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The local government official numpty of the year award for 2013 so far.
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Just unbelievable.......and he was saying that lunch time that he was not thinking about resigning.
Bet he goes? Sweepstake by when?
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Just unbelievable.......and he was saying that lunch time that he was not thinking about resigning.
Bet he goes? Sweepstake by when?
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@DTC I agree with you. He had to go - quite apart from anything else, he was fatally compromised by the apparent callousness of the remark.
Someone earlier suggested that, because of the time delay between the remarks being made and all this publicity now, that this was evidence of a witch-hunt. It was more to do with the various internal investigations and reports that needed to be conducted which caused the delay rather than any other reason.
That investigation went on for too long. DTC, you mentioned 3 major contraventions or words to that effect - was that from an article, or based upon your own experience of such matters?
And you also said something about "homophobia" - Has he said something else, or was this a word used in error?
Someone earlier suggested that, because of the time delay between the remarks being made and all this publicity now, that this was evidence of a witch-hunt. It was more to do with the various internal investigations and reports that needed to be conducted which caused the delay rather than any other reason.
That investigation went on for too long. DTC, you mentioned 3 major contraventions or words to that effect - was that from an article, or based upon your own experience of such matters?
And you also said something about "homophobia" - Has he said something else, or was this a word used in error?
First let me thank daffy654 for her support.
Yes I do have a good sense of humour, but I can find nothing humorous about the poster's need to attach my name to this article.
This was just a cheap dig at both myself and the Daily Mail, in the hope of getting a comment not from the 'Right-Wing' not even from the 'Far Right Wing' but the 'Ultra-Right Wing' no less.
Yes I do have a good sense of humour, but I can find nothing humorous about the poster's need to attach my name to this article.
This was just a cheap dig at both myself and the Daily Mail, in the hope of getting a comment not from the 'Right-Wing' not even from the 'Far Right Wing' but the 'Ultra-Right Wing' no less.
/// However, more seriously, it would be nice to have the ultra-right wing of AB come on here and show their distaste of these sorts of remarks; there is no place in society for this form of disability-hatred - at all. ///
Well here is my take up on this affair.
Yes he was wrong to make such a disgusting statement, that sort of thing just cannot be excused, but cries of 'resign' is not going to achieve anything, what is with this 'resign' obsession nowadays, every time someone speaks out of turn?
He knows what he said was completely out of order and has apologised most strongly, and the reason he has not done so before is because he had to wait till after some form of inquiry.
Perhaps before some of us are ready to condemn others for stupid, and sometimes disgusting remarks said at the spur of the moment, should recall some things they have come out with in the pub, club or on the golf course, and after wished that one had never said them?
Yes there is a difference here, he is in a position of responsibility and should have known better, but for all his faults he is still a human-being bearing all the faults and indiscretions that can go along with it.
After all how many have said In jest maybe, "Old people should be put down after a certain age"?
Or more seriously "Invalid scooters should be banned", not realising what the consequences would be to a disabled person that would be, if they were to be.
Well here is my take up on this affair.
Yes he was wrong to make such a disgusting statement, that sort of thing just cannot be excused, but cries of 'resign' is not going to achieve anything, what is with this 'resign' obsession nowadays, every time someone speaks out of turn?
He knows what he said was completely out of order and has apologised most strongly, and the reason he has not done so before is because he had to wait till after some form of inquiry.
Perhaps before some of us are ready to condemn others for stupid, and sometimes disgusting remarks said at the spur of the moment, should recall some things they have come out with in the pub, club or on the golf course, and after wished that one had never said them?
Yes there is a difference here, he is in a position of responsibility and should have known better, but for all his faults he is still a human-being bearing all the faults and indiscretions that can go along with it.
After all how many have said In jest maybe, "Old people should be put down after a certain age"?
Or more seriously "Invalid scooters should be banned", not realising what the consequences would be to a disabled person that would be, if they were to be.
well hatred of fellow man, lazy gun, a section of them at least. Do not know if there is a term for the hatred of disabled folk - there is a crime in the US simply titled "disability hatred" - not sure we have the equivalent as it gets wrapped up in the Equality Commission umbrella.
