Once upon a time of constructive ideas

‘Never let the truth get in the way of a good stor y’ goes the saying.

And Cllr Cannon certainly knows how to spin a good yarn as he keeps pushing the myth that opposition councillors are playing party politics rather than making constructive contributions on parking.

Perhaps Cllr Cannon has been too busy reading fairytales to notice the various emails I have sent him with suggestions for improving parking and the parking strategy since he announced the review earlier this year :

9.11 – Passed on extensive comments from residents with suggestions and concerns, eg that a discount app is discriminator y

29.10 (day after cabinet meeting) – Raised concerns over rushed nature of report and pointed out typos

16.08 – Shared suggestion for a carnet/voucher scheme with Parking Principal

19.08 – Suggested a full review of parking including resident schemes and town centre parking. Suggested linking policy to climate strategy; using offices for weekend and evening parking and raised Park & Ride as an option to revisit

20.05 – Sought clarification for residents on permit schemes

27.02 – Welcomed the review and clarified removal of Advantage card discounts for a resident

Happily, it seems as though some of my suggestions have been taken on board.

I noticed they made it into the very rough draft document that was presented to cabinet last month

So come on Cllr Cannon, don’t rewrite the narrative and waste time criticising the Lib Dems – get on with what the residents really want and sort out the flawed parking strateg y.

Then we can all live happily ever after.

Cllr AMY TISI Lib Dem councillor for Clewer East