Community Centre Cllr Boylan
1 Out of 10 for vocal delivery. 30 seconds of "um" in a speech lasting less than 110!
That’s the official rating for Cllr Mark Boylan’s pitch for the long overdue community centre residents have waited 21 years for.
He told the Borough Planning Committee: “We’ve given them every opportunity… five and a half thousand surveys.”
"Them"? Not "our"
What he didn’t tell "them":
❌ Online replies timed out. Residents couldn’t submit detailed feedback
❌ We spoke to dozens. Not one had received a leaflet.
After more than 10 years in office, this is the standard of representation we get?
Low energy. Unprepared.
No command.
And a community asset delayed 21 years defended in under two minutes of filler words.
We deserve better than "sort of" representation.
Then we move on to his use of words which reveals his true view of people!
Referring to residents as “them” is a telling choice—and it indicates distance, (not necessarily malice or conscious superiority) , but a definite yet subtle "us and them" mindset.
Cllr Boylan clearly positions himself outside the group he serves with his language.
It also implies residents are an audience, a consultation box to tick, or a problem to manage—not people he belongs to.
There were no signals of shared struggles, shared stake. He is not among the residents, he is above them.
The role has become something he does to people, not something he does with them.
It is the language of a contractor, not a representative.
#OldPark #TheRock
#Newdale #Overdale #TelfordDeservesBetter
#WrekinDeservesBetter
That’s the official rating for Cllr Mark Boylan’s pitch for the long overdue community centre residents have waited 21 years for.
He told the Borough Planning Committee: “We’ve given them every opportunity… five and a half thousand surveys.”
"Them"? Not "our"
What he didn’t tell "them":
❌ Online replies timed out. Residents couldn’t submit detailed feedback
❌ We spoke to dozens. Not one had received a leaflet.
After more than 10 years in office, this is the standard of representation we get?
Low energy. Unprepared.
No command.
And a community asset delayed 21 years defended in under two minutes of filler words.
We deserve better than "sort of" representation.
Then we move on to his use of words which reveals his true view of people!
Referring to residents as “them” is a telling choice—and it indicates distance, (not necessarily malice or conscious superiority) , but a definite yet subtle "us and them" mindset.
Cllr Boylan clearly positions himself outside the group he serves with his language.
It also implies residents are an audience, a consultation box to tick, or a problem to manage—not people he belongs to.
There were no signals of shared struggles, shared stake. He is not among the residents, he is above them.
The role has become something he does to people, not something he does with them.
It is the language of a contractor, not a representative.
#OldPark #TheRock
#Newdale #Overdale #TelfordDeservesBetter
#WrekinDeservesBetter
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