Cllr. Julie Falllon, who's been running a film club free of charge for locals at Llanrhos Old School near Deganwy, is the
subject of an anonymous complaint to Trading Standards.
This raises some interesting questions. The first one is how did anyone manage to contact Trading Standards? Because ordinary mortals can't. They're generally impossible to get hold of, or to report complaints to. Which raises the question who made the complaint? It's likely someone with a bit of clout and with possibly a potential financial loss - someone who perhaps already runs a cinema?
The second point it raises is why would any complaint about a councillor paying for a service out of her own pocket for local residents be taken seriously? It's CCBC that's dealing with the complaint, of course, so expecting sensible action might be a little optimistic.
I worry about anonymous complaints. CCBC and councils generally are far too willing to entertain them, when they should be asking why the complainant feels they have to remain anonymous. Informers on a drug gang, possibly, or the Mafia, certainly, but a local councillor doing her bit for the community? What's next? Raids on the local knitting group? Or maybe attempts to close down the local Brownie pack?
CCBC have a chance to show that they're not simply mindless automatons, following the book and crossing the Ts. Anyone want to hold their breath?