Regular readers will be remember John Rosenthal’s previous letters to Cllr Roger Mazillius in relation to huge cuts being made to adult social care on the Isle of Wight.
Cllr Mazillius refused to allow his response to be published on VB, perhaps being afraid that readers would be as disappointed as John was with the response.
John makes some excellent points in his latest letter to Cllr Mazillius and was happy for VB to share it with readers.
Dear Cllr Mazillius
I was more than a little disappointed by your decision not to answer any of my questions in my letter to yourself 16th Nov.
Had you provided a full and satisfactory reply to my earlier letter sent 27th Oct then this second letter containing requests for full answers to certain relevant facts and questions would not have been sent.
You have told me that you are going to contribute my points to the consultation process; by doing this you are denying me the answers to these questions so as to enable me to compile my own response to the consultation.
I am now of the opinion that this is your way of covering up some very relevant questions and not the response one should expect from someone in a public position.
As a councillor you are a public servant and as such have a responsibility to answer questions posed to you from a member of the public, not sweep them into a consultation process, thereby hiding them away.
By not replying it gives the impression that you are not only contradicting the councils own proposals with reference to the Island Core Strategy Paper, but also yourself.
One of your own public quotes ‘What a wonderful invaluable service Westminster House provides for its clients and their parents’.
Now within three years of your quote you seem to think that this purpose built facility with its own gardens, barbecue facilities, conservatory and large communal area is no longer fit for service, wishing to ship the clients off to what is essentially an old peoples care home in a village, far away from the widely available amenities in the central town of Newport.
Due to the previous lack of response, I am re-submitting these questions, comments to you and would respectfully like to receive a full reply to all points within 7 days.
Yours sincerely, John Rosenthal
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