To the casp chair david rodgers,
I am one of the 6,551 members of casp, I am also an ex-committee member one of the ex-committee members who has been lied about, intimidated and 'f**ked over' by yourself and your unstable 'carer' petra dando. With very good reason I am not happy that you and your girlfriend sit on the committee that claims to represent the aspriations and needs of me and others.
You have yet to justify the money you take from tenants rents and charges and you do not provide me with a service. I object strongly to my rent and charges being wasted on such a contrived and undemocratic 'association' as CASP. Again I raise the question as to
how many of casps 6,551 membership have actually benefitted from casp being in place?
Chris naylors promotional statement in casps one and only newsletter just about sums it up "If CASP didn't exist we'd have to invent it" Invent it camden council did...
From personal experience and the experience of many others of how you two and your various cronies operate none of you are trustworthy, honest or professional and really have no right to speak for others. You have forfeitted the right to participate in the affairs of others. Your deliberate and malicous behaviour towards others never changes, it only gets covered up and this is not acceptable. You are arrogant enough to beleive you are untouchable but I can wait.
You do not speak for me or represent my aspirations and needs - stop claiming that you do.
You put on a 'show' of being 'representative and inclusive' all the while continuing to deliberately exclude casp members from having any say in what casp does. You continue to withhold casp committee meeting minutes, casp agm minutes and the casp accounts.
In three years of casp being in 'offical' operation you have only produced 1 newsletter, and have since Jan 06 only held 1 general meeting. You continue to spew lies about other people to cover up your own wrong doing.
You hide behind lies and the manipulation of others, and the corrupt council system - you take full advantage of all the 'opportunities' camden council offers you. You are a harmful and amoral fraud. What decent person would deal in heroin? My nephews mother lost her life to that nasty drug - do you even care - I doubt it! How many families have been destroyed by heroin? Like many deviants you hide behind a false persona and your own self promotion, on good days I pity you on bad days you make me feel physically sick.
Rodgers, dando and
ewing in particular - you are three of the most disturbed and morally inept individuals I have had the misfortune to encounter. Do the decent thing and retire from local 'politics' as your kind of tenant 'rep' is not wanted by the many decent residents of camden.
One of the many 'victims' of yours, your unhinged carer dando and your troll ewing ..... theres crazy and theres just plan nasty ..... and you three are NASTY!!
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Petra Dando
Balmore Street
London N.19 5DA
Lorraine Martin
Complaints Team
London Borough of Camden
January 15th 2006
Dear Ms Martin,
Re: Complaint regarding CFTRA – Decisions made by ****** ******, etc.
My complaint is the following: That CFTRA is not a ‘tenants led’ organisation but is essentially led by one person – ***** *******, with assistance from three or four others, who essentially make all the decisions on behalf of the group. In fact, after reading much correspondence (which ****** ****** has either rafted or prepared for the MC) one could quite credibly argue that decisions are made prior to MC meetings taking place, usually in Quinn’s public house, adjacent to the Clarence Way Estate, with I daresay expenses also being covered by the HRA.
I would also argue that, not only have decisions been taken by ***** ********, despite there being a very strong conflict of interest, but that she has also demonstrated an ability to ‘sway’ and ‘manipulate’ the view of members on issues such as the role of Patch Managers and support for borough-wide groups, etc. It is quite clear that their role (PM’s) in the area of TP remains a contentious one and that CFTRA, particularly paid staff members, see their developing role in the area of TP as a ‘threat’.
This, however, has not stopped there, but has provided a basis for staging a ‘vendetta’ style attack on these particular staff members, as well as other organisations and individuals whom they also view in a similar way. This is now evident when reading MC minutes (which are not made public, not even to the general membership), monitoring minutes and also other correspondence. I now formally call on Camden Council to make the minutes of the CFTRA MC meetings made public.
I acknowledge that they may contain material which might be deemed as ‘sensitive’ and that these items should be removed, however, where the items relate to ‘targeting’ certain groups and individuals I feel most strongly that these items should be made public.
On the issue of PM’s, my personal view is that there exists both good and bad examples of how these staff members have interacted with residents to improve living conditions on their estates / areas, etc.
The same could also be said of the recent letter from CFTRA addressed to Cllr Raj Chada, Leader of the Council, regarding the development of a new TP strategy in Camden. A letter which requested that all discussions “stop” on the issue of developing a new strategy.
This letter was drafted by **** ********, a few days after the policy forum, and presented to the MC to sign. It was quite clear at the policy forum that CFTRA, or at least its staff members, again felt ‘threatened’ by the suggestion of any ‘change’ whatsoever, despite the request coming from a large number of Camden residents that they wish to see some changes in the way TP in Camden is delivered.
My personal view is that no attempt should be made by Camden Council to dismantle the current representative structures currently in place, however, I would argue that some work needs to be done to make these structures more inclusive of groups traditionally under-represented on these forums and, in some cases, more accountable to the tenants and residents they claim to represent.
I understand that *** ******* Job Description has been requested by tenants on a number of occasions but that no information has been forthcoming.
I also wish to raise the issue of the Service Level Agreement and the fact that such items are never raised with CFTRA’s membership, despite the organisation, or at least the Chair, receiving requests from its members to be involved, or to at least have a say or be consulted about such issues. Again, these items have been drawn up by ***** *******and presented to the MC for agreement instead of ‘engaging’ with the tenants and residents it claims to support. One could argue that the only time ‘members’ are consulted on such issues is when claims are made (true or untrue) that the grant funding is ‘running out’ in order to ‘stir up’ sympathy for the organisation.
Might I suggest that the organisation go back to its grass roots and start to genuinely consult its members on how its funding is spent, including members of the general public who contribute through the HRA for the delivery of the service.
I have also been struck by the rather ‘overwhelming’ presence of ***** ******* at the recent Housing Consultation Scrutiny meetings, where many of us have been forced to sit through episodes of ‘grinning’, being laughed at when questioned, moving back and forth from the table in a ‘frenzied’ manner, attempts at directing panel members, etc.
I would most certainly go as far as to say that many of these actions have been designed to intimidate or at least unsettle others. In fact, one really needs to question who, in fact, has ‘elected’ **** *****to speak on behalf of the entire tenants’ movement in Camden? Is *** *****even a Council tenant? As you are probably aware, I have also submitted complaints regarding the following:
- Non availability of CFTRA MC minutes, despite requesting that the information be provided under the Freedom of Information Act.
- The general ‘victimisation’ and ‘targeting’ of groups and individuals who do not comply with what certain individuals connected to CFTRA want, colloquially known as‘ ******* and Co’
In fact, I have now been informed by a CFTRA MC member that ***** and Co are now and I quote,” targeting certain individuals and groups at every opportunity”. I daresay this ‘threat’ complies with the Council’s Code of Conduct? Yours sincerely, Petra Dando(Camden, tenant)
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The ironic thing about the above letter of complaint by petra dando to which I have highlighted certain parts, is that she and rodgers and the other casp cronies are guilty of the same offences and more in regards to how casp is run and the contempt they show towards others who do not follow their 'principles'. Frauds.
