YOUR item about Adur Community Transport (ACT) was misleading and potentially damaging to its standing in the Adur area.
ACT is a registered charity – not a private company – and Councillor Searle is implying that ACT is operating fradulently, a very serious accusation, and an unjustified one which should be withdrawn.
She is impugning the motives of the people who
work and volunteer for ACT and who provide a valuable service to the less-able members of the Adur district.
Dial-a-Ride provides a subsidised – not free – service for those Adur residents who are unable to use public transport, including wheelchair users, the partially sighted and those with visual impairment and other mobility problems, for weekly shopping trips, medical appointments and social journeys, whereas other Adur residents over 60 are provided with free public transport.
Perhaps Cllr Searle feels that those who can afford to pay, but choose not to, are also lining their pockets.
I bet this will not appear as a subject in any manifesto come re-election time.
The proposal to merge Adur and Worthing is flawed, because there are facets of the two schemes which are fundamentally differerent and the Adur district is far larger than Worthing.
And, regarding the "independent consultant", how much is this going to cost?
If the council commissions such reports, it is its responsibility to make sure they are acted upon, not the organisation under scrutiny.
Ann Goodridge
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