Press Statement - Finally, Collin Brewer will resign Councillor Collin Brewer has indicated to the leader of Cornwall Council that he will resign following the release of the decision notice on the investigation into comments made to the Disability News Service. Disability Cornwall absolutely applauds the outcome of Cornwall Council’s investigation and recommendations and actions taken by the Council’s Monitoring Officer. In our view the council has implemented the highest sanctions available to them at this time. However, we believe this highlights a serious weakness of the localism act, which Disability Cornwall will be addressing with our parliamentary representatives. The comments made by Councillor Brewer can only feed and encourage the recent rise in Disability Hate Crime. Disabled people should not have to tolerate such attitudes, as you would not expect any other people with protected characteristics to accept discriminatory comments made about them. We are pleased Councillor Brewer is to resign as given the sanctions he is not able to carry out his full role within the Council appropriately, and he cannot therefore represent value to the public purse.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Jul 2013 13:01:52 +0000
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