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Acrylic-bob · 19-07-2004, 05:41

At a time when the Government is supposed to be trying to encourage the use of public transport over the use of private vehicles Peter Britcliffes statement is make no sense at all. I would have thought that HBC would be bending over backwards to accomodate public transport, not complaining about the fact that we have some. Yet again, I am compelled to wonder how Mr Britcliffe justifies the £12,400 he claims in basic allowances as 'Leader' of the council.

I noticed, the other week, that he was complaining bitterly that the council had been downgraded by the Audit Commission from 'Good' to 'Fair' in a statement on the council's website. That statement contained two errors of grammar. 'Two grammatical errors, so what?' I hear you ask. Mr Britcliffe's errors were published by Cathy Kierans, the council's senior Communications and Marketing Officer who also could not spot them. This is either ignorance of correct English usage which is bad enough, or it is merely sloppiness, which is worse.

19-07-2004, 05:41	#11
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Re: To many buses At a time when the Government is supposed to be trying to encourage the use of public transport over the use of private vehicles Peter Britcliffes statement is make no sense at all. I would have thought that HBC would be bending over backwards to accomodate public transport, not complaining about the fact that we have some. Yet again, I am compelled to wonder how Mr Britcliffe justifies the £12,400 he claims in basic allowances as 'Leader' of the council. I noticed, the other week, that he was complaining bitterly that the council had been downgraded by the Audit Commission from 'Good' to 'Fair' in a statement on the council's website. That statement contained two errors of grammar. 'Two grammatical errors, so what?' I hear you ask. Mr Britcliffe's errors were published by Cathy Kierans, the council's senior Communications and Marketing Officer who also could not spot them. This is either ignorance of correct English usage which is bad enough, or it is merely sloppiness, which is worse.