Councillor David Williams

Cyng/Cllr David Gwyn Williams

As some of you may have seen on the DT Facebook site, I am really disappointed that proposed works to capture storm water on Hiraddug Road have been postponed. Apparently the funds allocated to that scheme have had to be used to sort out the flood issue near to Terfyn buildings further along Caerwys Road.

While I am of course annoyed about this postponement, as within every department of DCC, there is a limited amount of money to spend. I have been told that Hiraddug road will be done next summer: providing funds are available!

In the meantime we will do as much as we can to divert storm water off the road and down to the river. This might at least be an interim ‘common sense’ measure, rather than waiting at least another year for the costly scheme proposed by the council.

With relation to the ongoing bin saga; again I posted on Facebook that the unscheduled debt accumulated to date of publication will be well over £600,000; with a further £60,000 PER WEEK needed to finance the ongoing calamitous situation, and with no end in sight.

Our Independent group was determined to make the public aware of just how bad things were. However I didn’t sign up to our vote of no confidence (VONC) in the leader and his cabinet because I didn't believe it was the right way to publicise our concerns. Mindful that this would be seen by some as a political move, in my opinion there were other means of doing so to greater effect. I didn’t sign up to this motion, and so abstained from voting on it.

Just as I feared the meeting turned into a typically tedious game of political football, with little but repeated accusations and counter accusations taking up almost all the allotted time. It was reminiscent of some of the juvenile antics broadcast from Westminster.

Predictably, and as media reports confirm, there was little or no mention of what might be best for the people of Denbighshire.

Throughout this ‘debate’ the Leader, Jason McLellan, had made repeated reference to what a great, strong and decisive leader he was. It was the sort of egocentric self aggrandisement that merely underlined his own weakness and woeful inadequacy.

I asked our great leader why, when forming his new cabinet in May 2022 he did not include some former cabinet members from other parties, people with many years of experience and wisdom? Attributes that that might benefit a coalition cabinet, working for the good of the people.

Displaying the same loathsome arrogance that we councillors have had to endure for well over two years; Jason McLellan replied that he chose his cabinet to reflect the huge swing to Labour and Plaid Cymru in the recent elections. And then, with no trace of compunction, nor hint of irony, he ministered to we lesser mortals, ‘that is how democracy works’.

The people of Denbighshire might make of that what they will, and act accordingly.

‘Nid oes neb mor ddall a’r rhai ni welant.’ ‘There are none so blind as those who will not see.’

Yr eiddoch yn gywir, David Williams