`I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF GOODWAGE!' Exinspector to take on Russell.Byline: Phillip Nifield Political & Business Editor A RETIRED police chief inspector This article or section deals primarily with the United Kingdom and does not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. is launching a bid to unseat Russell Goodway. Tony Davies is hoping to oust oust tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts 1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" Virginia S. Eifert. the council leader by standing as a councillor at next year's municipal elections. He will stand as an independent ratepayer rate·pay·er n. One that pays rates: utility ratepayers. ratepayer Noun a person who pays local rates on a building Noun 1. candidate in the Ely ward because, he says, he is fed up with the way Cardiff council The County Council of City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) is the governing body for Cardiff, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. The council consists of 75 councillors, representing 29 electoral wards. is run by Mr Goodwa y. Mr Davies, a 58yearold widower, said that a 12 per cent hike in council tax was the final straw which prompted him to mount a challenge to the council leader. Mr Davies of Deepwood Close, Earlswood, St Fagans, said: ``I was born in Ely and lived in the area from the age of three to 13. ``I now live about 100 yards from the boundary of the ward, much closer than Mr Goodway (who lives in Barry). He is not a local man and does not know Ely. ``I have seen a lot of things happening in the council which I have not been happy about.'' But he made the decision to stand after the recent rise in council tax. ``The straw which broke the camel's back was the 12 per cent rise in council tax when I received an indexlinked rise in my police pension,'' he said. ``Then there's also been issues like Echogate and the rise in councillors' allowances. I've had enough of Goodwage.'' Mr Davies, who spent 30 years in the police serving in Uganda as well as Cardiff, said that he had no allegiance to any political party. He retired in 1996. ``I want to be an independent voice for Ely, not having to do what I am told,'' he added. He said that he intended to make four pledges to voters in Ely if he was elected: # Would in his first two years as a councillor donate any expenses he receives, including travel payments, above the annual allowance for councillors, to the George Thomas Hospice hospice, program of humane and supportive care for the terminally ill and their families; the term also applies to a professional facility that provides care to dying patients who can no longer be cared for at home. . # Would not vote for any increase in council tax above the rate of inflation. # Would not take any increase in his councillors' allowance above the rate of inflation. # Would hold regular surgeries for constituencies Russell Goodway was unavailable for comment this morning as he was returning from a business trip. # Echo Comment - See Page 8 |
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