Category Archive: culture of fear

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Elections for Directors at Chelsea Bridge Wharf – Candidate still silenced, no dates, no procedure and the contract with Urang remains secret.

Can you have fair elections when one of the likely candidates has been deliberately silenced by the others? Where there is no opportunity for candidates to debate the issues that matter? Where there… Continue reading →

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Commonhold is the way forward – but we need the same democratic checks and balances for Right to Manage companies

A short letter from me (Mike O’Driscoll) which was published in the i Paper today, highlighting the lack of democratic checks and balances in the Right to Manage legislation which can so easily… Continue reading →

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Elections will be held for Directors of the Chelsea Bridge Wharf Right to Manage Company – but will they be Fair and Free?

The Chelsea Bridge Wharf Residents Association announced today (28th Feb 2025) that they will hold elections for Directors of the Chelsea Bridge Wharf Right to Manage Company, which will take over running of… Continue reading →

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Still no response from CBWRA on whether they intend to hold fair elections for Chair

Nearly 3 weeks ago, On 27th January, CBWRA  invited expressions of interest for the 2025 chair elections. I sent my expression of interest the same day (see below) and also asked if CBWRA… Continue reading →

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Right to Manage at Chelsea Bridge Wharf – Farewell to Rendall and Rittner. Now we need a democratic & accountable RTM Company, and an end to the censorship, bullying and culture of fear

Excellent news on Right to Manage but it’s only half the battle. As someone who has been campaigning for Right to Manage for 5 years (despite CBWRA telling us time and time again… Continue reading →

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CBWRA 2025 Chair Elections – another Banana Republic Farce? No elections at all for Directors of the RTM company and the contract with Urang remains secret

CBWRA have invited expressions of interest for the 2025 chair elections. Here is my reply. What do you, dear resident, think? Or do you feel too intimidated to express a view? Dear CBWRA… Continue reading →

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Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall: We will not hold elections for Directors of Right to Manage Company, will not hold AGM and will not show members the contract signed with Urang

As the notes from the leaseholder forum on 6th November 2024 show, the ‘co-chairs’ have no intention of changing the dysfunctional culture of CBWRA. Indeed they would not be co-chairs without this dysfunctional… Continue reading →

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CBWRA’s continuing attempts to silence residents who ask awkward questions

Following the publication of an email which I sent to the CBWRA ‘co-chairs’ (Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sabastian Kendall) asking why they were apparently defending a committee member (and a Director of… Continue reading →

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CBWRA committee – latest developments in their weird campaign to monopolise communications at Chelsea Bridge Wharf

Rather predictably and without consultation, the CBWRA continue their weird controlling behaviour by planning to close the CBWRA Facebook group (according to Sep 2024 CBWRA committee meeting notes). It is sad that the… Continue reading →

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Only 9 months late – CBWRA’s response to my motion passed at the SGM in September 2023 regarding their arbitrary closure of CBW app accounts

At the CBWRA SGM in September 2023, I proposed the following motion, which was passed: ”No resident’s CBW app account should be closed without a formal and transparent process, which is in writing,… Continue reading →