After suryeying the opinion of half a dozen English Councils I can find no evidence to support your contention that as a councillor you represent Hyndburn. It would appear that the only way that you could execise such a mandate would be as a result of a vote by the entire council, in the same way that G Jones is a member of Parliament but may not claim to represent Parliament without a mandate from Parliament. You represent the people of the ward that elected you, which, the last time I looked, was Rishton.
This may seem to you like splitting hairs but the difference is significant and I would have thought that you, for one would have appreciated it. This is after all the same mistake that Britcliffe made. It is but a few short steps from there to believing that you are worth far more than you are paid, or that the people of Hyndburn ought to think themselves lucky to have the services of someone of such a high calibre. Hubris, as Britcliffe is discovering at his leisure, oft goes before a fall.
It is clear from your comments that nothing I say will change your opinion or indeed have any effect whatsoever.
all that now remains is to remind you of your reply to non-voter tommiasfc, earlier in this thread (#15);
"Whilst there are always going to be issues that voters wish the government had taken a different direction on, I will always take the same stance on elections - if you don't vote, you have no right to complain.There are local elections every year, tempered by periodical general elections to keep things really interesting. This is your chance to say how you feel so get out there and use it.
'I don't vote' is leaving the doors wide open for idle chancers who just happen to be wearing the right badge."
I find the last sentence particularly ironic.
Congratulations Ken, you are the lucky recipient of the first ever Accyweb Chucked Brick.
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