The message in Shrewsbury this morning to a crowd of some 1500 demonstrators against local government cuts was very clear and seen by all, as well as by many in the town as we marched through. What was impressive is that many already knew about this scandalous affair including some actually working inside the Council building itself who expressed total disgust. We were knocking on an open door! Personally named in the publicity liberally handed to the crowd and in many cases actively solicited were Councillor Aggie Caesar-Homden, Children's Services officer and Councillor for Ruyton 11 New Towns (where Anne and Hollie lived happily and peacefully before their house was trashed last summer at C-H's behest); Tim Collard, Head of Legal Services who lied that the Council had no foreknowledge of the raid; Stephen Chandler, Deputy Manager of Social Services with special responsibility for the Disabled, sidestepped from Worcestershire to Shropshire after mishandling another very murky scandal involving a disabled young man whose remains were discovered chopped up in a suitcase (see previous article on this site) and finally, head of the whole sordid cabal, CEO Kim Ryley who must take ultimate responsiblilty for bringing shame on the name of Shropshire. The figures say it all: £46 million to be axed from Shropshire's budget; CEO on a salary of £180,000 (not cut) and anything up to £1/2 million already spent on a witchhunt against two innocent local ladies who have harmed no one in Shropshire nor anywhere else for that matter, with possibly more cash sorely needed for local children, carers and hospitals still to be tipped down a particular drain called Defence of Paedophiles. Otherwise Shrewsbury is a really pretty town with friendly, normal people as you find everywhere in UK. Special thanks to organiser Jane for allowing us to append Hollie's cause to Unison's Rally but we felt it was a very easy alliance and congratulations that such a substantial crowd turned out, all in all a good day for Democracy in Shropshire.
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