Remember finances when voting... (From Croydon Guardian)

Remember finances when voting...

4:03pm Tuesday 29th March 2011 in Your Say

Figures taken from research by the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) show that Croydon Council has failed to collect £40 million of council tax making it the worst in London.

Yet the council still expects us the honest ratepayers to suffer increases of 45% in on street parking charges whilst at the same time increasing their own “allowances” by 33%.

We also find that the councilors themselves get free parking all over Croydon.

Can anyone explain to me why a councilor in for example Selsdon needs to have free parking in Broad Green?

We also learn that our MPs have now reversed the controls over their expenses.

I advise everyone to vote yes in the upcoming electoral reform referendum and make these greedy politicians account for their actions.

Yours sincerely

Michael Knight
67 Nova Road
Croydon