tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post7158770034309920304..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: 'Evidence' accessed from council computer - Carmarthenshire Heraldcaebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-10558286706220736512017-07-09T16:14:27.813+01:002017-07-09T16:14:27.813+01:00Correction: !! "that is what the position is...Correction: !! "that is what the position is" - not the gobblydook "that it was the position is" that I wrote originally! Old age is catching up with me.Veritynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-76307733555449074362017-07-09T09:18:52.496+01:002017-07-09T09:18:52.496+01:00How did local government become the monster that i...How did local government become the monster that it now is? Many years ago I worked in the Education Dept of Pembs CC on St Thomas Green in Haverfordwest and I doubt very much if there were more than 15 to 20 people in total in that department, including clerks and typists, covering all aspects from nursery to further education. And that was pre-computerisation days. The three counties of Dyfed CC managed with one Director of Education but as soon as it reverted to three authorities, Carmarthenshire suddenly needed one Director and three Deputies with goodness knows how many heads of this and heads of that. I assume this was replicated in Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion. This expansion has never stopped so we end up with hordes of "managers" and "workers" - doing what? Any more than in the old days? It would be interesting to compare staff numbers pre-Dyfed, during Dyfed and present day.<br /><br />As Cibwr says, we need to get rid of the Chief Executive title and revert to using the nomenclature of Clerk to the Council because that it was the position is. It has become a post of far too much power in the wrong hands.Veritynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-73792991797100476642017-07-09T08:37:51.900+01:002017-07-09T08:37:51.900+01:00I suspect is is evidence once again that the Chief...I suspect is is evidence once again that the Chief Executive is a law unto himself, I very much doubt that any elected member had any input into the matter. Which in its self is reason to sweep aside the whole structure of a Chief Executive running the council as a council manager and downgrading the position back to what it was once, County Clerk, under the control of the council rather than the extremely powerful position that it has now become. BTW this does not just apply to Carmarthen - it should apply to all councils in Wales.Cibwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621705905770341542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-55265392441005610522017-07-08T22:30:41.249+01:002017-07-08T22:30:41.249+01:00How do CCC get away with it?
Not ustice IMHO, jus...How do CCC get away with it?<br /><br />Not ustice IMHO, just the boyos looking after each otherTeifionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04092813116668924841noreply@blogger.com