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Originally Posted by garinda
Quite a lot of the current incumbents wouldn't even be sent an application form, nevermind reach the interview stage, if applying for a job of equal standing in the corporate world.
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I totally agree with you and I think that's one of the big problems with local councils in general.
In the olden days, a person would sit on the town council and they would have got to that position because they had a certain standing in the community - i.e. successful business men, head teachers, etc.
Nowadays anyone can put themselves forward. Now I'm not saying that it was perfect before but it did mean that the councillors had already achieved something in life and had a certain amount of experience to start off with.