tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post1139344685331398056..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: Those 'allowable expenses' were 'allowable'! Fancy that!caebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-44777564516998948192014-11-28T10:46:19.986+00:002014-11-28T10:46:19.986+00:00- perhaps you can ask the Chairman/Chief Exec of M...- perhaps you can ask the Chairman/Chief Exec of Marston Pubs - why did he not obtain a better deal for his shareholders if the council were willing to part fund a commercial company [scarlets] but not another [marstons] - discrimination by the Council surely - one for Private Eye to look into under "Rotten Boroughs"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-55433992027197526492014-11-27T18:18:46.233+00:002014-11-27T18:18:46.233+00:00Anon 12:57 Thanks for your comment, I agree entire...Anon 12:57 Thanks for your comment, I agree entirely. <br />The quote you refer to was at the September 2013 full council meeting. Mr James said that if there was a disagreement with the Wales Audit Office, once they'd had a word, they (the WAO) usually changed their minds. Says it all.<br /> caebrwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-80734200178221755122014-11-27T12:57:14.848+00:002014-11-27T12:57:14.848+00:00From past experience with the WAO - the pre-Anthon...From past experience with the WAO - the pre-Anthony Barrett times - I suspect this is the old way of doing things, i.e. with the minimum of boat-rocking/confrontation, and clutching at any argument that says "everything's fine". Jacqui - you have previously posted Mark James's quote regarding his/CCC's "persuasion" of WAO that all was well on earlier issues. A link or re-quote would be good. Whatever readers' opinions are of the aforementioned individual, I doubt that there can be any disagreement that he has an incredibly strong, probably frightening, character - and a will of iron. I believe he exhibits the "psychopathic" traits of a modern and successful boss. He certainly appears to have a Svengali influence over councillors, if not colleagues. We can only guess at what happened with the original briefing (instruction?) of the District Valuer by CCC. For the WAO's opinion to be propped up by the fact this individual was "acting completely independently of the Council" smacks to me of a fear of creating a further CCC backlash.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-3830397993013546292014-11-27T08:40:59.537+00:002014-11-27T08:40:59.537+00:00Anon 19:02
A quote for County Hall; "You can ...Anon 19:02<br />A quote for County Hall; "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time".caebrwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-63402089713184380502014-11-25T19:02:02.910+00:002014-11-25T19:02:02.910+00:00Anon, we can only assume the Welsh Audit Office sa...Anon, we can only assume the Welsh Audit Office saw all of the evidence and found nothing illegal. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-75068646181421259202014-11-25T10:11:58.643+00:002014-11-25T10:11:58.643+00:00All I can say is the W.A.O. got it wrong and have ...All I can say is the W.A.O. got it wrong and have undermined their credibility. Accounting sleight of hand trumps public service ethics, common sense and fairness. To me, the decision to accept this state of affairs makes the Audit Office look very weak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com