Berman: Judge me come election time

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CARDIFF council leader Rodney Berman insisted today that he would not quit in the wake of a double defeat over controversial parking and traffic schemes.
Councillor Berman, who last autumn survived a motion of no confidence by just one vote, defended his minority administrations record and said he was happy to be judged by the electorate at Mays council elections.
It follows defeats over controversial parking charge increases and changes to city centre traffic, including the closure of St Mary Street.
He said: We need to remember that these two issues are only a small part of what the council is doing and that the Liberal Democrat administration has overseen a turnaround from a situation under Labour when we had the worst social services in England and Wales.
Under Labour we also had the dirtiest streets of any city authority in England and Wales, one of the lowest levels of funding per pupil in Wales handed over to local schools, a very poor record on recycling, high annual increases in council tax, and a threatened High Court battle over the unlawful payment of Pfund2.5m worth of councillors allowances.
Coun Berman went on: We are on track to finally replace the Empire Pool which Labour knocked down in 1998, have taken forward many other major projects such as St Davids 2, the new stadium for Cardiff City and the redevelopments of Cardiff Castle and Sophia Gardens and we have eliminated the need to house homeless people in bed and breakfast accommodation.