Tag Archives: Fisher’s Folly

Road outside £140m council offices relaid twice in four months

Posted on February 2, 2014 by insidecroydon

DANIE LEIBOVITZ, our resident photo-journalist, with an exclusive report on less than vital roadworks conducted by Croydon Council There’s no expense spared for florid-faced Mike Fisher and his group of Conservatives who “run” (used in the broadest sense of the … Continue reading →

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Carillion cuts jobs just weeks after taking over libraries

Posted on January 30, 2014 by insidecroydon

Up to eight professionals working across Croydon’s network of 13 branch libraries face redundancy, just a few weeks after a firm of builders which had never pitched for the job took over the running of the borough’s libraries. Four of … Continue reading →

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Tory leader Fisher goes missing as splits begin to appear

Posted on January 19, 2014 by insidecroydon

Councillors and council officers have been playing a Croydon version of “Where’s Wally” at the Town Hall since before Christmas. This game’s called: Where’s Mike Fisher? The florid-faced leader of the council, and supposedly the leader of the Tory group which runs … Continue reading →

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Council keeps its war centenary plans firmly under wraps

Posted on November 5, 2013 by insidecroydon

We will remember them. It is just that as far as Croydon Council is concerned, they don’t yet know how. According to one senior staffer in Fisher’s Folly, “The council does indeed have plans to restore and refurbish war memorials … Continue reading →

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