It’s nice to see Lib Dem District Councillor June Lumley get some credit in the Echo for her behind-the-scenes work on the Review Committee:
PLANS to fence off part of a public park to allow children to play without being bothered by dogs are now in doubt.
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Tory leaders at Rochford Council had rubber-stamped proposals to spend ?15,000 fencing off the play area in Grove Woods, Rayleigh.
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However, they will now be forced to look again at the decision after an outcry from fellow councillors.
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June Lumley (Lib Dem, Grange), chairman of the review committee that called for the re-think, said: ?There was a real concern.
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?It is mainly about whether such a large amount of money should be spent on something like fencing. It is a public space and many members felt it should be kept as that.?
The full article is here.
A couple of points worth adding- as we reported earlier here , the original amount of money involved wasn’t 15,000 pounds, it was 35,000 ….. … and although she was backed by the rest of the committee, it was June herself who ‘called in’ the original decision.