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  Courtesy Guardian....precis
  
  There are several unattractive elements to elected Mayors but.....Elected Mayors will destroy our shadowy civic mafias and
  
  provide transparency.....
  
  * chief obstacal is entrenched politicians eager to keep their noses in the trough.
  
  * It`s easy to deplore Londons mayoralty and the westminster smart arse`s take every opportunity to do so.
  
  * Local politicians are not up to scratch...they cannot be trusted with descrection and as a result even more power must be
  
  taken away from them,their quality worsens and fewer people vote for them,stripping away any claim to more power.
  
  * Mori Poll on ``truth telling``councillors score minus 27%....politicians in general score minus 66%.
  
  * Mayors are no panacea to this.
  
  * Electoral Mayors bring accounability back to the local people.
  
  * The mandate must precede such a shift...then Westminster will find it hard to deny decentralisation of power..............

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