Friday, 16 March 2012

Councillor Robert Rams and A Tale of Two Posters

It's all down to trust. Should someone who holds public office tell the truth.

Please read this exchange of Twitter messages between myself and Councillor Robert Rams. Sorry if it's a bit hard to read.

Let me briefly explain what happened. Councillor Rams has banned leaflets for the community film "A Tale of Two Barnets" from the Boroughs Librarys. He claimed that he asked for posters to be reinstated. He asked for an example of a library in Barnet where the poster had been removed. I had dropped  off a colour poster to Mill Hill Library. It wasn't there on Thursday morning. I stated Mill Hill.

At 10.39am today Councillor Rams tweeted that he was stood in Mill Hill Library looking at the poster. I immediately sprinted the short distance from my house to the Library. No sign of Rams, so I asked the staff if he'd left. "He's not been here, he may be coming later". Now this is there political master, the bloke who runs the Barnet Library service. So we have Councillor Rams saying he was in the library at 10.39 and his staff telling me, five minutes later, they'd not seen him. Here is the full audit trail of Twitter messages. Was Rams telling Porkies? Were the staff at Mill Hill Library winding me up? They certainly didn't seem as if they were.

Of course all public buildings have CCTV, so it will be very easy for Rams to prove, one way or the other.
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can you show me where these posters have been taken down? Flyers have been removed, but I'm told no posters have
15h
 
or was it an imaginary email, like the imaginary library you claimed you'd built?
15h d
 
I don't think Roger, that councilllors can email staff directly can they? Does a senior officer do it 4 them?
15h
 
He tweeted that he'd ordered that the posters be put back. He said it, dunno how he expected it to be done
15h
    examples please let me know

     
    Mill Hill
    8:09 PM - 15 Mar 12 via web · Details

     
    funny cos I'm currently stood in the library looking at the poster ...
    10:39 AM - 16 Mar 12 via Twitter for iPhone · Details

     
    Very strange as it wasn't there when I looked on Thursday Morning.t must be the magic poster fairy
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    10:54 AM - 16 Mar 12 via web · Details


      Robert has such presence that he can float in and out unnoticed.
      In reply to Rog T
      13m  
      Can you explain why the poster is a black and white photocopy and not the colour original?
      In reply to Cllr Robert Rams
      14m  
      They stated that you "might be coming later"
      In reply to Cllr Robert Rams
      14m  
      Robert can you explain how the staff at Mill Hill Library just told me you hadn't been on site today?


      you accusing me of not telling the truth cos of you are I ask you to take that back ..


      Robert, when you posted your message saying you were in the library, I sprinted around and asked the staff


      we must have just missed each other then
      In reply to Rog T
      7m  
      They told me you had not been on site. Either they are lying or you are. I left my phone no with them


      How come none of the staff were aware of your visit?
      In reply to Cllr Robert Rams
      9m  
      I told them to get you to ring me when you arrive
      In reply to Cllr Robert Rams
      11:22 AM - 16 Mar 12 via web · Details  
      10m
      we must have just missed each other then


      After all, you are their boss?

       

      But I must thank you for getting the photocopy of the poster displayed



      your are accusing me of lying ... I ask you respectfully to withdraw that

       

      I asked all three staff on reception. You have CCTV footage to prove the whole thing
      In reply to Cllr Robert Rams
      41s  
      Are you accusing your staff of lying? That is outrageous? They told me you had not been on site
      In reply to Cllr Robert Rams


       
      you really are becoming obsessed, I was there and have nothing further to add

       

      If anyone saw Cllr Robert Rams this morning please tweet the time and location. Thank you.


      and you can prove it with the CCTV footage, can't you. If your staff mislead me, shouldn't you be concerned?
      In reply to Cllr Robert Rams
       
      2m
      Well either your staff told me a porkie in which case you should get them to apologise to me or you did
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      I will leave you to draw whatever conclusions you see fit. If you haven't had a look at the film website, now is the time to do so

      1 comment:

      1. Moaneybat16 March 2012 at 19:57

        He has a rather appropriate surname for a sheep with brains, Rams!

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