Twice resigned Councillor will struggle in future.
Some readers of this blog may think we only wish to criticise elected
representatives, that’s not true, it’s the policies and secrecy surrounding
your council that are and have been reshaped to fuel the few, while everyone
else is treated as fodder that we bring to your attention.
We also really appreciate the role most councillors play within their communities across Northumberland as the far too large unitary council has numerous responsibilities.
Your Councillor works hard resolving issues for you their residents on education, social care, elderly care, highways issues, public transport, leisure, museums’, the arts, adoption, fostering, regeneration, housing, fly tipping and waste management, planning, grounds maintenance and highways/council trees, to name but a few services. A number of them also guide the less fortunate towards benefits aid and work with your parish councils on local issues.
To really get top class help your Councillor should live within your community area and be on hand when needed.
Councillor Ian Hutchinson represents Haltwhistle ward in West Northumberland yet dwells in Blyth 48ml away from his constituents in the Deep South East of the County.
He’s locally famous as he has had to vacate his highly paid job as the Chair of the Councils licensing committee after being caught drink driving. You couldn’t make this stuff up!
This is the second time he has been forced out of high office as he was booted out of a chairs job for planning for bullying another Councillor.
With bullying, mysoginy and political hatred being endemic within Northumberland Conservatives many voting constituents appear to overlook it as ‘well that’s how Tories act’ but losing your license when living (according to google) 4hours and 48minutes by bike when your sober and fit from the patch you have been placed in is deplorable and shows that in Northumberland the Tories are only interested in Morpeth leaving the west of the County leaning towards Gods will.
We’re sure here at murky we will hear the arguments from him that he can do his job over the phone. Shush Councillor Hutchinson otherwise all Councillors will want to be highly remunerated for listening to a few complaints when people who need you to be there for them eventually track you down.
Help the people whose pockets you have picked for three decades get someone they can seek out when they need them and as Tory policies are stripping them of both their savings and their dignity they need their Councillor more than ever right at this moment in time.
Resign NOW.
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