| CARDINHAM PARISH COUNCIl - Above the Law | |
| Parish Councils are subject to the law But they are unregulated, so nobody enforces the law. |
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| "For evil to triumph requires only that good men do nothing” Edmund Burke | |
| 1) Local Government Ombudsman. NO JURISDICTION Parish Councils are outside his remit. That surprised you did it? |
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| 2) Cornwall Council. NO JURISDICTION Simon Mansell, Principle Legal Officer, Corporate Governance at C.C. put it very clearly, “Neither Cornwall Council nor LG Ombudsman have any jurisdiction over a Parish Council.” |
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| 3) Standards Committee, Cornwall Council. NO JURISDICTION The Standards Committee deals only with Councillors conduct. Not what Councils do |
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| 4) Mick Martin Cornwall Councillor, Cardinham Resident NO JURISDICTION Cornwall Councill Legal Department told us to stop writing to him, as he has no jurisdiction. |
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| 5) Information Commissioner (ICO) NO JURISDICTION But he can force Councils to to divulge their secrets. He is overloaded, under resourced, and slow when up against defiant Councils like CPC. |
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| 6) The Free Press NO JURISDICTION But The Cornish Guardian reports CPCs wrongdoing. The last bastion of democracy? |
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| 7) The Private Citizen. NO JURISDICTION We can all take CPC to court. Providing we have thousands of pounds to spare! |
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8) Conclusion Pity nobody will regulate what they do, or how they spend our money! |
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| 9) So there you are you 8,000 Parish Councils. There's nobody can touch you, whatever you do. |
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