Hyndburn Borough Council election results 2010 - Page 7

Neil · 14-05-2010, 10:47

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Originally Posted by garinda

It is secondhand.

Cllr. Pritchard says he'll pm you his reasons.

No he wanted me to PM him my details and he would contact me. Maybe I will phone him and ask him but whatever he tells me will stay between us. If he wants to tell the story publicly thats up to him.

garinda · 14-05-2010, 10:58

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Originally Posted by Neil

No he wanted me to PM him my details and he would contact me. Maybe I will phone him and ask him but whatever he tells me will stay between us. If he wants to tell the story publicly thats up to him.

Again, he said he's happy to share his reasons privately, just not publicly, which I find odd.

Personally if I have anything I think is worth saying, I'm more than happy to do it publicly, rather than all this behind the scenes whispering in individual ears.

Tealeaf · 14-05-2010, 13:40

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Originally Posted by Neil

No he wanted me to PM him my details and he would contact me. Maybe I will phone him and ask him but whatever he tells me will stay between us. If he wants to tell the story publicly thats up to him.

So much for transparency on the part of Councillor Pritchard (Snr).

Neil · 14-05-2010, 13:46

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

So much for transparency on the part of Councillor Pritchard (Snr).

I don't remember him saying he wanted to be

Tealeaf · 14-05-2010, 13:52

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Originally Posted by Neil

I don't remember him saying he wanted to be

Shame that. He's not prepared to state publicly the reasons for his course of action but presumably he's still prepared to take the Hyndburn ratepayer's coin.

garinda · 14-05-2010, 14:05

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Shame that. He's not prepared to state publicly the reasons for his course of action but presumably he's still prepared to take the Hyndburn ratepayer's coin.

Apparently he doesn't now claim any expenses.

Though I don't think that's been the case for the last thirty years.

Still odd that he's prepared to whisper his reasons privately, but not publicly.

Can't imagine the electorate of Milnshaw will be too impressed.

Perhaps he doesn't care, once he's been able to dress up as the Mayor.

Tealeaf · 14-05-2010, 14:11

Most peculiar. He neither claims expenses nor explains his actions...what is he then - a ghost? Will the next mayor of Hyndburn wear a bed sheet over his head as his official dress uniform?

Reamer · 14-05-2010, 15:13

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Originally Posted by garinda

Can't imagine the electorate of Milnshaw will be too impressed.

Perhaps he doesn't care, once he's been able to dress up as the Mayor.

Well this resident of Milnshaw is not impressed. I don't know how many constituents he consulted to get his 60% - 40% split but I see it as nothing but betrayal of the voters who elected him.
I hope he enjoys his stint as mayor, but I, for one , will not be voting for him again (if he stands.....perhaps being mayor will be his swan song)

Wynonie Harris · 14-05-2010, 15:19

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Originally Posted by Reamer

but I, for one , will not be voting for him again

You mean you voted for him before?...after what he said about Stanley in his very first post on Accyweb??!!

Bernard Dawson · 14-05-2010, 15:25

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Originally Posted by garinda

Apparently he doesn't now claim any expenses.

Though I don't think that's been the case for the last thirty years.

Still odd that he's prepared to whisper his reasons privately, but not publicly.

Can't imagine the electorate of Milnshaw will be too impressed.

Perhaps he doesn't care, once he's been able to dress up as the Mayor.

Rindy, Malcolm hasn't been a Councillor for the last thirty years. Malcolm use to work for the Council before he became a Councillor.

I think he's been a Councillor for 8 years.Before that as I said he worked for the Council for a long number of years.

Reamer · 14-05-2010, 15:45

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

You mean you voted for him before?...after what he said about Stanley in his very first post on Accyweb??!!

Go on then, I'm hooked, what'd he say Wyn ?

Wynonie Harris · 14-05-2010, 15:53

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Originally Posted by Reamer

Go on then, I'm hooked, what'd he say Wyn ?

Go and look on his previous posts and see...hardly the sort of thing I would expect from someone who's hoping to represent the borough!

garinda · 14-05-2010, 16:04

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Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

Rindy, Malcolm hasn't been a Councillor for the last thirty years. Malcolm use to work for the Council before he became a Councillor.

I think he's been a Councillor for 8 years.Before that as I said he worked for the Council for a long number of years.

Thanks Bernard.

You're right. in the press he said he'd 'served' the council for thirty years. Though presumably for the twenty odd years he was employed by them, he was paid a wage.

Isn't the role of Mayor supposed to go to the longest serving councillor? Which I don't think is him.

Explains why he was so keen to jump ship, if the mayorship, and all the fancy trappings, were promised to him, in exchange for support.

The whole thing has a particularly unpleasant whiff about it.

garinda · 14-05-2010, 16:10

Perhaps they'll ditch the Mayor's car, and put wheels on the organ grinder's trolley.

Bernard Dawson · 14-05-2010, 17:47

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Originally Posted by garinda

Thanks Bernard.

You're right. in the press he said he'd 'served' the council for thirty years. Though presumably for the twenty odd years he was employed by them, he was paid a wage.

Isn't the role of Mayor supposed to go to the longest serving councillor? Which I don't think is him.

Explains why he was so keen to jump ship, if the mayorship, and all the fancy trappings, were promised to him, in exchange for support.

The whole thing has a particularly unpleasant whiff about it.

Malcolm's 8 years does make him one of the longest serving Councillors who haven't been the Mayor. There are others particularly in the Tory group who have much longer service than Malcolm, but presumably don't want the job.

Incidentally, I have no principle objection to Malcolm being the Mayor. And if that's the decision of the Council then fine. But there are other Councillors with a similar length of service who also would like to be considered for the position of Mayor this year.