Last Tuesday, Barnet's Eye's Top London blogger Roger Tichborne wrote:
What is the very minimum you would expect Barnet Council to do to commemorate any brave men and women who die serving our country in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Falklands or any other post WWII conflict? I don't know about you, but I'd expect to see their names be honoured on our local war memorials.
But Roger had found a council document which showed he would be disappointed. Then, on Thursday, he wrote:
Following my blog on Tuesday about Barnet Council shamefully snubbing our local war heroes, The Guardian contacted me to find out more. I am pleased to say that they have done some more investigation and today have today reported the issue as part of a wider report into the whole Easycouncil farce - a report every Barnet resident should read.
That report said:
A recent council report about war memorials which concluded that the names of local soldiers who died after the second world war would not be added to the borough's existing statuary was used by opposition members as evidence of easyCouncil cost-cutting that insulted soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The council denies the charge, adding that it is examining options for a memorial for those who died in later conflicts.
Citizen journalists and their blogs can make a difference. Barnet Eye's Rog T has shown you how.
