On 7 Aug, 20:54, Adrian Simpson wrote:
In article H%g7o.65365$pW4.42422@hurricane, Corporal Jones
writes

When will local government realise that it is the commercial sector
that pays their wages and if we feel the squeeze they must also make
cuts, cloud cuckoo land,... huh.

When the councils return to being run by the councillors rather than the
officers (assuming that the councillors understand basic economics).

splutter! y'mean those self same selfless councillors who (majority)
all took the X% pay rises earlier this year "without a thought for
themselves"?

being a councillor currently has "no ethical status" hence their
collective need to define one - in todays currency that equals
monetary greed

I know local councillors who were objects of ridicule at my school
(thru background or "hand of god"), sad, but all kids aren't born
equal, it's like watching them play out their equality fantasies
taking everything as their compensation -

open question Who TF wants to be a councillor?? and why not??

Jim K