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COUNCILLOR SHOULD BE TOLD WHERE THE BUCK STOPS

Dear Ed.

I read with some amusement this week the articles in the local press about councillors cleaning Folkestone's streets.

Street cleaning is simply Shepway District Council's responsibility, and yet I noted six District Councillors (Cufley, Beaumont, Bunting, Martin, Gane and Andrews) o­n parade that don't seem to grasp the the fact that they are Shepway District Council, and no o­ne is to blame other than themselves.
 
This is all the more poignant because in Cllr.Cufley's case, she is a member of the Con/People First Cabinet currently running Shepway which has all the executive powers necessary to deal with the problem.
 
Whatever happened to collective Cabinet responsibility?
 
I do hope that the current Leader of Shepway DC, (Cllr. R. Bliss), has the resolve to remind Cllr.Cufley that the Cabinet is where the buck stops.
 
Colin Tearle