Given a medal for “leadership”
Cllr Crisp declaration list 7th July 2014 click to enlarge
It seems that we were wrong earlier in the month when we praised Cllr Crisp for giving up her party lifestyle.
In a hurried change to the Declaration of Interests, which every Councillor must update each month, she has now recalled an event which took place in Durham last November.
She admits receiving hospitality at a Lumeire event organised by the Durham Council. What benefits York gains from social events like these is open to question.
What is not open to any doubt is that Councillors with a poor record keeping history need to be especially careful about transparency in their actions .
The latest list does reveal that Cllr Crisp claims to have led on organising the York stage of the Tour de France – for which she has received a “medal”!
Cllr Crisp declaration list 28th July 2014 click to enlarge
Presumably she will now accept responsibility for those elements of the event – like the Grand Departy – which didn’t go so well?
We are fortunate, though, in having someone in charge of leisure who spends so much time undertaking research at York Races.
No doubt she will be putting forward views on how the alcohol fuelled violence, seen in the City over the weekend, can be better controlled in future?