Phantom in favour of something more appropriate for the present incumbent.

Less luxurious than the model shown below, Deal’s limousine will feature a roof hatch enabling the Mayor to stand and wave at adoring residents as he sweeps past.

In a ten hour meeting earlier in the day, where the only speaker was Cllr Ian Killberry, the makers assured committee members that it will be perfectly feasible for the mayor to steer the vehicle with one foot whilst options regarding braking etc would hopefully become obvious once the vehicle had been delivered.

A motion from Cllr Bob Frost suggesting an additional £5 be spent on a spare toilet roll holder for use in emergencies was deferred so that a working group established under Cllr Kilberry could report on the merits of the suggestion before the next full meeting of the council when hopefully a decision might be made.

Deal’s new Mayoral limousine will soon be seen at official engagements…

…providing the Town Sergeant can be bothered to plug it in the night before.

A reminder - The outcome of the legal case against Deryck Murray the Chairman and other trustees of DMM.

“Fencegate” A Press Statement by the family of Kathleen Thomson 17.10.2011

17 October 2011 at 21:02

“Fencegate”
A Press Statement by the family of Kathleen Thomson
17.10.2011
We now feel it is appropriate to present the facts following Court appointed Mediation  on the 11th of August 2011 in Deal, between all the Trustees of the Deal Maritime and Local History Museum, and the family of Kathleen Thomson, with their legal representatives.  At the conclusion of Mediation the Trustees requested the confidentiality clause of the mediation document to be removed, thus enabling either party to disclose the contents of the agreement and the fact that Mediation has taken place, to any person legal or natural.

1. Legal proceedings were issued by the Claimant (Mrs. Thomson) via her solicitors on 16th December 2010. 
2. A fence was erected on 4th of June 2010, surrounding the kitchen walls, windows and covering the drain of 20 St. George’s Road; it was removed on the 23rd February 2011 restoring her right to light.
3. The small garden previously leased to the occupants of 20 St. George’s Road for over thirty years was reclaimed by the museum Trustees on 31st January 2010. This land has now been transferred to the Claimant as part of the Settlement Agreement. 
4. Simultaneously with the transfer of paragraph 3 there will be a variation of the established right of way.  Twenty-four hours notice to exercise this right of  way will be given when the museum is closed, and fifteen minutes notice when the museum is open. The right of way route remains across the museum yard to the back door of the museum building, and through the museum building to the front door. 
5. Two contact telephone numbers are to be provided by the Trustees to the Claimant (Mrs. Thomson) for when she wishes to use her right of way.
6. The Defendants (Trustees) will pay their own costs, and the Claimant’s costs.

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