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Its becoming a micky mouse council run by mugwumps (bottom feeders) what with everthing that now seems to be going on behind close doors.
Democracy at work not in this council it would seem.I agree … suggestion … take a note of your councillor’s name, where he or she holds surgeries (if they do) and then tackle them on the subject of democracy in the way wrexham council operates and how they ‘consult’ with the electorate that fund there excessive remuneration. Then let us all report back here and maybe get rid of the undemocratic dead wood totalitarian misfits on the ‘council’. I think it is time for a peoples revolt … a revolt of the electorate. Rather this than a silent or whining ‘let them get on with it’ attitude. What do you all say?
[/quote] My opinion is that there are not enough of the public interested in getting involved. Maybe if the terms of office were reduced to a term of three years, and that no elected person be allowed to serve longer than that. Could this help get fresh faces and ideas into the running of the Council ?
I tend to agree BenjaminM. The Leader of the Council went to some length to say the Council were consulting with the public, and cited the case of the Council not reducing the amount spent on road maintenance, as requested by the public consultation. In my opinion the road maintenance should never have been a cost reduction in the first place. It surely was common sense not to reduce this, but there again there does not seem to be much common sense in these politicians. The changes made to the Constitution at last nights meeting, were put through without any serious debate, as they had been advised by the Welsh Audit Office in a telephone conversation. When the Welsh Government put forward changes in amalgamation, our Leader threw his toys out of the pram and would not listen. On the one hand he listens, on the other hand he does not. The Executive Board meetings come across as the Mark and Ian show. If it is not broke do not fix it. Spend an extra £63k which we have not got, and see nothing in return. It cannot get any worse, can it.
Does this now mean that if I asked my local councillor to ask a question on my behalf at a workshop meeting, he could not give me an answer, as the workshop discussion was not available to the public.
[quote quote=54943]Dear fellow wxm.com contributors I wish to announce my decision to stand as an Independent candidate, in the forthcoming election for the parliamentary seat of my home-town of Wrexham. I have decided to use wrexham.com as the vehicle to make this announcement, as we are all fortunate to have use of this freely supplied facility, which allows us all to debate what goes on in our town of Wrexham. Further information about my candidacy will follow soon. Rest assured I am very much looking forward to convincing the Wrexham electorate that in me they will have an honest, decent and hard-working Member of Parliament. I will put the interests of all UK and Wrexham citizens first, without due influence of third parties such as Trade Unions or wealthy businessmen. This contest promises to be a David and Goliath battle, but one I am relishing all the same. I believe the mood of Wrexham folk, like in many other towns, is being shaped by our shared disillusionment in the main UK political parties and their ways of working. It is they who have let our proud nation down and it is now “Time for a Change”. My message whilst one of optimism, will not hold back from tackling head on those issues which the main political parties wish to see imposed on Wrexham and in so doing will see us sold down the Gwenfro. I would like to take this opportunity to wish all candidates well in their campaigns and for keeping Democracy Alive. Phil Wynn Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Wrexham constituency [/quote]
What happened ? No Phil Wynn on candidate list.
[quote quote=86099]You mention that officers have the ability for a number of the people criticise– that may be the case but unfortunately they have to write reports that meet the needs of the relevant Lead Council Member and as you state it is here that the knowledge just does not exist. Speak to some of the officers responsible for writing reports and they will tell you that they are not always allowed to put their professional views forward if they are different to the Lead Member. A culture of fear has developed and officers are not permitted to challenge Council Members and certainly have become accustomed to having to bury ‘bad’ news- or more crucially a truthful viewpoint. Talk to officers in the Council and you would be surprised what they would say ‘off the record’. [/quote]
I , with respect cannot believe that a culture of fear has developed and officers are not permitted to challenge Council Members. The Lead Member does not write the reports, in fact, I believe that most Lead Members are incapable of doing so. The Lead Members do not have enough knowledge of their areas of speciality to be able to do this. If you observe the Executive Board webcasts, when the Lead Member is presenting a report, an officer of the Council sits next to them to answer any questions that may arise from the report. Is this not enough to demonstrate how much a Lead Member knows.
I too find it hard to follow the political set ups. I am just glad that as a Galvanised Methodist, our party are not putting up a candidate.
@justjojo2011 20012 wrote:
My auntie and my uncle were in a band back in the 60s. Lynette and the Footprints. They did the club circuit for a while, and my understanding is they never made money off it. They did it because they loved it. My auntie loved to sing and still does love to sing.
Could the reason for not making money from it be,that her singing was not up to standard?
Why not use the Salvation Army Band, I am sure they would entertain, in the hope that customers would dip into their pockets to support them .
@Sheefag 19570 wrote:
Pretty much all of my comments have been deleted without any communication, PM or email.
Pretty shabby in my book, you can have censorship or debate, which is it?Sheefag:- 228 posts in 12 months, if you were to add to this the deleted comments, you would have bored us even more.
