Ross Miller
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19 November 2010
23:2580837The sensible upshot of this will be the creation of in the first instances, shared services across two or more local authorities, followed inevitably and sensibly the consolidation of local authorities thus reducing the numbers of them and a concomitant reduction in staffing
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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19 November 2010
23:4180840And offer the jobs out to people other than those who have worked in local government in the past. There are dinosaurs out there who need to be got rid of.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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20 November 2010
01:5980842Well that looks like a few Council workers losing their job then! I wonder!
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
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20 November 2010
07:4480846all senior posts should go,with a sinpler system put in place.
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20 November 2010
09:5880853Ross, that's exactly the direction of travel being pursued.
Watty
20 November 2010
10:2680855So, if all senior posts go, who runs the business, Brian?
That unitary approach has been long in the planning, but national politicians can be a little wary as it opens the door to fewer MPs wiht larger constituencies........it's a bigger picture!!
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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20 November 2010
11:5880860Ah no, Bern! There is a general agreement from all parties, including UKIP, and of-course the 3 mainstream parties, that there should be an election reform, so that all the votes do not go to the one candidtae of a giant constituency who got the most single votes.
So licencing off Councillors and Council staff cannot be put in connection with the expressed wishes to introduce an election reform for Parliament.
If lack of funds for Councils will mean that the Council staff have to be decimated in number, or quartered, or halved, then so be it, but it's a separate issue!
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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20 November 2010
12:0180861Personally I am for each County having a large degree of economic autonomy, with a much higher proportion of local taxes goint to the local County and its districts.
It would free us from the never-ending debits of the national treasury, and give local Councils the chance to sort their own economic problems out, such as finding work for the unemployed who speak the same dialect with the same accent.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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20 November 2010
14:2680866What amazes me is that if some senior posts can go without much affect on the day to day running of the council or business it begs the question what and why were the senior administrators doing in the past? Could we have managed without them for years?
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
20 November 2010
16:2780881Hi Marek!!!
See my post #6, I agree. But I am still a bit concerned that the worth of a good manager is undervalued. I emphasise "good"!!!!
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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20 November 2010
16:3880891Hi Bern
Still catching up having been undergoing treatment.Great minds think alike.A good manager leads by example and motivates staff to do likewise. I have been lucky that some of my line managers became friends and great leaders of men all 3 of them receiving OBE's for their dedication to duty but they are a dying breed.Nowadays you have to be able to "talk the talk" and not necessarily be able to do the job.There is a lot to be said for those that have worked their way up through the ranks.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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20 November 2010
16:5180903bern, the boss of course.plus section leaders.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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21 November 2010
09:1780961Hope the treatment proves a success Marek and you have a full recovery.
It is so true that many people can indeed talk the talk, but so many rarely walk the walk and produce what they say they will.
Locally this happens to devastating effect.
Roger
21 November 2010
10:2780962Marek - good luck with the treatment, and it is fab to hear from you. If my mind works half as well as your great one and can be bracketed near it I am content!!
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
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21 November 2010
15:4280981Marek good luck with treatment
on senior posts think reg
and I for different reasons have replied ref senior posts
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Guest 660- Registered: 14 Mar 2008
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21 November 2010
19:5881031Good Luck Marek,I am looking after Tower Hamlets for you.
If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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21 November 2010
20:0681037Thanks everyone for your kind comments..I don't deserve them...but they are very heart warming.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
21 November 2010
20:1381038You're welcome, you do, and I am glad!
Ross Miller- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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21 November 2010
20:4481053Hope all works out well for you Marek
So John you did get selected to try to carry on the good work then
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean
"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
While loving someone deeply gives you courage" - Laozi
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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21 November 2010
21:0981056Hope all goes well Marek
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