I’m not at my computer at the moment but saw your tweet and since read the blog.

I appreciate that my involvement in the fight against Article 4 regulations and lobbying Hull City Council is not known by all, I left the specifics off my nomination form purely due to the less than half A4 space available to talk about yourself and your policies.

Since coming into the role of Chair Campaigns and Democracy at the start of September, I ,,,jumped straight into the problem regarding housing legislation as my first campaign.

I personally contacted all members of the Council and the Cabinet (who took the decision and vote which lead to a six month decision making period instead of direct implementation of the policy process), collected signatories to a decision which triggered a speech to full Council, organised meetings and spoke at length with Council, Cabinet and Group Leaders of Hull CC which lead to increased publicity and support for students. A student body which had not been consulted through either the University and HUU and was previously unrepresented in an issue that would directly affect them.

I stated in my manifesto, as you quoted, that I saw being at the forefront of this issue as being amongst my proudest. Being sat at the front row of the audience whilst the Cabinet debated and voted on this important issue was inspiring, as we saw ideas, statistics, opinions and methods of improvement that we had put forward discussed and argued for by Cabinet members that we had been able to talk to. It also showed how much more we have to do to demonstrate to the community, local residents and Hull CC the positive impact students have and have always had to the local area.

I apologise if you feel that I had not adequately backed this up and hope that it has since been elaborated on.
When back at my computer I will find necessary documents and papers to back this up if you so wish.

I hope that this has cleared things up,
Kora-Lee

However, despite your information, I am not going to change the text of the blog. If people read the comments section now, they will find the information that you’ve provided. If I changed the entry, your comment would make no sense.

As for your point about contacting candidates, I did consider this before I started doing this series. The thing is, when I have attempted this in the past, not all the candidates have responded. Without responses from everyone, it could make posts appear unbalanced.

However, as is always the case with my blog, I leave the posts open to comments. I also send tweets to the candidates inviting them to respond to any of the points in my posts. This has proved effective so far, as I have had responses from multiple candidates and it has lead to a worthwhile dialogue.

Kora-Lee has, along with current VP Community Tom Peel, been HUU’s voice in the opposition to Article 4, helping to present the student case to Hull City Council. Had it not been for their work, Article 4 may well have passed before Christmas, meaning the systematic destruction of our current student communities. As it turned out they bought more time to convince the Council, hence the introduction of the Street Rep system.

Please change the blog to reflect this, and could you at least contact candidates before you write about them and then you would maybe have all the facts.

Interesting posts Dave, keep up the good work

I didn’t realise this because it wasn’t mentioned on your nomination form. I see that there’s a mention of it in your Facebook group, but I only went there for additional information about your policies.