tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post3419443710624596265..comments2023-10-29T15:38:25.023+00:00Comments on Reading List: Budget Debate Continues: Councillor Allowances FrozenOranjepanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08150901449640162740noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-23549442227091568672009-04-05T23:29:00.000+01:002009-04-05T23:29:00.000+01:00Thanks for all the comments. Please can I point Re...Thanks for all the comments. Please can I point Readers in the direction of <A HREF="http://bythemuddybanksofthethames.blogspot.com/2009/02/editorial-house-rules-for-commenting.html" REL="nofollow">my informal house rules</A>.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous comments can detract from the dialogue, so Reading List encourages you to choose pseudonymity.Oranjepanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150901449640162740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-81214932253966083392009-04-05T19:08:00.000+01:002009-04-05T19:08:00.000+01:00I see the great leader Andrew Cumpsty tried to tak...I see the great leader Andrew Cumpsty tried to take a leading role here rich indeed. It is well known that as a result of his employment with a lobbying Consultancy, he spends most of his days in RBC with his employers blessing.<BR/><BR/>Quiet frankly, since becoming leader of the local Tories, he has made the Conservative council group look like a chocolate fire guard when it comes to opposing Tylernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-38831501633984288192009-04-04T16:30:00.000+01:002009-04-04T16:30:00.000+01:00Legal technicalities - phhht! It doesn't make it t...Legal technicalities - phhht! It doesn't make it true just because it is written on a piece of paper.<BR/><BR/>We <B>are</B> in charge and those in control <B>will</B> be held accountable to us when the time comes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-56355914522018199682009-04-04T14:40:00.000+01:002009-04-04T14:40:00.000+01:00err, NO YOU DON'T! You may contribute to the runn...err, NO YOU DON'T! You may contribute to the running of the Council through Council Tax, but you are not the employer. If you don't beleive me, read a contract of employment for a Council employee. Paying Council tax is not the same as employing someone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-15575192961483907162009-04-04T02:41:00.000+01:002009-04-04T02:41:00.000+01:00Nobody is a Council Tax payer, we are "customers" ...Nobody is a Council Tax payer, we are "customers" apparently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-12536999295562595612009-04-03T19:53:00.000+01:002009-04-03T19:53:00.000+01:00er, yes we do. The council is a public body, we ar...er, yes we do. <BR/><BR/>The council is a public body, we are taxpayers and council workers are all paid for out of our taxes. It's not like tax is voluntary.<BR/><BR/>If we are unhappy at the work of the council we only have ourselves to blame - it is idiocy to think we can abdicate our responsibilities to someone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-31602793576736248192009-04-03T19:32:00.000+01:002009-04-03T19:32:00.000+01:00er, no voters do not employ bods at the Civic - th...er, no voters do not employ bods at the Civic - the Council does. By 'Council', that is the elected representatives who make up 'the Council'. So the electors are not the idiots; well not often anyway!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-81844443806535627842009-04-03T16:01:00.000+01:002009-04-03T16:01:00.000+01:00Voters are the stakeholders. We employ all the bod...Voters are the stakeholders. We employ all the bods at the Civic. Does anon 0012 mean the idiots are the electorate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-37360177230748613202009-04-03T00:20:00.000+01:002009-04-03T00:20:00.000+01:00Exactly.Now, who are the shareholders/stakeholders...Exactly.<BR/><BR/>Now, who are the shareholders/stakeholders?Oranjepanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150901449640162740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-72573197181946663012009-04-03T00:12:00.000+01:002009-04-03T00:12:00.000+01:00But they are not the diretors are they? They emplo...But they are not the diretors are they? They employ directors. God forbid you allow these idiots to actually run anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-15095296209288601622009-04-02T21:03:00.000+01:002009-04-02T21:03:00.000+01:00Hi anon,Having spare time and resources to enable ...Hi anon,<BR/>Having spare time and resources to enable you to volunteer is not qualification for political office in itself, nor is it any guarantee that any individual will make a good decision.<BR/><BR/>How do you suggest we encourage the highest quality talent from all sections of society to come forward unless a basic level of financial assistance is provided?<BR/><BR/>Put it this way - how Oranjepanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150901449640162740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189475453139117769.post-79114243968398368942009-04-02T20:04:00.000+01:002009-04-02T20:04:00.000+01:00Some councillors spend hundreds of hours every yea...Some councillors spend hundreds of hours every year attending meetings, actively scrutinising council processes and helping residents with casework, often taking unpaid leave from work to do so. - well duh, that's what they volunteer for. No one makes them do it at the point of a gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com