tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post1364108959841168491..comments2024-03-10T22:25:07.539+00:00Comments on Wrecsam.news: A better Wales - sweep away these corrupt little empiresPlaid Whitegatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05757898330400853732noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691671699575405507.post-67043029002599925522012-10-09T11:03:53.671+01:002012-10-09T11:03:53.671+01:00This is scandalous, sombody should be exposing it!...This is scandalous, sombody should be exposing it!<br /><br />And you missed out the bullying at Awema. In fact, bullying seems to be a fairly common thread running through all these cases. It helps explain why so many got away with so much for so long.<br /><br />I had great information on an as yet unexposed outfit, but my informant withdrew from fear of being identified, which would of course have resulted in intimidation and, possibly, the sack.<br /><br />Also read latest info supplied re Gwent Levels Foreign Holidays Ltd - yet more bullying. <br /><br />"Yesterday, the Wales Audit Office released a very critical report on the activities of an organisation called the Caldicot and Wentlooge Levels Internal Drainage Board. This organisation is a crown body responsible for drainage, and water defence of the Gwent levels. The board is made up of 18 persons elected by local residents and 19 are appointed by Cardiff, Newport and Monmouthshire County Councils. One particular item in the report relates to a 'jolly' of Board Members at public expense to Italy, the Netherlands and Northern Ireland, and much of the investigation by the WAO was disclosed by a 'whistleblower', a member of staff.<br /><br />http://www.caldandwentidb.gov.uk/downloads.php?id=54<br /><br />However, the WAO has not included details of an indicdent which took place in July 2011. While the WAO was conducting their investigation a bizarre incident occurred. A board member, Mr Harris, burst into the premises of Caldicot and Wentlooge Levels Internal Drainage Board, demanding to see the contents of historical 'board minutes' and various other documentation.. As a board member he is entitled to do this, but it's something that would usually be done by email, especially as Mr Harris is from Croesonen, Abergavenny and the offices of the board is in Nash, Newport. More worryingly, Mr Harris was accompanied by 'another person', which transpired to be a relative of employee of the organisation. Disclosure of personnel files and which includes sickness record, and personnel file details to other members of the public (his companion) is not only downright unprofessional, but a significant breach of the Data Protection Act. <br /><br />http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/typo3temp/pics/e9120d1b6f.jpg<br />Mr Harris, is of course, a Labour Councillor.<br />He also sits on the planning committee of Monmouthshire Council.<br /><br />The WAO had expressed specific concern to the Chairman and to M&A (a firm of solicitors acting on behalf of Caldicot and Wentlooge Levels IDB) that minutes of board meetings were not being sufficiently restricted, and sensitive information, including personal records of employees were being disclosed, and ongoing litigation in matters of environmental protection and planning. This is particularly concerning as this is no 'oversight' by inexperienced officials, but a deliberate bullying of a Labour councillor barging into the offices, intimidating members of staff, and being accompanied by a henchman".<br /><br /> <br />9 October 2012 01:58<br /> Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.com