Following on from this site�s article �School Safety Zone Hit by Cuts� on 13 September: (http://www.visitscunthorpe.com/Scunthorpe- news.asp?Headline=School+Safety+Zone+hit+by+Cuts&Article=145) And also as a result of equal coverage of NLC�s pronouncements and the readers� comments in the Scunthorpe Telegraph; there was an understandable and reasonable perception that our Labour controlled council may have targetted government cuts at School Safety Zones, to seemingly use as emotive political point scoring tool. With the intention of getting more precise information about the cuts in the council's road safety budgets and its highways scheme deferrals, and in the interest of balance; I emailed NLC�s Head of Highways Geoff Popple on 15 September. I asked Mr Popple to provide details of the Local Transport Plan and Road Safety Partnership budgets and a list of road safety priorities and schemes which are still planned to go ahead. To date Mr Popple has failed to respond to this justifiable request for information. North Lincolnshire�s councillors are continually trying to convince us that they and NLC have turned the corner of democracy and are now democratically and actively listening, consulting and responding to residents� and community interests, concerns and needs. So why therefore should a highly rewarded NLC Head of Service and public official (on a salary of �73,489) be choosing to seemingly and repeatedly ignore reasonable and appropriate requests from any North Lincolnshire resident and tax payer? Indeed, in this particular case, what are his and/or the council�s reasons and motives for an apparent reluctance to paint the fuller picture!? Or is it the case and time perhaps, that this council considered whether the current review of the senior management structure and scrutiny of its Heads of Service, goes well beyond just the issue of pay and perks?