The Town Council's various snafus have cost the town quite a bit, and it's previously been possible to see how much because the Council published their expenditure account in the agenda to every Policy and Resources Committee. They now appear to have stopped doing that so, for example, there's no simple way of totting up the cost of Crackgate or the council's recent staff disputes. If it's true that they are now keeping their accounts secret and it's not just another administrative fumble then I can't say I'm surprised by this development, and to be honest I'm staggered that the Council has been so open for so long, but it is all the same a significant deterioration in the health of the already decrepit council.