A group of ORA Members attended the Swindon Borough Full Council meeting on 17th February 2011 to put a question during Public Questions.
First stop was some photographs outside the Civic Offices with our banners to publicise the ORA campaign.
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Then it was in to the Council Chamber for Public Questions and a chance ask for answers from our elected representatives. ORA member Paul Exell asked -
"Various media are very interested in the detail of what is going on in Oakhurst but will the Council prefer to engage with them as it appears reluctant to listen to the community in Oakhurst?"
In response Councillor Greenhalgh asked what was meant by the question - which was then clarified. Cllr Greenhalgh persisted in the view that he did not understand the question. He appeared to have no idea what the Oakhurst community might be trying to talk to the Council about at the moment! It was then requested that the question be submitted in writing before he abruptly (some might say rudely) dismissed any need to answer the question - simply saying that a reply in writing would be supplied at a later date.
