Diary 15 November to December 2002 -
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Published on: 6/12/2004
Last Visited: 2/27/2005
Councilor (I really should be Mayor) Lloyd Williams was successful in his bid to get more parking for seniors.On Monday night he introduced, and council supported him (4-2), a motion to designate 10 parking spots for seniors.
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Furthermore Mr Rogers revealed two things that leads me to conclude that this whole parking debate, a unilateral move by Williams, is nothing but fluff.
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Lloyd Williams breaks the lawelection scuttlebutt
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Councilor LLoyd Williams gets his wing clipped by the Mayor!At the last executive meeting Lloyd produced (he of the movement for more public invovlement) a document that proposed to take away 10 parking spots in the downtown area and make them spots for seniors.Taken aback at this demonstration of unilateralism, the Mayor asked if he had consulted with anyone (try talking to the staff Lloyd).As Lloyd hadn't the Mayor tabled the idea and told him to talk to the DBIA (the downtown merchant's organisation).I hope that when he brings the idea back he has consulted with a constitutional lawyer, I wouldn't want to see Lloyd ( I really should be Mayor) Williams accused of discriminatory behaviour.Ageism was illegal the last time I looked!Talking to a high placed member of the DBIA he tells me they are demanding a a count of the parking spots that this councilor in charge of traffic has had removed over the last two years.If they can show that the number of parking spots has been reduced by 15% (a guesstimate) then the amount they have to pay the town ($25,000) should be reduced, they are not getting what they paid for!Lloyd's latest effort, the $90,000 remodeling of the back street parking lots, is not going over too well either.The removal of nine spots is bad enough but now that flowerpots inhabit the square behind the police station, one of the lots being remodelled, the local Air Cadets complain that they have lost their parade ground.I bet Lloyd never even consulted those guys either!It appears that the money that Lloyd spent on his pamphlet last month, where he extolled himself as the king of communication, has been wasted.This latest affair has shown him to be a lone wolf seeking good works.Unfortunately he may have picked the wrong horse.
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In a touch of the curious councilor Williams, whilst voting to allow smoking to continue stated that his mother had died of lung cancer!!
It's only been two years since the last election and one of Council still wants your vote.In a pamphlet distributed this week councilor Lloyd (I really should be Mayor) Williams boasted, brown-nosed and badgered us all.Touting his achievements and simultaneously demonstrating his sycophancy to the Mayor he told us all what wonderful things he has done for us since being elected and therefore we deserved to be told about them.I suspect he used his own money (the amount would be equivalent to a week down South, but we all have our own priorities) and the impact was about the same as a big yawn.