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Originally Posted by garinda
No offence to anyone, but should we have people in charge of such a vast budget, who aren't professional? Should councillers be paid a more attractive salary, rather than expenses? Would it attract people who wouldn't let these mistakes happen?
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I theory the officers are professional and the politicians take their advice. In practice they bully one another. Cllr Britcliffes problem is he has no idea and is easily influenced on 80% of things, and there have been some empire builders. The other 20% is the newspaper stuff where he knows how to say the right thing to get the most votes - as opposed to doing the right thing.