Despite this story being a little gloomy there is hope. One if the most effective and efficient councillors is Sof McVeigh. Those who have had dealings with her applaud her commitment and hard work in trying to bring about change in the way the Council manages housing. She is a force of nature and if anyone can bring about change it will be Sof….let’s hope one day she leads our council.
RBKC’s 2023 action plan may say that their residents want them to be ‘the best council we can’ but it seems there has been a return to the good old days of council engagement on Lancaster West.
At Thursday’s Residents Association meeting with the government and council the council deployed bouncers on the door with a list of approved residents who could come in. The security even tried to physically drag one unfortunate resident and RA member away whilst the chair shouted ‘Get out! Get out! You’re not residents!’. This was all in front of horrified residents and civil servants.
Fortunately, all the banned non-resident residents were able to get into the meeting and ask questions. Maybe less so for the neighbourhood director whose proud boast that one block had been completely fitted with a new door entry system was somewhat let down when it seems he didn’t know how many doors the block actually had. A resident had to point out that they hadn’t bothered to fit the system on the back door to one section which was still wide open.
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