LEVY: The bullies who run small-town councils

Sue-Ann Levy writes, "There is absolutely no scrutiny on these overpaid mayors and councillors and they can use their powers not to be accountable but to silence others."

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City of London councillor Susan Stevenson has faced eight integrity complaints, one formal reprimand and one 30-day pay sanction during her four years in office — simply for asking hard questions of the city’s bureaucrats.

”I ran thinking the city seemed to be going in the wrong direction,” she said recently.

She thought she’d be …