Policy No 1: Tackling the KCC Billion Pound Debt.
I Bryan Rylands (pictured centre) have been given the opportunity by the Shepwayvox Team to use their blog as a forum to promote my policies as an Independent Candidate [...]
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A Runner & Rider in the KCC Elections, May 4th 2017
EXCLUSIVE We at the Shepwayvox team are proud to announce that our public face, Bryan Anthony Rylands (pictured below, centre) is standing as a Independent Candidate in the [...]
Cllr David Drury Monk’s Lie About Otterpool Park.
On the 22nd June 2016, The Looker published an interview with Cllr David Drury Monk where he is quoted as saying about Otterpool Park : ‘I am really excited by this [...]
Cllr “Dodgy David” Monk & A Planning Application. You Decide.
On Febuary 28th 2017 at the civic centre Cllrs met to vote on planning issues. One of the planning applications to be decided upon that evening was Y16/0623/SH: Little [...]
The Long Read: Princes Parade & Dubious Contracts. You Decide.
It has been reported to the Shepwayvox Team from both internal and external sources that Shepway District Council’s policy and procedures as laid down in their contract [...]
Where’s the Money? Where’s the Report?
Shepway District Council’s on street parking has only ever made a surplus twice since 2008/09. It’s off street parking since 2013/14 has made SDC £1,373,000. [...]
Shepway District Council Councillors Expenses & Allowances, April 1st 2012 – Dec 31st 2016.
We have followed on from the theme of all KCC Cllrs expenses & allowances with all Shepway District Council Cllrs expenses and allowances claims for April 1st 2012 [...]
Otterpool Park Update
Arcadis Consulting (UK) Ltd , formerly Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd are the Masterplanning and Project Management Team chosen to bring together the masterplan for Otterpool [...]
A Balls Up and Doorstep Comments on the Forthcoming Coming County Election.
A major balls up by the local Folkestone and Hythe Conservative association took place last Friday [10/03/17] at the Grand. The Guest of Honour Lord Howard of Lympne [...]
Kent County Council Councillors Cost Over £6.5 million in Four Years.
In the next few weeks you will no doubt receive endless Kent County Council election leaflets from all the Political Parties. 81 Councillors will be elected across 72 [...]
No Silver Bullet. A Time to Choose a New Route?
In Shepway, like in other areas, the male/ female ratio changes with age. On the whole, there are more males compared to females in the younger age groups, but as age [...]
Abuse of Power by Shepway District Council. You decide.
On Tuesday March 7th Shepway District Council’s elected Cabinet will convene to discuss Otterpool Park behind closed doors. We believe that SDC are acting beyond [...]
All Kent Councils Parking Surpluses & What Can Be Done With Them.
Shepway District Council(SDC) parking surplus for April 1st 2011 & 31st March 2016 is £1.547,000 according to the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG) [...]
SDC pay £1.5 Million to a Convicted Criminal for 10 Acres of Land.
Adrian Kirby (Pictured) a former UK waste disposal operator and onetime member of the prestigious Guards Polo Club who illegally conspired to spy on his environmental [...]
All For The Sake of Profit
“We do not play politics with pensions” said Cllr Susan Carey (pictured) at full council on Wednesday 22nd February. Cllr Carey was responding to a question put [...]
SDC Made £2.6 million in Six Years from Parking Charge Notices.
Have you ever got a parking charge notice (PCN) (pictured)? Have you paid it within the week and got the 50% discount? Have you fought it and won or lost? Our Public face has [...]
Shepway GPs “seeing too many patients a day to be safe.”
The Shepwayvox team spoke to three GPs from across the district and each of them said they and their colleagues were already “”seeing too many patients a day to [...]
Super Council Could Have £1 Billion Super Debt.
According to Kent Bloggers, the Shepwayvox Team and former Green Party Thanet Councillor turned blogger Ian Driver, plans to create an East Kent super council, consisting [...]
” Probably Carcinogenic to Humans.”
The World Health Organisation says it probably causes cancer in humans. It has been banned outright in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, [...]
Council Pays Tax Dodgers Thousands
Shepway District Council (SDC) continue to use HR Go a temporary staff recruitment agency based in West Terrace (pictured); which is alleged by The Guardian to be involved, [...]
Sort It Out.
UPDATE: The Car has now been MOT’d, but still no tax showing according to DVLA Ex Conservative Shepway District Councillor David Wimble (pictured), editor and sole [...]
Japanese Knotweed & Princes Parade
Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) (pictured) is one of the most invasive species in the world. Japanese Knotweed is a real thug as it spreads rapidly. The Environment [...]
We Don’t Believe You Any More
This is an antidote – not a perfect one – to the alternative facts being spun by Shepway District Council about Otterpool Park, The Lorry Park, Princes Parade, [...]
A Referendum, A Super Council & a Whole Load of Debt.
Shepway District Council (SDC) becoming part of the Super Council, is the most important decision SDC have made since they became a district council in 1974. Therefore we [...]
Developers, Donations & Cllrs Attitudes to the Planning System.
The Conservative Manifesto contained a headline commitment to “ensure local people have more control over planning” Yet power still rests with central/local government [...]