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Throw out the baby, save the bath water
(L-R) SIMPSON MILLER… has conveniently developed laryngitis on the Azan issue. AZAN… will follow Portia till he dies
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MARK WIGNALL  
September 21, 2013

Throw out the baby, save the bath water

On page 83 of the Contractor General’s report on the Spalding shops fiasco, under the heading, Steps Taken to Regularise the Shops at the Spalding Market, the following is stated:

‘During the course of the investigation, it was observed that it was only in 2013 February that the Clarendon Parish Council began the process of seeking to rectify the issue regarding the 10 illegally constructed wooden shops.

‘The CG acknowledges and endorses that steps needed to be taken by the parish council to remedy the situation at the Spalding Market. However,……….Read full article in our E-Paper here

(L-R) DAVIES… should be handling the logisticshub. HYLTON… has obviously been removed fromfront-line duties

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