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Originally Posted by accyman
the council system needs a complete overhaull so that there is a person at the top with propper financial training who is employed not elected who has the final say on things like cheques and oversees every penny of OUR money that is spent from packets of biscuits to new houses
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I believe Russia had that for a long time, called it communism.
whoever is in charge of gritting is in a no win situation. If they buy too much they get hammered (see all the stuff now going on about swine flu and the vaccine) , if they dont get enough then they are also berated.
The recent weather was unexpected and they did their best to get more supplies in, but as lots of northern hemisphere countries had the same issues there was more demand than supply.
I`m with tealeaf. If you want EVERY road and payment gritted, and everything else you choose to comment on about the councils, are you willing to pay the increase in council tax to provide it ?
As for the proper financial training, we have this with Mervyn King head of the banks etc...didnt stop the banks having a bit of a problem did it. We have experienced doctors as Chief Medical Officers, but the NHS is still having issues.
In my view the issue is that we elect people to govern, then spend every waking moment trying to prove how bad they are, rather than saying "just get on with it". I wonder how much of Gordon Browns time is spent "watching his back" rather than actually governing. How much more could he get done if he wasn`t constantly being questioned as to why he hasnt commented on "issue X"...I think it would be totally fair of him to turn round and say "I`m busy and thats dealt with by someone else. Take it up with them". yet we dont let him...