Campaign Against Neighbourhood Forum in Hackney
Hackney Council is currently consulting on proposals that would see control of planning policy in four Hackney wards – Lordship, Cazenove, New River and Springfield – taken over by an unelected and unaccountable ‘forum’ The secretary of the group is former Hackney Councillor Isaac Liebowitz, who was convicted and jailed for six months in 2001 of fraud, after rigging a council election in Hackney
Posted on January 29, 2013, in urban planning. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
We’ve got a Forum in Pepys Ward, Lewisham, it is appalling. Very poor attendance, very badly chaired and run, completely unclear who can vote in the event of one (suggested 12 year old children on one issue) nor how any vote would be conducted.
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