Hove councillor is cleared of ‘unfair’ claims (From The Argus)
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Hove councillor is cleared of ‘unfair’ claims
12:40pm Tuesday 19th March 2013 in News
A councillor has been cleared of claims he was rude and unfair in a public meeting.
Andrew Wealls, who represents Central Hove on Brighton and Hove City Council, was accused of breaching the councillors’ code of conduct by Angela Pereira, a manager at a language school.
This was after Coun Wealls chaired a meeting in October last year with people living in St Aubyns, Hove, who complained of persistent noise from students.
Ms Pereira claimed the Conservative politician “did not make any effort to be partial and fair”, adding she was told to “keep quiet”.
But Coun Wealls said that he had needed to act forcefully to control the meeting at times.
The panel – chaired by Labour councillor Jeane Lepper, sitting with Green councillor Ollie Sykes and Conservative councillor Ann Norman – cleared Coun Wealls of misconduct after the hearing in Hove Town Hall yesterday (March 18).
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Comments(4)
Omnishambles_1
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11:16am Wed 20 Mar 13
Hovite wrote:Here here, from personal experience i can say he is a professional, polite and decent man. This is good news.
I have only heard good things about him. He is a hard working councillor and has rightfully been cleared.
whereisthe...?
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12:39pm Wed 20 Mar 13
They ALWAYS do this, shilling for their masters. Pathetic. Talk about RIGHT WING BIAS
Sarah Booker Lewis
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12:52pm Wed 20 Mar 13
whereisthe...? wrote:Web headlines are short as they're tweeted and need to contain keywords. Hove is the keyword rather than Conservative. It states he is a Conservative councillor in the story.
Typical Tory being rude, and more to the point TYPICAL ARGUS FOR 'OMITTING' - AGAIN - THAT HE IS TORY IN THE HEADLINE.
They ALWAYS do this, shilling for their masters. Pathetic. Talk about RIGHT WING BIAS
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Hovite says...
5:12pm Tue 19 Mar 13