Re: "Act in Appropriate Manner for Voters"

I would like to advise your correspondent of some facts.

1. Michael Nattrass UKIP MEP for West Midlands. He attends some plenary sessions, required to qualify for allowance. Actual attendance recorded on European Parliament webpage. However most of the work is completed in committees. Transport Committee, of which he is member, and not recorded on webpage. His attendance a big fat ZERO.

2, Photograph in Labour election address, in connection with litter. Neither candidate, his MP or agent could identify location, certainly not Halesowen or Dudley, may I suggest approximately 100 miles away in Labour controlled Authority. He went on to outline this could be consequence in event of our curtailment of 7 day general waste collection. As I said very misleading, especially as Cabinet Member for Environment has made very public in media WE WILL NOT REDUCE WEEKLY COLLECTION.

How many times does this have to be stated? Perhaps this week's Government statement on charging householders for collection will outline their true intention.

I would take this opportunity to make clear that, due to a dry summer last year, we only achieved 24% recycling, our target now being 30% and this will obviously impound on waste to fuel the incinerator at Lister Road.

Further savings on landfill from other boroughs will assist shortfall.

I made it very clear at election how little, if any evidence of opposition candidates were visible during election.

I do believe all electorate should have a fair representation from which to make their choice. After all how else can we increase voter turnout?

By the way my campaign for 2011 is already under way by addressing my constituents' concerns, with true local commitment.

Ken Turner, Councillor, Hayley Green & Cradley South