THE Liberal Democrats beat Farnworth & Kearsley First with the FOI request about Bolton's Council's paper 'Scene' — "Lib Dems hit out at council 'Scene' mag" January 6.
What the story could have mentioned was the fact that in the summer edition 'Bolton' was mentioned 338 times, "Farnworth" seven times and "Kearsley" four times; the entries for Farnworth and Kearsley were just lines from councillor's addresses. Was there absolutely nothing being done in Farnworth or Kearsley for the previous six months? Probably not.
It's astonishing that local government is able to get away with it — could you imagine the uproar if the Tories produced a newspaper every six months telling us how wonderful they are doing at running the country.
In the interest of fairness we will be writing to the leader of the council to check whether all the opposition parties receive an amount (pro-rata) to give their view on council services.
Farnworth & Kearsley First
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