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Blair- Inverclyde Council Report - March
The "Herald" (26 February) tells us that
Inverclyde Council "has been beset by upheaval and
rancour in recent months". That is broadly speaking true.
Worse than that, the Council has not been
facing up to its very serious failings. Here are some examples.
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The condition of Inverclyde roads and
footpaths are the second worst in Scotland
(Audit Scotland Report).
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Around
30% of our primary pupils are failing to meet the minimum standards of
literacy and numeracy required by the Scottish Government and
no longer is any Inverclyde Secondary included in Scotland's Top 50
State Schools.
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The Council's Efficiency Project
(grandly titled The Future Operating Model),
has failed and is the subject of a major internal enquiry. Meanwhile
four senior Council Officials are under
suspension.
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The Recycling Programme - which Jean
Stewart as Convener got off to such a good start - has stuttered almost
to a halt.
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Inverclyde population, and in particular
our younger population, is in continued freefall.
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The Gourock Central Development (a
"Flagship Council Project") has, to
use an adjective used by a Labour Member
"disintegrated".
I could go on. But what is clear is that the press releases issued by
the Council's communications department are not alerting the public to
the real problems the Council is failing to solve. The public must
be presented with a more realistic account of what is going wrong.
Alan
Blair.
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