Friday, 9 April 2010

Politician found guilty of telling the truth

Amazing as it may sound, Rockin’ Rene Kinzett, tory group leader on Swansea Council, has been found guilty of misconduct by the Ombudsman for publicly stating, among other things that many of his fellow councillors are past it and probably know less than his cat about the workings of the local authority. He now has to appear before the Standards Committee to face whatever penalty they deem appropriate.

Seems a bit draconian for telling the truth - but the only other alternative would have been to do him for breaching the Official Secrets Act.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...

It is a sad state of affairs when you get reported for speaking the truth but what is worse is the ombudsman decides to run with a complaint made by a pair of alley cat prats - no offense intended to either 'top cat' or councilllor Kinzetts cat. Lets be honest here councillor Mary Jones has been found guilty by a TRIBUNAL of improper behaviour and that does not include the 90 million IT capgemini FIASCO and Wendy Fitzgerald put children at risk through arrogance and incompetence which led to a Welsh Assembly intervention board being installed in councty hall. As for the standards committee I am sure councillor Kinzett will be dealt with fairly and justly - NOT. The only time you will get a fair hearing is if you are a member of the administration.

Openness, transparency, natural justice, integrity, decency certainly don't apply to this lib dem administration.