The 56 Steps to Darby Road.
You know when sitting next to someone in a coffee shop, sometimes you can get chatting to a complete stranger. It happened to one of our members a few weeks back and now what [...]
A Reminder of Why We Need to Speak Truth to Power
History has a way of coming back and biting us on the posterior. Here is a global reason why Investigative Journalism is such a necessary tool. It is to speak truth to power [...]
Mr Stainer & Master Barratt.
What is Michael Stainer – not the owner of the Grand, “just the manager of the freehold” – game? A senior source who works for Mr Stainer informs the Vox that he [...]
A Curate’s Egg
In a conversation with a sitting Conservative Cllr the Vox were informed that the new Broom and head of Communities, Sarah Robson (Since Nov 15) has reorganised her [...]
Stupid is as Stupid Does.
Stupid is as stupid does, so they say. History as you may or may not know has a way of coming back and biting one on the backside, to put it politely. In 1997/1998 SDC (so [...]
How Much Do you Earn Mr Stewart?
On Thursday 31 March at 2pm in the Council Chamber, SDC will once again ban members of the public from the democratic process. This time the public will be excluded because [...]
Spare a Thought for the Innocent.
The Folkestone Herald this week (24/03/16) on its Front Page ran the story “Stainer’s Tax Woes ” this is why It is absolutely necessary for Mr Stainer [...]
Is This The Man Responsible?
The Audit & Accounts Act 2003 ceased to be as of the 31/03/15. The SDC audit of their accounts 2014/15 were subject to this legislation in 2014/15. Under s151 of the [...]
Another U turn, by another Tory
Cllr David Monk leader of SDC is up to his old tricks again. Either he cannot recollect what he promised or he can’t remember what he promised you the residents of [...]
So long, Farewell Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
In early spring 2015 SDC employed a new s151 officer (Chief Financial Officer) by the name of Joanna Miller. Ms Miller had come from Craven District Council (North Yorkshire) [...]
KCC’s 11 PFI School Contracts
Kent County Council have 14 Private Finance Intiative (PFI) Contracts on their books. 11 of them are schools. Who owns these schools, because it is not KCC, they just stump [...]
Walter Mitty or Billy Liar? You decide.
Billy Liar is a fantasist who wants to rid himself from the constant complaints and blames he gets from other people, Billy Liar is never wrong. Might it be that Mr Michael [...]
Double Standards
On the 3rd May 2007 Cllr Philip Martin (pictured below) was elected to SDC for the Folkestone Central ward with 487 votes. He has been a sitting Cllr for 9 years. Now as an [...]
“Wethinks thou dost protest too much” Mr Stainer.
For Mr Michael Stainer things have gone from bad to worse. The Director of The Grand Folkestone (Mr Stainer is not the owner according to Companies House) has made things [...]
Not so Grand after all
Shepwayvox has discovered another offshore property in Folkestone. For those of you who live in, or visit Folkestone regularly, will know this building. Yes the Grand; [...]
Those Resposible for KCC’s LOBO’s.
A decision to borrow money must be taken by the full Council. At KCC that is no different, once the decision has been voted on and signed off it may borrow from any willing [...]
The Leader of the Pack
The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) provides quarterly information about Local Authority borrowing on the gov.uk website as “Borrowing and [...]
Going Loco about LOBO’s.
Some of you may well know what a LOBO is, if not it is a Lend Option Borrow Option. The are complex financial instruments created by City Pin Stripe boys and sold to Local [...]
Cllr Stuart Nicholas Peall
Since 2007, Cllr Stewart Nicholas Peall (Tory) Cabinet Member for the Environment has been the elected member to the North Downs East Ward, this is he: In Jan 2013 he [...]
And Finally… Good News.
And finally… the new Roger De Haan multi-storey sports park, which will contain among other things, a boxing club, skate shop, offices, cafe, three levels of skate park [...]
SDC Management and Job Culture
What are the management like where you work/ or used to work? What is the Job Culture of the organization you work for or worked for? Ever wondered what it might be like at [...]
To Be Or Not To Be
In an undiscovered country (just outside of Lydd, but we won’t quibble) a fair and reasonable woman is puzzled. The source of her puzzlement is “To be, or not to be, [...]
Folkestone Town Centre Management 2
Folkestone Town Centre Management Certificate of Incorporation at Page pg 16 states: “3(a) To promote and protect the home and overseas trade, commerce and industry [...]
Folkestone Town Centre Management.
Folkestone Town Centre Management Ltd (FTCM) is a not for profit organisation and is made up of 3 bodies. Folkestone Town Centre Management – Events in Folkestone Town [...]
Penny Wise & Pound Foolish
Freedom of Information (FOI) requests are useful. They gave us ex MP Michael Howard’s 17,000 pound gardening expenses , KCC’s Leader Paul Carter Expenses and [...]