tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post7391066052751350925..comments2023-11-18T08:59:54.598+00:00Comments on Carmarthenshire Planning Problems and more: Constitutional contortions from County Hallcaebrwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-16567389265613594022016-06-30T20:30:42.785+01:002016-06-30T20:30:42.785+01:00What a great bit of blood hound work! I heard Mark...What a great bit of blood hound work! I heard Mark James intends to nominate you for a community journalism award, or did I dream that? I never liked those loyalty points schemes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01073108614600884664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-68496320219589084492016-06-27T20:31:55.253+01:002016-06-27T20:31:55.253+01:00Misfeasance in public office!
Time to get the poli...Misfeasance in public office!<br />Time to get the police involved.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misfeasance_in_public_officeRedheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-64497691210542866802016-06-27T15:12:58.602+01:002016-06-27T15:12:58.602+01:00Surely our Councillors should try to be more in to...Surely our Councillors should try to be more in touch with their constituents.<br />Maybe we should create say a monthly questionnaire of queries and send them to each and every Councillor for a reply.<br />Currently they appear to be voting party politics and not giving any consideration for their constituents opinions.<br />But of course they are fully aware that only a low percentage are aware of what is going on.<br />Wavellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-26842285974831906632016-06-27T12:43:38.521+01:002016-06-27T12:43:38.521+01:00It couldn't come across more clearly in the pr...It couldn't come across more clearly in the previous comments.This is not democracy.Parliament is in disarray but the Welsh Government is devoid of the ability to ensure Local Government is acting democratically.<br />I keep repeating the fact that the ruling administration together with some opposition<br />honest members take appropriate steps to challenge this out-of-control chief executive.<br />If they can't,I have to come to the conclusion that those capable of challenging are in the minority.Many I am sure fear the same fate as that of Jacqui Thompson.And so it goes on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-6400783300227043592016-06-27T10:11:33.415+01:002016-06-27T10:11:33.415+01:00I agree entirely with your comments @Cneifiwr. Thi...I agree entirely with your comments @Cneifiwr. This cosy arrangement also took place during the time that the WAO and the WLGA were supposed to be assessing and monitoring the council's governance record. Mr James publicly treated both with utter contempt (and still does) and his actions speak even louder than his words.<br /><br />Yes, Sir David Lewis nailed it, and so did the former police commissioner, likening them to a Sicilian cartel. caebrwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233902574832152764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-30208966855188571012016-06-27T09:01:36.318+01:002016-06-27T09:01:36.318+01:00Re: Cneifiwr @ 05:50 - Precisely, this arrangement...Re: Cneifiwr @ 05:50 - Precisely, this arrangement ensures that the post, which is supposed to provide independent oversight, remains temporary until it can be ascertained that the post holder is truly onside and willing to follow orders before the appointment is made permanent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-57419280541646591622016-06-27T07:43:51.096+01:002016-06-27T07:43:51.096+01:00Yet another good wheeze to prevent members from do...Yet another good wheeze to prevent members from doing the job that we elected them to do. Remember the one – ‘when are minutes not minutes that can be scrutinized by full council, as per the constitution’ (Answer: when the chief executive unilaterally decides to label them reports).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-73429505396606346492016-06-27T05:50:43.541+01:002016-06-27T05:50:43.541+01:00This is not the first time that the chief executiv...This is not the first time that the chief executive has handpicked his own team without referring appointments to councillors, but this back door promotion is more serious because here we are talking about the council's Monitoring Officer, who is supposed to be the council's legal conscience. What we have is a monitoring officer who owes her job to her boss, and nobody else. Not only did Mrs Rees Jones oversee the unlawful pension and libel indemnity schemes, but it is now clear that the emerging Pembrey scandal involving what amounted to corruption occurred on her watch. Awareness of the wrongdoings went right to the top where action was taken to cover it up.<br /><br />By no stretch of the imagination are arrangements like this compatible with good governance.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-75454815867425335562016-06-26T22:34:25.224+01:002016-06-26T22:34:25.224+01:00Translation: they are our rules ( correction - the...Translation: they are our rules ( correction - the CEO's rules ) and we can bend or break them as we wish, so just go away.Redheadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-86112028011972234422016-06-26T14:14:50.437+01:002016-06-26T14:14:50.437+01:00Well, well. Another mystery solved. I seem to reme...Well, well. Another mystery solved. I seem to remember Sir David Lewis describing the quality of legal advice emanating from Mrs Rees Jones's department as "cavalier at best, incompetent at worst". Presumably Sir David's job reference got lost in the post.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-791817892794754996.post-76427069716810311522016-06-26T13:21:56.251+01:002016-06-26T13:21:56.251+01:00I would say shocking but in reality it is no surpr...I would say shocking but in reality it is no surprise, the really sad thing is that we are all being short changed here and there are not enough councillors with any backbone to stand up to the The Chief!towy71https://www.blogger.com/profile/17385691259489936354noreply@blogger.com