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Tealeaf · 31-05-2005, 11:09

I don't know if the Mayor has the power to do as you suggest, Chav. If he/she is given a certain budget for the year, some of which must be spent on the ceremony, then there is little they can do.

However, if they are given a set amount of money to spend as they wish over their year in office, I would have assumed that any sensible mayor would cut out the ceremony. Lets face it: everybody sees this as no more than a costly exercise in flattering their vanity, with the exception of the politicians themselves.

The mayor who ignores it all, signs on for the year, goes over the road for a pint and then announces the otherwise thirty-five thousand quid cost is going back to the ratepayers is the one who gets respect.

31-05-2005, 11:09	#21
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: It's the look of the thing. I don't know if the Mayor has the power to do as you suggest, Chav. If he/she is given a certain budget for the year, some of which must be spent on the ceremony, then there is little they can do. However, if they are given a set amount of money to spend as they wish over their year in office, I would have assumed that any sensible mayor would cut out the ceremony. Lets face it: everybody sees this as no more than a costly exercise in flattering their vanity, with the exception of the politicians themselves. The mayor who ignores it all, signs on for the year, goes over the road for a pint and then announces the otherwise thirty-five thousand quid cost is going back to the ratepayers is the one who gets respect. Last edited by Tealeaf; 31-05-2005 at 14:11.