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To be fair by the time items get to the Executive (and possibly before) there is no chance of changing the decisions presented on the agenda. It feels like “tick box” process … “did we (the Executive) meet our responsibility under the right to speak?” … “Yes” … “did we (The Executive) change anything substantial as a result of fellow Councillors or members of the community taking time to come and speak?” … “No” … well as far as I can remember virtually never … An indicator is that I can never remember any Executive member voting against any item with everything being voted through unanimously at every meeting … I can’t remember seeing an additional recommendation being added or an existing one being removed as the result of the “debate” at an Executive Meeting … most Executive members start with the words “I welcome this report” and I feel proceed to indulge in self congratulation. There is no visible scrutiny amongst the members even to just to give those watching the feeling that there are robust debates and arguments behind the scenes before all agree without questioning in public. Just my observations. PS one one occasion when I went to raise the issue of the closure of Ketteting Leisure Village the leader’s response was to try to stop me using my three minutes and when I didn’t, asking if I could be removed from the meeting … scrutiny and passion not welcome?

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