Nicole El-Safty

Nicole El-Safty
Nicole and her partner Cllr Parsons

Nicole El-Safty is currently the only Executive Committee officer serving the Clacton Constituency Labour Party (CLP). Four EC members (Sam Atkinson, Danielle Atkinson, Chris Bird and Dan Casey) resigned suddenly on 2 February 2017. No explanation has been given for their resignation. Similarly no explanation has been given for Nicole El-Safty's non-resignation.

She is the partner of former UKIP - now Labour - District Councillor Jack Parsons, who maintains his refusal to resign his St Paul's Ward seat following his defection to Labour in November 2016.

Stop closure of conviniences!

Early in January 2017, Nicole created the following 38 Degrees petition, which she addressed to the Cabinet of Tendring District Council:

Save Frinton and Waltons Public Conviniences (Sic)

1. Reopen the public loo's by the Kino in Walton as they are vital to the area.

2. Stop plans to shut 11 loo's in the district and do building work, im order to make the further loo's chargeable.

Why is this important?

1. The Kino toilets, are used by the bikers who bring an awful lot of trade to the area and even in the winter visit in droves, and which are used by the bus drivers and is the only sensible and safe place to stop for the loo on most routes. Other residents, like myself, who are disabled or elderly cannot walk to the Mill Lanes toilets. I myself whilst waiting the other day needed the loo and couldn't go due to closures, and I cannot walk to other loo's which was frustrating! Don't put others through this dilemma.

2. It is not acceptable to expect people to pay for the loo's. It's meant to be convineient and it isn't if you don't have a 20p piece when you need the toilet. We pay council tax but see noting back! which we will struggle to find the money for (as if we cannot afford to keep them open in winter we cannot afford major renovations) and will be majory disruptive,

Despite its misspellings, bad grammar and poor punctuation, the petition had attracted 138 signatories by 21 January 2017.

Stop messing about!

Dog fouling is a major issue, says Ms El-Shifty

Three weeks later, the Clacton Gazette reported that Nicole had called for action to be taken by locals to try and prevent the proposed cuts in Tendring District Council's budget for its dog warden service:

Miss El-Safty, who is vice chairperson of Clacton Labour Party, said the report showed proposed budget cuts to the dog warden services by around £6,000, which is vastly unpopular. She said:

“Residents on the Frinton and Walton area regularly use the greensward and beaches for dog walks and are appalled by the further cuts proposed to an already stretched service when dog fouling is a major issue.”

There are currently only two dog wardens covering the whole of Tendring. Miss El-Safty said:

“Had I not noticed and shared this issue with residents, we would have been oblivious whilst a largely unpopular decision is made about our area.”

Kirby Cross resident, Ross Crisp, who lives on Frinton Road, has also complained to the council about the dog warden service. He said:

“I should not have to be the one trying to catch the culprit who leaves their dog’s mess on my front grass because of the lack of dog wardens.”

Tendring Council’s communications manager Nigel Brown said that the council has already reduced its annual spend by more than £12 million each and every year but needs to find more than a further £3 million by 2019/20. He said:

“All services are being looked at as part of the process and nothing is exempt."

Watch the video, Ms El-Shifty

William Hones of the Tendring News Channel reacted:

"Oh please!! They should have gotten rid of the dog wardens years ago. Totally dysfunctional use of Tendring tax payers' money. Whatever it is the three of them do while driving around Tendring in their nice new leased vehicles, baffles me. Every time I see them, it's tea time along the seafront.

"I did a freedom of information to find out how many dog owners were summonsed for letting their dogs poop everywhere, 'which seems to be a local pastime here in Tendring'. For the years 2012 to 2015, guess how many...NONE. And maybe one or two since I sent to the dysfunctional Tendring District Council a copy of the video I made.

"As for Nicole El-Shifty being 'outraged', what about her boyfriend Councillor Jack Parsons who when elected as a UKIP Councillor decides to jump to her dysfunctional Labour Party, not even bothering to inform the voters of St Paul's Ward. Ms El-Shifty have a look at the video and just see the mess created by dirty dog walkers along lower promenade between the Clacton Pier and Holland Haven.

"Why continue to pay people who aren't doing what they are paid to do?"

Hones added:

"El-Shifty's after votes for the upcoming County Council Elections this coming May. I saw dysfunctional Labour's (Henderson's) 2017 manifesto for Essex. Couldn't stop laughing!"

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