Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Oh forgot when I attended an open golf dinner at Canterbury ,American Tourists were there as I stepped out of the car outside Canterbury Cathedral.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,922
I see so it all boils down to this, we have to provide all this money so a few people can take a pretty picture of the mayor shaking hands or some other duty.
Using the same logic the Queen should always wear her crown and/or full ceremonial robes whenever she attends an investiture, an official hand shaking outing or other duty.
Therefore dressing up in a silly outfit makes no difference to the average person they still click away quite happily.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Jan Higgins wrote:I see so it all boils down to this, we have to provide all this money so a few people can take a pretty picture of the mayor shaking hands or some other duty.
Using the same logic the Queen should always wear her crown and/or full ceremonial robes whenever she attends an investiture, an official hand shaking outing or other duty.
Therefore dressing up in a silly outfit makes no difference to the average person they still click away quite happily.
Everyone knows who the Queen and most of her family look like, only a select few would recognise Sue Jones or Neil Rix without their regalia.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
To be fair
as iv said there is no REAL push to not have a Town council o rMayor
so all this is hot air really
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
See below the costs of the recent Mayor making at the Town Hall.
Hire of hall £.1970. 00
Photographer £. 200. 00
Audio and Visual £.564. 00
String quartet £.510. 00
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
is that with vat H.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Good question Brian, having checked VAT wasn't chargeable.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Hire of the Hall did that include food.I think the DTC get some free hires.DDC do not have a ceremony anymore so the saving of Three thousand or more goes to the cost of a car.Plus no cost of robes
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,948
I do find you crusade against DTC amusing
you never fail to mention there shortcomings
it was all ok when you werein DDC cutbacks and all lol
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Getting back to the cost of having a Mayor the current budget shows £.11,400 including £.300 for the Chauffer's uniform which doesn't come across as a lot in the general scheme of things. Additionally as DTC run two cars we don't know how much the Mayor's one costs.