Cashmore - still lying......

Today is the 23rd of July, 2014. My first blog concerning Cashmore's apparent difficulty remembering her address was published on 3rd July. A few days later she removed any reference to her employment from her Facebook account together with a number of photos including one from August 2011 when she was crowing about her lovely garden - which just happened to be at her South Birmingham address. (I should add here that on 7th July, 2014 I wrote to the Chief Executive of Sandwell Council by letter in his capacity as Returning Officer at the May 2011 elections asking to see Cashmore's nomination papers but as yet I have not even had the courtesy of an acknowledgement let alone a substantive reply).

Over TWO WEEKS ago on 8th July I published the second blog pointing out discrepancies between Cashmore's Declaration on the Register of Members' Interests and her LinkedIn profile. Both cannot be true. It is a criminal offence to, in shorthand, give a false declaration on the Register of Members's Interests under the provisions of Part 1 Chapter 7 Localism Act 2011. Regulations were made pursuant to the Act and came into force on 1st July, 2012 via The Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012 and it seems that Sandwell Council at that time had all the "sheep" complete new declarations and Cashmore signed hers on 12th July, 2012.

On 12th July, 2012 Cashmore stated she was STILL living with her "councillor" parents - the Hortons and did not mention her house in Birmingham (the Register only requires details of property ownership within the Borough on a compulsory basis but there is a section of the form which permits voluntary disclosure of information). As previously stated, she declared in this legal document that she had no employment.

It is over two weeks since Sandwell Council became aware of this (and I assume Lying Lucy herself given the deletion of the Facebook entries). It would be unfortunate indeed if she was committing a potential criminal offence continuously by allowing the Register to remain uncorrected and so I can only assume that Cashmore's Register entry must be correct and that she was NOT, in fact, in employment on 12th July, 2012. This means, therefore, that she is lying in her LinkedIn profile instead - presumably not a criminal offence per se unless she seeks to obtain a pecuniary advantage thereby.

I have checked her LinkedIn profile again today and it remains exactly as before.

And so we must assume that this entry by her is a lie as it covers the period when she signed her Declaration in July, 2012.

Locations Manager - Birmingham Hub

Prime Time Recruitment

May 2012 – February 2013 (10 months)Birmingham, United Kingdom

After a successful 6 months as Birmingham Industrial Branch Manager - I have been promoted to create and Manage a Birmingham Hub as a Locations Manager.
Managing 5 Divisions in one hub allows Primetime to offer a complete 360 degree recruitment service to any company.
My main initial role was to create each division through cold calling and business development to now managing a successful team within each division. Our clients receive a first class professional yet personable service, ensuring that THEIR needs are put first before profit margins.

Incidentally, this is the heading on her LinkedIn profile and it seems that not only does Lucy live at addresses in South Birmingham AND Smethwick but she has "Dudley" connections too:

Lucy Cashmore

Regional Manager

Dudley, West Midlands, United Kingdom.

Citizens within the Borough of Sandwell may feel that a Councillor openly lying might constitute a breach of the Code of Conduct for Members and feel moved to complain to SMBC......This is particularly so given the semi-literate gibberish in another of Cashmore's declarations ie when she applied to The Labour Party to become a councillor (uncorrected):

"Having lived in sandwell for the majority of my life, I believe that I can communicate with the public to ensure that their issues are addressed, thus ensuring continued support from them through honesty and integrity, to defeat our opposition in future elections." * and

"I want people to have confidence in Sandwell and their councillors, and to dismiss claims of underhanded and corruption within politics. I want to show the public that we are here to be an honest and integral voice for what their needs are."

It is to be hoped too that Cashmore gave more accurate details on her "CV" to her current employers than she has on her LinkedIn profile. Mind you they must have been mightily impressed if she repeated this from her LinkedIn profile (uncorrected):

"worked in Recruitment for over 16 years. I am a loyal and career hungry person. I love leading by example. Increasing business from new and existing clients is a passion of mine. Whether it be a start up business or taking over the reigns of a none performing office, I thrive on the challenge regardless."

Challenging times indeed....

ADDENDUM 24/07/2014

A new day dawns and still the Register remains unaltered. If Cashmore was not working on 12th July, 2012 she seems to have definitely worked since then and has NOT amended her Declaration.

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* Mystic Lucy's application also included this uncorrected gem:

"I have seen the devestation that the previous conservative government has done to this country and that the current government is going to do."

Of course, having two councillor parents who are close personal friends of The Turdmeister himself can have had no bearing whatsoever on the selection panel......