tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post1463361507520042502..comments2024-03-23T12:56:50.209+00:00Comments on 99% is ....... The Barnet Eye: Councillor Alex Prager - Barnet's most sensible Tory?Rog Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-76602980825161647612019-01-06T23:47:23.600+00:002019-01-06T23:47:23.600+00:00Dear Unknown,
I agree that it's complicated, ...Dear Unknown,<br /><br />I agree that it's complicated, as your example of Robert Rams shows. But Rams, formerly Cabinet Member for Libraries, Arts, Culture and the Destruction Thereof, had allied himself too closely with publicly- disgraced Barnet Councillor Brian Coleman (was,in effect, Coleman's Mini-Me) and so even Barnet's Tories couldn't allow him to survive his mentor's political demise. Barnet's Tory Group are herd- animals: they leave the weak and dying to the predators and run off. So 'sensible' (pace Rog T) is the wrong word: perhaps 'sentient' is better, as in: every four years (barely) sentient Tories stand for election in Barnet Borough and every four years they are elected and take power. Not an equation, but a deep and abiding mystery. <br />Gerrard Rootsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-2017868106537006672019-01-06T11:33:17.623+00:002019-01-06T11:33:17.623+00:00You would only consider 6 out of 63 councillors to...You would only consider 6 out of 63 councillors to be employable for your business? Even a generous 12 out of 63 is quite damning.<br /><br />Well, with the bin fiasco(our bins not collected yesterday!!), the £2 million fraud last year,rampant overdevelopment, potholes etc.. I don't think there IS any sense (or cents) left in the council!<br /><br />Pity we cannot return or exchange councillors after Christmas. I want my moneybacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-27297659721509880022019-01-06T10:21:38.032+00:002019-01-06T10:21:38.032+00:00Alex Prager "has been spearheading the campai...Alex Prager "has been spearheading the campaign and working hard with local people to ensure that this community asset is preserved"?!! <br /><br />Wherever/whoever did that idea come from? <br /><br />I haven't seen hide or hair of Prager at pub ever. I go there often and know the pub landlord who knows EVERY person who has reached out to him to help fight for the pub and his livelihood. <br /><br />If Prager is in anyway involved, we would know. I get tory leaflets through my letterbox when I am home but no one ever rings the bell to talk to me about what is important to Residents in West Hendon. It's easier not to have a doorstep debate. <br /><br />Has Prager actually done anything tangible for the pub? <br /><br />FOI requests have only shown one councillor who submitted an objection to the pub demolition and it was not Alex Prager. The pub licensee and local commubity would very much welcome real input from Alex Prager; the long drawn battle to save the pub is just beginning. <br /><br />It would help if he starts to reply to emails from ward residents.Not everyone has Twitter, especially the older residents! <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> A Midland pub regularnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-38406228601356106742019-01-05T14:43:21.292+00:002019-01-05T14:43:21.292+00:00Gerard, are you suggesting that there is a correla...Gerard, are you suggesting that there is a correlation between the size of the majority and the amount of stupidity that Tory Councillors display? I think that is something the number crunchers at The Barnet Eye will have to investigate further. I suspect it may be more complex because ex councillor Rams was not very sensible, but his seat was so marginal that he lost it in 2014. We need a proper equation such as Tory Councillor Sensibleness = Size of majority * X/Y - can we have any suggestions as to what X or Y may be?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-55611721948081535312019-01-05T00:18:57.908+00:002019-01-05T00:18:57.908+00:00Alex Prager is one of the new Barnet Tory intake- ...Alex Prager is one of the new Barnet Tory intake- one of those who gained their council seats bcause of an election campaign notable for vile and, largely unfounded, accusations of anti-Semitism against the Labour Party nationally, consolidated, locally, by obfuscation and lies from Barnet's Conservative Council about its financial position and its plans for the future.I'm not surprised that Prager now wants to put 'clear blue water' between himself and the sinking ship of fools that is Barnet's Tory Council. 'Barnet's most sensible Tory'? Rather, I suspect, with a majority of about 150 votes. Prager is: 'Barnet's Tory most sensible of the fact that his political life is on borrowed time'.Gerrard Rootsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-47901854226088351712019-01-04T12:24:31.562+00:002019-01-04T12:24:31.562+00:00Prager did not reply to residents who emailed him ...Prager did not reply to residents who emailed him about issues, notably the Midland application and several others.Not everyone has time to attend surgeries but I heard he is usually not there or late. Fair dos for the audit vote..that was commendable.<br /><br />Val Duchinsky is a poor planning committee substitute member - she never asks any questions and just follows the party line in deciding planning applications. I doubt she reads anything that has been submitted especially the objections.<br /><br />I'm not having a go at Tory councillors. There are others in other parties that are useless as well.<br /><br />Barnet is poorly run with a lousy council and a lousy opposition.<br /><br />I can't say I can, or want to, do a better job but it is disgusting that paid councillors are not doing their jobs which is to help their local community.<br /><br />Disillusionednoreply@blogger.com