Tuesday, June 14, 2005
David Potts letter
Support for Peter Collins
Following the sacking of Peter Collins, the former National Trust warden for the Leas has received a mountain of popular support for his principled decision to inform the people of South Tyneside about the chemical cocktail contained within Trow Quarry. He has published a long and detailed account of the poorly handled problem in the Shields Gazette, and is now facing the prospect of losing his tied home at Souter Lighthouse whilst he is preparing his case for an Industrial Tribunal. In his submission to the Shields Gazette, Peter Collins echoed my opinion about the self declared "safeness" of the former quarry by the Borough Council, in short, by inviting one set of experts to find the deadly toxins they then attempted to negate the findings with the testimony of another so called expert witness. In doing so, our elected representatives provided us with an expert illustration of a whitewash!
Cllr. David Potts, who was one of the first to air the problems publicly, has been in touch with me at the Corner Shop, and I am happy to publish his comments here.
Dear Graham,
As you know I have spoken several times in defence of Peter Collins.
I believe that Mr Collins acted with the best interests of the public in mind and if anything should be rewarded, not punished, for his actions. There are few people in the world who put the interests of the public at large before their own. Those people should be valued and their actions applauded.
I wish Mr Collins the very best for his tribunal.
Yours sincerely,
David Potts
Conservative, Cleadon & East Boldon
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Following the sacking of Peter Collins, the former National Trust warden for the Leas has received a mountain of popular support for his principled decision to inform the people of South Tyneside about the chemical cocktail contained within Trow Quarry. He has published a long and detailed account of the poorly handled problem in the Shields Gazette, and is now facing the prospect of losing his tied home at Souter Lighthouse whilst he is preparing his case for an Industrial Tribunal. In his submission to the Shields Gazette, Peter Collins echoed my opinion about the self declared "safeness" of the former quarry by the Borough Council, in short, by inviting one set of experts to find the deadly toxins they then attempted to negate the findings with the testimony of another so called expert witness. In doing so, our elected representatives provided us with an expert illustration of a whitewash!
Cllr. David Potts, who was one of the first to air the problems publicly, has been in touch with me at the Corner Shop, and I am happy to publish his comments here.
Dear Graham,
As you know I have spoken several times in defence of Peter Collins.
I believe that Mr Collins acted with the best interests of the public in mind and if anything should be rewarded, not punished, for his actions. There are few people in the world who put the interests of the public at large before their own. Those people should be valued and their actions applauded.
I wish Mr Collins the very best for his tribunal.
Yours sincerely,
David Potts
Conservative, Cleadon & East Boldon
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