Tuesday, October 12, 2010
A Comment on "It Happens Sometimes"
Anonymous said
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Just a wee bit curious about why the following point of view was deemed unacceptable to a woman who believes in freedom of speech and such.
Why exclusion, why no dialogue?
Hmmmm....
"Call me ignorant but I like the idea of open, transparent teamwork... for the corporation.
They seemingly "did it" in public.
That ain't too shabby, don't cha no... say I, on reflection."
************************************
Often there's a list of e-mails. By the time I've read them ,responded to some , deleted others , and published comments, sometimes a comment gets missed. I usually catch up but the more there are ,the less efficient I am. It's not personal.
We have a different understanding of the function of the Mayor and the Chief Administrative Officer .
The Mayor is the Town's representative at the Regional Council. Any candidate who seeks the office presents themselves to the voters as being competent. It means reading , comprehending reports, taking a position and voting accordingly.
We have nine municipalities in the Region each with a Mayor. Imagine if all Mayors were accompanied by CAOs and regional meetings were comprised of nodding heads, knowing glances and other body language signals exchanged between elected members at the table and local bureaucrats in the visitors section.
It would be a scene so ridiculous, even the Monty Python crew never visualised it.
A Mayor is expected to know the job. They make that claim when they put their names on the ballot.
Remuneration for a regional representative is in excess of $60Ks. On top of what the Town pays.
We either elected a person of sufficient competence to do that job or we need to get someone else who is comptetent. We do not need two people on the public payroll to fulfill a single function. It's embarrassing.
The Chief Administrative Officer's function is to be in charge of the day to day operation of the municipal corporation.
Remuneration for the job is many times more than a Regional Councillor. He is not paid to wet nurse the head of the municipality.
His job is in the Town Hall being Head Honcho of a massive bureaucracy.
Either we need him doing that or we don't. If we don't, we can save ourselves a pile of dough,don't cha no.
Have a great day!
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Just a wee bit curious about why the following point of view was deemed unacceptable to a woman who believes in freedom of speech and such.
Why exclusion, why no dialogue?
Hmmmm....
"Call me ignorant but I like the idea of open, transparent teamwork... for the corporation.
They seemingly "did it" in public.
That ain't too shabby, don't cha no... say I, on reflection."
************************************
Often there's a list of e-mails. By the time I've read them ,responded to some , deleted others , and published comments, sometimes a comment gets missed. I usually catch up but the more there are ,the less efficient I am. It's not personal.
We have a different understanding of the function of the Mayor and the Chief Administrative Officer .
The Mayor is the Town's representative at the Regional Council. Any candidate who seeks the office presents themselves to the voters as being competent. It means reading , comprehending reports, taking a position and voting accordingly.
We have nine municipalities in the Region each with a Mayor. Imagine if all Mayors were accompanied by CAOs and regional meetings were comprised of nodding heads, knowing glances and other body language signals exchanged between elected members at the table and local bureaucrats in the visitors section.
It would be a scene so ridiculous, even the Monty Python crew never visualised it.
A Mayor is expected to know the job. They make that claim when they put their names on the ballot.
Remuneration for a regional representative is in excess of $60Ks. On top of what the Town pays.
We either elected a person of sufficient competence to do that job or we need to get someone else who is comptetent. We do not need two people on the public payroll to fulfill a single function. It's embarrassing.
The Chief Administrative Officer's function is to be in charge of the day to day operation of the municipal corporation.
Remuneration for the job is many times more than a Regional Councillor. He is not paid to wet nurse the head of the municipality.
His job is in the Town Hall being Head Honcho of a massive bureaucracy.
Either we need him doing that or we don't. If we don't, we can save ourselves a pile of dough,don't cha no.
Have a great day!
Posts
1 comment:
All the fun is done
Post a Comment