Libdem leader attacks 'disgraceful' Tory decision making!
May 14, 2007 9:54 PM
Libdem Leader Howard Henshaw has criticised the ruling Tory group on Fylde Borough Council for electing a relative novice as Mayor. The Tories have had to cast around for a new Mayor after Mayor-elect Colin Walton was booted out of his ward by an Independent, a Ratepayer and newly elected Liberal Democrat Councillor Tony Ford. The Deputy Mayor elected also lost his seat leaving some very red-faces amongst the Conservatives. (more .........
Cllr. Henshaw feels that a more senior councillor should have been selected as Mayor and that the Tory group have gone against an unwritten protocol. "Being Mayor should be a reward for long service to the council." cited Howard, Libdem Councillor for St. Leonard's Ward. "Its a disgrace! " Howard believes that the Tories have broken an unwritten pact that the longest serving cross- party councillor should be selected.
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