Just how much of a faux pas local Councillors for Blaenymaes committed when they slagged off their own area at the last Council meeting seems to have passed by the brothers and sisters over at Inside Out.However, if this letter from Robin Lowe is anything to go by then the consequences for them may be far reaching. It is worth quoting in full and maybe by the time Labour have re-read they might be able to accept the startling fact that Chris Holley is in touch with public opinion on this issue after all.
Once again we see councillors showing how misinformed they are (Row over plans to move kids home, Post, November 13).
They claim Blaenymaes is a notorious place, crime-ridden and not a place for a children's home.
This may have been true in the distant past. However, the truth is that it is a tight-knit community which has won awards for tackling anti-social behaviour and standing up to louts (many of whom don't live in the area) who blight our community.
Residents, together with the many agencies - such as Police Community Support Officers Constable Barry and Constable Phillips, Gwalia, the 104 Project, Spark, Councillor Gren Phillips and members of the community centre, the ARC, Blaenymaes and Portmead schools, the family centre and the community development team, to name but a few - have ensured that the vast majority of people living in the community have a reasonable quality of life.
Although I agree that looked-after children are the most vulnerable of children in society, I am sure that the professionals working at homes would ensure their safety and ensure that there, residents would not become a nuisance.
Ray Welsby, in saying that Blaenymaes is one of the most notorious areas in Great Britain, is wrong.
Perhaps he should visit a really notorious area, such as Moss Side in Manchester where gun crime and drug gangs have sadly become the norm.
Robin Lowe
Cwm Cadle,
Portmead,
Swansea
