The Record of Shame

Meanwhile; whilst we talk about a lack of respect for the people of Medway the list continues. Lets look below at the alleged Medway Tory record

• £86,000 on Council Credit card bills. Poor financial control
• One of the poorest Local Authorities for fraudulent payments in the UK. Lack of financial control over procurement
• £5.9m un-collected Council tax. Worst in South East
• £1.2m Woodlands School fiasco. Poor financial control.
• £35m under-investment in Medway roads. Lack of investment
• Chatham bus station balls-up. Full cost £10m on public purse
• Lodge Hill consultation a sham and had to be extended. 5,000 homes proposed in an area with lack of transport capacity
• Sell off of Nelson Court, Platters Farm, Robert Bean Lodge and Shaws Wood Care homes
• Medway Tunnel fiasco purchased behind closed doors and potential for Tory Toll. Time bomb left for residents
• The 11+ Fiasco caused by incompetent management in education
• 'Better for Less model' with 'over-egged' savings according to Unions
• Closure of the centuries-old Rochester Market to provide income generating car parking
• Closure of Dickens Centre in Rochester highstreet
• Sell off Tourism Information Centres
• New taxes; vulture car, Allottments tax, charges up.
• Bus route cuts
• Strood Market threatened
• Destruction of Aveling and Porter building to provide income generating car parking
• Destruction of riverside wharves to provide thusfar non-existant development
• Vandalism (tree felling etc) of The Paddock and overspend on the Brook regeneration
• Vandalism of Riverside Gardens (tree felling etc) for "Dynamic" Bus Station
• Sell off land opposite Rochester Airport for development
• Failure to ensure the refurbishment of Pentagon toilets despite allegedly wasting £200,000 earmarked.
• Medway Magna allowing to submit proposals for the destruction of Capstone Valley
• Selling off parts of Watts Meadow for development
• Selling off Copperfield Green Space for development
• Stoke Crossing Fiasco over run
• Walderslade School cost over run
• Proposed closure of St John's C of E Infants and St Peter's Primary School
• Closure of Ridge Meadow Primary school

The list goes on and on and on and on and on.

Dont let the Tories distract you; incompetence comes as standard with the Medway Conservatives.