Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,171
Just when you thought it was safe to return to the Mayor's Parlour, here he is again, your own, your very own (because YOU clowns voted for him!) Neil 'Sniffer' Rix, about to appear in a tabloid near you over the weekend.
http://www.kentlive.news/dover-taxpayers-forced-to-upgrade-the-mayor-8217-s-car-because-his-other-one-is-8216-too-small-8217/story-30460427-detail/story.html
Why the Hell he cant he use his own 4 wheel drive Chelsea Tractor (complete with personalised number plates) and claim a few quid in mileage allowance, God only knows.
(At least if we see a BFG wearing a peaked cap parked up in a limmo in Snargate Street we'll know who he's waiting for!)
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,897
The "clowns" who voted for him as Mayor are his pals who happen to be fellow Councillors the rest of us are simply stuck with him whether we like it or not.
I think he is an embarrassment to Dover although his supporters on here will disagree as they have done several time previously.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
You clearly haven't followed the "Money Tree" thread Bob when I raised this issue. In my humble opinion the need for a larger car is not driven by the height of the driver but the width of His Holiness the Mayor. Can't see why he needs a driver anyway unless he happens to be high on something.
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John Buckley
- Registered: 6 Oct 2013
- Posts: 615
Because Howard, a driver also highlights the importance of those conveyed in addition to "the make of vehicle should reflect the prestige and status of the mayoralty".
Personally, I thought that sort of thing would have died out in the fifties and surely a bit dated for this day and age? However, perhaps a better and cheaper solution would have been to engage a shorter chauffeur?
Apologies for that possible "heightism" remark though!
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I'm not opposed to a bit of pomp and ceremony John as The cruise passengers love it when they see town councillors poncing around in their finery outside the town hall. The need for a car and chauffeur is another issue and needs to be addressed as the current Mayor, as stated, is in not in the financial position that he needs financial help to carry out his duties. Hopefully the driver will use the car to carry out other duties as have others in the past.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,171
John Buckley wrote: However, perhaps a better and cheaper solution would have been to engage a shorter chauffeur?
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
the car in #1 seems to be a left hand drive with a French number plate.
by the way the tall chaps name is lurch.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
The question is whether it is more cost effective to get a smaller Mayor rather than a bigger car.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/were-going-to-need-a-129716/Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,171
As I indicated above if YOU LOT had not seen fit to elect him as a councillor THEM LOT could not have made him mayor.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
How many on here are in Buckland ward and voted Rix I wonder?
Arte et Marte
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,259
Save anyone actually replying , the answer is none. Seat uncontested!
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Arte et Marte
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,897
Reginald Barrington wrote:Save anyone actually replying , the answer is none. Seat uncontested!
No one should be a councillor if they are not elected, far to easy to have your "friends" boost their number to get their own policies voted in.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Deal gives us even more laughs with their shenanigans over the Mayor Making.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/deal/news/shock-new-labour-mayor-for-96199/Guest 1831- Registered: 1 Sep 2016
- Posts: 395
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/30/mayor-filmed-snorting-unknown-powder-asks-bigger-car-reflect/#
Shameless - when you think Age Concern/Riverside Centre is crying out for a Mini-bus to transport our elderly, vulnerable older local people. To get a hot meal, and have some company during the day.
I notice Keith Samsun raised no objections.
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,065
Dual-purpose mini-bus; think you may have hit on something there!
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Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
- Posts: 149
Well like it or not, I am surprised at the personal comments on here about the Mayor, I believe they are rude and uncalled for. Mr Haddock, or whatever his name may be is calling us ALL clowns, is that nice? No!
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,171
Lewis Jones wrote:Well like it or not, I am surprised at the personal comments on here about the Mayor, I believe they are rude and uncalled for. Mr Haddock, or whatever his name may be is calling us ALL clowns, is that nice? No!
Lewis, I defy you to give an example of one comment on this thread which is 'rude' never mind about 'uncalled for'.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Guest 1467- Registered: 30 Jan 2015
- Posts: 149
I don't like being called a clown or reading about you calling someone 'Sniffer' or 'BFG'.
Simple. I will not reply to anything further you add, I am not going to get into it. Piece said!
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,897
Lewis some so called grownups never overcome their version of schoolboy humour.
I find it a shame that the Mayor has yet again made this town a laughing stock with the media.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
I find it quite extraordinary that the Mayor doesn't understand the bad publicity that he is bringing to the town.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/835062/Toyota-Prius-Mayor-of-Dover-Neil-Rix-Peter-WallaceGuest 1713, Guest 1831 and Jan Higgins like this
