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Tone Down the Feisty Rhetoric
The Dale Farm Bulletin #7
July 26, 2007
For Immediate Release
Contact: Grattan Puxon, Secretary of Dale Farm Housing Association, +44 01206523528
In attempting to discredit the East of England Regional Assembly’s initial estimate on the number of Traveller pitches needed in Basildon District, Tory Councilor Malcolm Buckley has shown himself to be a strong detractor in finding a peaceful resolution to the Dale Farm saga. (ECHO, July 23rd).
Instead of bashing the survey being enacted to accurately gauge the current number of Travellers living in Basildon as a “money-making conspiracy,” why doesn’t Mr. Buckley tone down his feisty rhetoric and offer support to establish the number of Travellers living in his district? Surely, Mr. Buckley agrees that in a county where 20,000 to 25,000 homes are set to be built in each of the next five years, the allocation of 1,220 pitches for Travellers, less than 1% of the total, is a reasonable and even necessary number.
Perhaps Mr. Buckley failure to compromise and aid in the implementation of the survey stems from the fact that he has painted himself into a political corner concerning the Travellers at Dale Farm. His allocation of over two million pounds worth of council funds in order to evict the Travellers is sad reminders of his obsession with seeing Dale Farm disappear.
Mr. Buckley needs to stop his personal vendetta against the Travellers. Instead of spending his time conjuring up ways to decry the findings of institutions such as the East of England Regional Assembly, Mr. Buckley would better serve himself and his constituency by coming up with a an alternative figure before firing accusation from the hip.
Dale Farm, Crays Hill
Zach Scott
- This letter was published in the July 27th edition of the ECHO.
- The Dale Farm Bulletin is produced on behalf of the Dale Farm Community Association by Grattan Puxon, Secretary of the Association, and Zach Scott, a 2007 Peace Fellow of The Advocacy Project. For more information, contact Grattan Puxon or Zach Scott. For the Dale Farm chronology and Association news, visit Dale Farm's partner page.
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