Wecome to A4A Jules. It looks like 'vexatious complainants' is spreading. Unwashed has been suffering from this affliction for some time and there appears to be no known cure. ;D ;D
I googled this expression and found that many local authorities have a policy about it. :o I think it may become a convenient way to try and ignore awkward questions. I think that you should ask for written details of why you have been given this title.
Do not let them grind you down.
The point is there is no such thing, it was exactly because of this type of obstructive behaviour from publically funded bodies that the FOI Act was brought in
The precis of the FOI I posted was not sent as I decided that I wasn't going to train them about FOI in my own time, instead I actually replied "thank you for your letter the time limit under the FOI expires on the 26th October" and guess what he replied.
A person can only be vexatious if they ask for the same thing over and over again.
If I ever meet the person who drafted the Act I will buy them a drink as they anticipated exactly how organisations would try to blanket ban people asking inconvenient questions
I wish I could UTube the Estates Meeting held on Monday, when I spoke a councillor complained that I should have written in first so they had time to consider the points I was raising.
She was sitting next to the Chairman who had complained about me writing in all the while and said the staff had been instructed to ignore all but lawful requests from me ??? But he didn't say a word.
Previously the Clerk got a letter from me in advance of a meeting and said " I'll tell him his letter doesn't merit a response" not realising I was sitting there.
The Chairman said so far it had cost £351.78 to reply to me but oddly they have 110 plots and have no idea what they cost to run as they keep no records.
I was tempted to ask for a breakdown of the cost under the FOI but I don't want to score cheap points I just want myself and my fellow allotment holders to be treated with respect.
But the FOI does not really help if the council refuse to meet us or allow us to have any involvement at all in the running of our allotments.
But Big Society and the NALC Community Engagement will.