How Julie Dore ruined Sheffield’s reputation over tree scandal – Yorkshire Post Letters

I FULLY agree with your recent editorial about Sheffield Council leader Julie Dore’s lack of leadership regarding the street tree-felling scandal – and scandal is the appropriate word to use in these circumstances.

As documented, there are techniques to “bridge tree roots”, which cause heaving of footpaths’ surface materials, resulting in healthy trees being saved.

Coun Dore has tarnished Sheffield’s reputation as being one of Europe’s great cities for its stock of trees.

The negative findings in the Ombudsman’s report has still not prompted her to have an inquiry, or at least publish the “lessons learnt”, which may have saved some of the street trees in Bessacarr in neighbouring Doncaster.

Coun Dore has not met the expectations of the residents of Sheffield. Who are council leaders accountable to?

Well it was not chief executive John Mothersole in this instance – he, too, has left office.

I am sure that local authorities in South Yorkshire share good practices for the benefit of council tax payers? Why didn’t the mayor, Dan Jarvis, intervene as he is supposed to have an overview of what happens in Sheffield?

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