Attack on 'nasty' authority
A STINGING attack was launched on Carmarthenshire Council by independent councillor John Jenkins at the town council meeting.
Mr Jenkins, arguing for power to be devolved to Llanelli, said: "Every instinct, every fibre of my being causes me to side with Councillor Winston Lemon. As someone who has seen Carmarthenshire Council in action, all know that it's a nasty little authority.
"Llanelli's interests never shine through down there," he added. And he contrasted Carmarthen's shopping centre with Llanelli's.
"Carmarthen town had the first bite of the cherry with a wonderful addition, with the chief executive's every second of attention," he said.
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"It seems Llanelli's is slapdash, make it up on the back of a fag packet.
"It's that attitude and atmosphere in County Hall which causes people in Llanelli to yearn for an authority that puts its interests first."
He suggested that the town and rural councils should work together on projects.
"We could go as far as outright merger between the town and the rural, representing 40,000 people with a budget of £3.5 million," said Mr Jenkins.
The council backed Mr Jenkins's motion to form a better governance group for Llanelli and engage with the rural council and other community councils in the area, if necessary.
Comments
by owen71
Friday, January 11 2013, 9:22PM
“The Xmas lights, you get more out of the COUNTY COUNCIL than the rest of the county , and all the parks in the LLANELLI are paid for by the COUNTY COUNCIL, And you add the money for the SCARLETS , THE COASTAL PATH, the new cinema , even £20.000 for the projector to a private firm plus many more that i dont have time to put down , so get in todays world empty shops are every were , plus there are no jobs in all of the county”
by owen71
Thursday, January 10 2013, 8:45PM
“But the rules shoud be the same for everyone in the county were ever you live , be it in sport, housing, roads etc”
by odinhouse
Thursday, January 10 2013, 8:39PM
“''' owen71 '' == The Xmas lights are paid for by the County/ LLANELLI Town and Rural , and the Town and Rural pays for the Local Box cemetery, also the lighting is paid for by the community councils, the county only puts them up and looks after them, but they get money from Town and rural ,,, Just for you to know ==”
by owen71
Thursday, January 10 2013, 8:22PM
“The difference is in CARMARTHEN its PRIVATE MONEY and in LLANELLI its PUblic money you add all up and its a lot , and when you look at the rest of the county the money should be shared out, In LLANELLI the XMAS LIGHT are paid for by the COUNTY COUNCIL and the parks u in LLANELLI are paid for by the COUNTY COUNCIL in CARMARTHEN LOCAL COUNCILLS have to pay , grass etc cutting , so why the difference and theres a lot more examples”
by odinhouse
Thursday, January 10 2013, 2:29PM
“Cllr ''' odd ball '' is at it again, will he give up his £14/15 k a year if Llanelli went it alone, as he would no longer be a county councillor, Don't think so, its all Money knower days, its only a flash in the pan as a Plaid cllr has a grudge with the County ,,, Llanelli Rate's ten fold..?”
by weslangdon
Wednesday, January 09 2013, 8:32AM
“This is just giving publicity to an opinionated windbag. Llanelli is the biggest town in the county so must have the most Cllrs on the county council...end of story”