An Elected Mayor of Hyndburn
 

My feelings on the matter can be seen here:

An elected mayor is not the way (From Lancashire Telegraph)

What do we all think? Am I in a minority that doesn't want an elected Mayor? Does anyone really care one way or the another?

Discuss.

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What you say makes sense to me .

As you point out it would be a lot of power in one pair of hands .

Also the present position of mayor should show respect to the borough's first citizen .It is his role to carry out the traditional mayoral duties .

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I'm totally with you here Ken, think it would be a backward step, why do we always have to try and copy the bloody Yanks:(

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I'm not even going to read the article. The fact this has cropped up now and we can guess why, I say NO

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Didn't they try this in Hartlepool and elected Angus the Monkey or somat:D

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IMHO the leader of the strongest party in the council should be the de facto Mayor/Mayoress.
Just one hypothetical question - if an election for the position came into being would Ken be in the running for that position?

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No disrespect to Ken, but I think he would need a few years experience as councillor first Barrie, but I think in years to come Ken will be great asset to Hyndburn, once he's got the Monkey off his back:rolleyes:

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As opposed to the present 180kg Gorilla ? ;)

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Bit puzzled .. who suggests changes like this in the first place ?

The position of Mayor would possibly become a little too political. We always respect our Mayor as a sort of royalty of the town that comes along in his glory to open events and make presentations, to say nothing of raising money for charity. I can't remember in the past (correct me if I am wrong), that a Mayor has particularly given political speeches whilst carrying out these duties, which is as it should be. A bit of show business, pomp and ceremony is good.

No, leave well alone I say.

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Oppose this at all costs. Last week, here in LBTH a member of the Taleban (Rahman) was elected mayor, with the full support of Labour's Ken Livinstone who campaigned against the official labour candidate - he of course, is the official Labour candidate to take on Boris in a year or so.

You may think Britcliffe may be bad, but at least he ain't a terrorist.

Read more about it here:

The Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election - Londonist

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If it isn't broke(n).......it doesn't need fixing. I'm with Kate on this one.
Leave it alone.

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No disrespect taken, John, you're quite right. The Mayor is a great feather to put in your cap but you need to have the gravitas of experience to properly carry it off, something I don't fully have yet.

I hope I have many years service to give to the borough and I thank you all for your nice comments. Much as I may bitch about the flaws in the system, it is a huge honour to be elected onto the council and represent the many thousands of others who live around me.

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and then there were 3, leave as is.

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We're told it's a legal requirement to have a vote on it by the end of the year.

I suspect that whenever the vote is scheduled on the council agenda that meeting will not be at a time convenient for the Labour councillors, most of whom actually work for a living.

That's always been Peter Britcliffe's tactic in the past when he needs to get something through and it's a great way of enabling the elected representatives to truly serve the borough, isn't it?