A real piece of work. If the Liberal Democrats have any sense they would have dumped this guy ages ago. He was in court in 2012 for one assault by beating, and two assault by beating in respect of two old aged pensioners who live in the block of granny flats where he lives with his mother. He was acquitted but I am given to understand that the Police have re-opened the case against him.
He regularly makes a fool of himself in Council meetings, and has been twice reprimanded by his party for making "racist" internet posts, which would not mean much if he did not try to cultivate an image for being a staunch anti-racist.
Despite being fit enough to leaflet and canvass for his party, and having perfect eyesight as far as I can tell, he claims (going from the "nil" tax disc) a luxury BMW from the DLA. He was recently behind police complaints made against myself and another nationalist. Chris only got on the Council because nobody stood against him.
Number 2: Margaretta Holmstedt (Liberal Democrats, Stoodley Ward)
Margaretta seems to have been a Todmorden Town Councillor from the beginning of time, relying on the uber-liberal voters of Bridgeholme and the wealthy villages Lumbutts & Mankinholes to get elected.
She is one of those that has "a finger in every pie" and twice in the last year she has violated the Town Hall's ethical standards by handling grant application paperwork which her own Amenities Committee has voted to approve, in the latest case the numbers simply did not add up. Despite these blatant displays of amoral conduct the Liberals are fielding her as the candidate for Todmorden Ward, in lieu of their former candidates (the branch matriatrchs Ruth Goldthorpe and Olwen Jennings, and Rabbi Taylor).
Number 3: Mo Brown (Labour, Cornholme)
Mo Brown is Labour's offering of what you do not want for a Labour Councillor. Far from being the favoured stereotype of a flat-cap and whippet lady she is in fact a therapist dealing with "Artistic blocks, Intercultural therapy, Emigration and Refugee experience, Identity isues and LGBT relationship issues"
She is one of the worst attenders at Council, especially since moving out of Todmorden to live amongst her fellow ultra-leftists in Hebden Bridge.
Number 4: Josef Rez (Liberal Democrat, Central Ward)
Rez is another one of those who has been on the Town Council, on and off, for decades. Despite being seen out and about regularly mending cars and up ladders he is another long-term sickness benefits claimant, until (sources say) he was recently thrown off by his own Coalition Government, whose Bedroom Tax has forced him to move into the Pakistani-dominated Harley Bank area. The last full time job he had was in the 1980's working for Sandholme Iron Company.
A very dishonest individual, Rez pledged his solemn word in a verbal contract that he would not resort to character assasination, whichin true Liberal Democrat character, it took him 72 hours to break. He is a "talker" who can talk for hours without the slightest trace of sincerity in his words. He is Chris Baksa's best friend in the Council Chamber, which says a lot about the man in itself.
Number 5: Debbie Eaton (Liberal Democrat, Stansfield Ward)
It is not unusual for Stansfield Ward to get the worst and most inept Councillors and Debbie Eaton is no exeption to this. Another "list filler", she lacks any drive to attend Council meetings, and only turns up when she feels like it. She has done absolutley nothing for the people of the Ashenhurst Estate, Scaitcliffe or Stansfield Hall, and doesn't intend to.