As to the internal charges, the council down here have mentioned he has contravened three; (i) disrepute of the council and exposure to equality prosecution (ii) contravening equality policies of the council and (iii) breach of conduct - source local BBC news
As to AOG's comment, come off it, this is exactly the sort of thing you would have latched on to; you are probably hacked off I got to it first :-) So let us hear your views on this story then? Do you agree with the action taken? Do you find his remarks tolerable? Do you condone them? Rather than incite, let's hear your opinion.
As to the internal charges, the council down here have mentioned he has contravened three; (i) disrepute of the council and exposure to equality prosecution (ii) contravening equality policies of the council and (iii) breach of conduct - source local BBC news
As to AOG's comment, come off it, this is exactly the sort of thing you would have latched on to; you are probably hacked off I got to it first :-) So let us hear your views on this story then? Do you agree with the action taken? Do you find his remarks tolerable? Do you condone them? Rather than incite, let's hear your opinion.
@DTC thanks for the clarification, especially the regs that he was adjudged to have broken.
@AoG -Well, public demand for him to resign over such thoughtless and frankly abhorrent words seems to actually have had some effect, since he has in fact resigned. So actually the cries of resign seem to have had an effect after all.
And I am not sure we should give elected officials licence to say such distateful things by giving them the "spur of the moment" excuse.
At the very least he should have been pro-active in apologising - instead it took an official complaint from the people he said it to to arrive at any sort of action from him.
@AoG -Well, public demand for him to resign over such thoughtless and frankly abhorrent words seems to actually have had some effect, since he has in fact resigned. So actually the cries of resign seem to have had an effect after all.
And I am not sure we should give elected officials licence to say such distateful things by giving them the "spur of the moment" excuse.
At the very least he should have been pro-active in apologising - instead it took an official complaint from the people he said it to to arrive at any sort of action from him.
your message just popped in cross over, thanks AOG.
I think that there is an issue to be explored and that is how in feck's sake did it take them the length of time to come to the conclusions that the Council did. In any major commercial organisation, the inquiry would have lasted perhaps a week, maybe two. This delay is disgraceful and has only served to exacerbate the situation. But then Cornwall County Council are totally inept. There are a lot of us down here who would sweep them out and put in a much more business and services-driven organisation where performance was key. They charge incredible rates and we get zip......how bad is it? Well a Band G house down here pays more in tax than a 10 bedroom mansion in Mayfair or Chelsea......and I bet the services are less than half.
The roads are full of pot holes, the lanes and roads are a disgrace with rubbish (and this is a tourist area), the public conveniences are closing, the local museums are backing out their opening hours, our car park taxes are penalising, the traffic wardens in Truro and Perranporth are frequently in the papers (and the Nationals) for their 'exuberance' and wonderful civil approach to visitors, and scandal after scandal, with Lavery (the last Chief Exec) in the current issue of Private Eye.
I think that there is an issue to be explored and that is how in feck's sake did it take them the length of time to come to the conclusions that the Council did. In any major commercial organisation, the inquiry would have lasted perhaps a week, maybe two. This delay is disgraceful and has only served to exacerbate the situation. But then Cornwall County Council are totally inept. There are a lot of us down here who would sweep them out and put in a much more business and services-driven organisation where performance was key. They charge incredible rates and we get zip......how bad is it? Well a Band G house down here pays more in tax than a 10 bedroom mansion in Mayfair or Chelsea......and I bet the services are less than half.
The roads are full of pot holes, the lanes and roads are a disgrace with rubbish (and this is a tourist area), the public conveniences are closing, the local museums are backing out their opening hours, our car park taxes are penalising, the traffic wardens in Truro and Perranporth are frequently in the papers (and the Nationals) for their 'exuberance' and wonderful civil approach to visitors, and scandal after scandal, with Lavery (the last Chief Exec) in the current issue of Private Eye.
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