One year on, just how well has Warren Bradley done? Dec 5 2006 City Editor Larry Neild looks at an eventful year for Liverpool’s successor to Mike Storey by Larry Neild, Liverpool Daily Post - We have reduced parts of this lengthy article       FULL-TIME firefighter and city council leader Warren Bradley has been in the hot seat at the town hall for a year. He outlined his vision for the next decade yesterday, announcing major schemes to attract more businesses to move to Liverpool. So what does the wider community think of the Liberal Democrat leader after 12 busy months in office? Ed Oliver, spokesman for city centre businesses and deputy chair of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce describing his first year as “refreshing”.   “Personally and from the business point of view, he has had a very good year. The majority of people in the business community have found him very business- like, and to the point. He is very focused on his drive to make Liverpool a business-friendly city. He will listen and that is very refreshing. He has done an excellent first year.”   Liverpool Downtown in Business chairman, Frank McKenna, said: “Warren has taken on the role of leader during a difficult period in the council’s history. To his credit he has made himself approachable and he has done his best to be accessible, particularly to people in the business sector. But I think his honeymoon period is coming to an end and next year he must start to deliver on some of the promises he has made. Then he will be judged on those results.”   Labour leader Joe Anderson is unimpressed by Cllr Bradley’s record, insisting the leader continues to ignore major issues facing the city.   “Warren Bradley is amiable as a person, but you have to look at his record over a number of years as a member of the executive board. He was a member of the board at a time when it attracted criticism from independent bodies, and you have to ask why didn’t he speak up then or highlight the issues now being raised.   “People said Warren would be a puppet and he has not demonstrated to me that he is anything but that. If you compare Liverpool to a wagon, the wheels have fallen off and he is doing nothing to repair them, apart from talking about him, him, him.     “A report by KPMG highlighted 43 recommendations that could have saved the city millions of pounds – I would estimate £30m over four years – and he was a member of the board at the time. He talks about the city being business-friendly, but go to Everton, Kirkdale, and other parts of the city and the people will tell you he is not people-friendly. The Government has poured £1.2bn into this city, yet we have decaying estates and major anti-social behaviour issues. I am afraid Warren has been leader at a time when there have been a number of fiascoes.” Cllr Steve Radford, leader of the minority Liberal group on the city council, said: “He is pleasantly approachable compared to his predecessor, Cllr Mike Storey. His recent announcement about reducing the number of quangos in the city was very forthright and took courage. “But I still feel that Liverpool is run by a Fourth Party – the officers, all unelected and all decision makes all too often despite the views of elected councillorss"