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  Alan - that is simply not true of them.
  
  There are good and bad but make no mistake no-one goes into it thinking they can make money out of it and if anything it costs them money. Most are active in the community in various ways. In my own case after 12 years on the Council in the first year after leaving my income shot up literally by 50% when I could concentrate on my business without being pulled away from it.
  
  To suggest what you do that they are 'rubbing their hands together wondering what committee they can get on and what pays the best' is quite frankly a travesty and is as far from reality as little green men from outer space living in Burlington House.
  
  The problem is that everyone knows they can do better but if they decide to put themselves forward to do it they come up against exactly the same limitations and problems their predecessors faced and are then in the same position being sniped at. Maybe you are a lot cleverer than all those now doing the job, but I suspect not and if you were to be elected a councillor I can guarantee people will be saying about you exactly what you said above.
  
  You, like most people and this is not a dig but a statement of fact, just have no idea of how limited and restricted elected representatives are.

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