Standards Commission
A complaint about me conduct in regard to the Trump application was made and, while such investigation are supposed to be confidential, details of this were leaked by someone to the press last week and published in the Press and Journal on Saturday. 
However on Saturday, I also received a letter and report from the Standards Commission, clearing me completely of any improper conduct. The Commission said that there is “no evidence of improper or prejudicial comment suggestive of bias” in my actions.
The initial basis of the complaint was information I published at www.ellonfocus.org.uk. As well as links to the application itself on Aberdeenshire Council website, I drew attention to a discussion forum and other information at two other websites written by local residents and to the Trump Organisation’s own website. The inventigation also covered my entire involvement with the Trump application from a private meeting with Trump representatives in December 2005 all through to me voting to refuse the application in November 2007 - very through.
The investigation report said ‘I have found no evidence of improper or prejudicial comment suggestive of bias’ and while noting that Debra Storr contributed actively to the debate in respect of the applciation that Debra Storr “posed relevant and pertinent questions” and said there was “no evidence of her expressing bias or prejudice towards the application”
I am glad this has been cleared up. I try to provide you with as much information on what is happenning as possible and use every channel available to me. Complaints to the Standards Commission seem now to be a hazard of being a councillor but thankfully relatively few are upheld. I strongly believe councillors have a duty to keep constituents informed and to provide channels to exchange information with constituents - hence this blog which is now open for comment.
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