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Old 03-06-2011, 08:52   #37
jaysay
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Re: Council Finances - Where we are now.

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Originally Posted by gynn View Post
As in all these stories, I prefer to trust the word of officers rather than politicians. The only public reference to the views of officers is the following"-

'The Lancashire Telegraph understands the claim of a ‘black hole’ baffled town hall accountants, as the council’s budgets have all been balanced in recent years'

I have expressed concerns about some of the income predictions, which no doubt officers are monitoring closely, but they won't allow the Council to spend money it hasn't got, or promise money that isn't there.
Well that has always been my take on the situation too gynn, and you know what your talking about. for these, what can only be said to be total financial mismanagement, would have had to involve officers, because unlike popular believe officers ARE there to make sure a budget IS WORKABLE, otherwise they would be culpable, something which I find very very hard to believe.
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