My local council

i dont think its either !!!
the last thread ran for 29 pages more than any other in current affairs and it was far from finished when it was pulled

just think of this thread as part 2 there`s still more to be added

this letter was written by a serving police officer who also see`s the problem with councils


Dear Ian,

I have now just read your reasons for creating the website.

I can sympathise with the things that you have seen in local Government.

I have found similar things in my part of the country (Cornwall) and West Yorkshire (where I was born and lived for over 33 years).

I have worked in the NHS, in Teaching and the Police Force. I have also put local authorities to the test. One thing that is very clear is that there is a culture or parasitism. The problem is so bad that the 'tape worm' is killing the host in my opinion, yet the 'movers and shakers' (contradiction in terms) of these system are stupidly unaware of what they are doing.

They have become drunk with power and are oblivious to their wrongdoing. I have seen so much waste, where expenditure is not necessary and certainly not a priority. I have seen too much justification of inaction where certain action was the reason for the organisation being there in the first place (health care workers not carrying out proper health care, Police Officers making excuses by lying about the law to fob off members of the public, being passed around the houses in ever decreasing circles by local authority personnel when persisting with an enquiry and so on). I simply feel that we are paying money to oligarchies which perpetuate themselves whilst presiding over misery. They appear to be working to an agenda (I could speculate in the case of the Police) of keeping the money for themselves rather than paying for the services that they are supposed to provide.

We would be better off not having them at all in many cases for the benefit provided.

I share your disbelief and anguish.

I feel that it is time for people to refuse to pay for these services. If we were buying services from the private sector we would be able to refuse to pay and be backed by law under trades description legislation. What a disgusting game they play.

Keep up the good work. It is only by the choice few brave souls sticking their necks out that change ever takes place. But it will take place, this nonsense simply cannot be sustained.

A serving Police Officer (Name supplied).


http://www.rottenborough.org.uk/Policeman.html

Just wanted to clarify that this is Ken's assumption based on the limited facts he has available to him and should not be regarded as accurate.


Awayman & Kentswingers777: If you wish to discuss the topic then please make your points without bickering. If you wish to bicker, please do it between yourselves via PM. Ty.

I am glad that you have come and issued the warning, as now maybe people who want to post can.

Might be a good idea to take the hint.....MSN always open for discussion........please

I would take it to pm but you don't open them.

Funniest thing I ever saw was when Lost discovered that there was a huge amount of space in the title of a pm !!! He did it all in capitals ....silly git .

so it seems the people might be given the power to vito council tax rises

does this mean that they would have to prove that they are value for money

certainly things would have to shape up to get the public to agree a rise
looks like a plan


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-10806200

[quote="Bluefish2009"]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/council-illegally-spied-on-family-during-row-over-catchment-area-2041684.html

A Council near to me,

This is a couple wrongly investigated for not living in the catchment area for the school they applied for.

I understand that it is perfectly reasonable for a council to investigate some one if they feel some one is deceiving them. What I am not sure about is, is it right for untrained council staff to undertake, undercover surveillance on people? Surely this is a job for professionals

Don't get me wrong, I would never support any one from outside the catchment area who attempted to steal a place from some one who lived within the catchment area, its total and morally wrong, but as I see it not yet a crime.

Perhaps the knowledgeable persons among us could shed some light please.[/quote

i assume it was fraud,but i have no legal background,however i know a man who does

saying thi i think it was a stupid thing to do ,and a waste of resources.