Bookmarked: Rumney Rec 'vandalism'

Today labour assembly candidate for Cardiff South and Penarth writes on Cardiff East blog attacking the leader of the council Rodney Berman about his decisions regarding school reorganisation in Cardiff. In an extract of the piece given exclusively to the Guardian, Vaughan Gething writes: Rodney Berman's verdict on six years of Liberal Democrat rule in Cardiff was as complacent as it was inaccurate. Rumney Recreation Ground is a much loved piece of open space in the east of the city that has been used by the communities of Llanrumney, Rumney, St. Mellons and Trowbridge for close on a century is to be destroyed in an act of civic vandalism. Hundreds of people use it each day and will lose it if Rodney Berman gets his way. The article state Berman saw his role as one of bringing people together. Well he has achieved that in uniting people in the communities of east Cardiff in their defence of Rumney Recreation Ground. Alun Michael MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, has together with local residents, submitted an application that the Rumney Recreation Ground be designated a village green to protect it from further development. There will be a Public Inquiry held at the Llanrumney Library starting on the 21 September before the Independent Inspector Mr. Leslie Blohm QC. The council has an obligation to inform the public yet there is not a single mention of the public inquiry in the September edition of the Capital Times. Read the full article from Vaughn Gething on Cardiff East blog here . Read our interview with Vaughan Gething here , and our interview with Rodney Berman on the schools reorganisation in Cardiff here .