issue 7

PARANOIA? No they really are out to get you!
“The Parish Council have formed a Working Group to formulate and develop a
Communications Strategy which aims to improve communication between the Parish Council
and the residents of Cradley and Storridge. The Parish Council are committed to developing a
relationship of openness and transparency.
The new website, www.cradleyparishcouncil.gov.uk, encourages direct communication via the
comments and contact pages and residents are also able to pose questions or make
comments directly to the Parish Council via the open session at any parish meeting, or via
myself at clerk@cradleyparishcouncil.gov.uk.
The Parish Council will therefore not engage in conversation on the Cradley Enquirer website.
We request that all correspondence is accompanied by a name and address, which may be
withheld if requested. The Parish Council has no obligation to answer any correspondence
made by a non-resident of the Parish, though will use its discretion with any such
communication.
Yours sincerely
Helen Tinson
Clerk, Cradley Parish Council Rec 21st February)”
COMMUNICATION: “the
imparting or exchanging of
information by speaking,
writing, or using some
other medium.”
There seems to be a certain amount of PARANOIA creeping into the business of our Parish
Council. Why you may well ask?
The Enquirer has never sought to “engage in conversation on the Cradley Enquirer website”
with the Parish Council- we merely ask questions of them on matters of concern from the
community. They are supposed to serve NOT RULE. It is the PC who REFUSE TO COMMUNICATE.
This artificial barrier(quoted quite incorrectly by the chair and challenged as policy some
considerable time ago) is now insisted on by the PC and does nothing whatsoever to support
their requirement to be honest, open, and transparent in their operations.
It has become like Customer Services, who make it very difficult for you to communicate your
question or complaint to them, in the hope that you will give up and fade away.
Paranoia is substantiated whilst the PC does not do its job openly and honestly because rest
assured the Enquirer is watchingUNTIL THEY DO