“Chairman
Strelczenie”, not the Parish Clerk, set up the appointment to inspect and copy
Parish Council 2016/2017 Financial Papers.
I
arrived with my cameras, including a six-foot high, extended tripod with
video-cam already mounted on top, and my Chaperone – a four-foot, ten inch
high, lady pensioner.
I
greeted the Chair and Clerk. They know I
arrive at every Parish Council event involving the public with my video-cam and
cameras highly visible and they watch me setting up my paraphernalia. Strelczenie knows he appears on YouTube if he
flagrantly flouts Council rules. (More later)
During
my inspection, the Clerk and Chair came within one metre of my highly visible tripod
and video-cam. Neither expressed any
concerns.
The
Clerk’s service during the inspection was excellent. We carried out the inspection politely, with the
Chair throwing in bad-tempered comments.
Did he have something to hide? (More later)
After
Strelczenie interjected yet again with a bad-tempered outburst, he must have
remembered the video-cam from which I have taken these video stills and
verified the sounds and actions throughout.
He came rushing across the room in a threatening way that caused the
Clerk to yell out “JAN!” as one
would try to check a dangerous dog’s uncontrolled behaviour and I told him
loudly “Do not come near me, at all! Do not
come near me, at all!”
My
wife was hugely shocked.
Strelczenie
backed off in the face of the Clerk’s warning shout, my warnings and the strategically placed, protective Chair Number 2
I had placed between my wife and the human Chair in case of a red-faced,
eye-bulging, threatening outburst.
The
Chair declared “This account ….. (inspection?) is over, it’s over, it’s over.”
I have him on film bullying Councillor Chilvers during the past six
months, but this was the first time he bullied a member of the public with his
behaviour and “It’s over” declaration.
Earlier
that morning, before the inspection, I had reported my concerns about Strelczenie’s likely behaviour to the Council’s External Auditor.
I
received advice NOT to go to the inspection alone. I thought a small, female pensioner would
stop the Chair’s infamous, filmed, bullying outbursts. NOT SO!
This is so-called “Democracy” in the area under the remit of Selby District Council Monitoring Officer and Solicitor Gillian Marshall. (More later).
