Cash-strapped, scrapping public services and increasing the council tax – and having the brass neck to try to justify what they are up to – the Labour administration is making budget cuts to services from children’s libraries to keeping the streets clean. And emptying household bins. West Dunbartonshire Council bankrolled Exxon, one of the richest oil companies, which polluted the bypass site at Bowling for £6 million, and there’s more in the pipeline. Let’s hope the current crop of councillors are not re-elected come next May – and that the chief officers have drifted off by that time to fill their boots with commutation payments, which are a reward for failure in local government these days. By paying the astronomical fuel charges at the pumps and paying council tax increases, you really should know that you are having to stump up twice to fill up your car with fuel. Pictures by PEDRO
And pray tell how much has the project gone over the original budget?
I think the answer would shock, And now, the council are considering scaling back some of the project such has the cost budget ballooned. But don’t ask about council over spend. That would be demeaning to officers, and would get a councillor up before the standards commission.