Comment posted New Council Leader’s unambiguous clarification on Dinnergate by neil macintyre.
Its nice that the council are really concentrating on the important problems in Argyll.Never mind SPYGATE and Chord lets just a have a big meeting about School dinners.
Anyone got any news about officers retiring and being employed again with the council as consultants just a wee story I got today.Will check up to see if Rhodie has any crack about it.
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- Argyll and Bute Council: Councillor McCuish leads again
Come on folks the weather is beautiful in Oban it could be a sign of better things to come and my horse won the 5.30 at Goodwood. It will not matter who is in power as we have seen in Oban especially over the last few years nothing has been done.
We now await the so called Miracle from TIF to bring what?
If that debt wings its way to us who will pay for it?
The goalposts have been moved back to 2030 but of course by then the Directors and the big boss will all be retired with a nice big cheque in the bank and with no worries about the mess they have left.
Oban Airport is a wonderful example.
Old regime or new regime = same faces no change just more money for consultants.
But the sun is still shining and hopefully the penny will drop eventually that we are being taken for mugs.
Cheers Neil. - Argyll and Bute Council: Councillor McCuish leads again
You have to admire Graeme with his “just a little local difficulty”.Looking forward to seeing how his SNP Councillors who are in the Administration handle a big problem.
And just for a bit of fun how will his SNP Councillors who are in the opposition handle a big problem?
Sorry folks but I am lost and I,m writing this.
Never mind Graeme I am sure the SNP in Argyll will be nominated for one of the comedy awards they are shu-in.
Cheers Neil. - Argyll and Bute Council: Councillor McCuish leads again
Sorry Phil but will give you the story when the dust settles. Worth waiting for I promise.
Cheers Neil. - Argyll and Bute Council: Councillor McCuish leads again
This is beginning to sound like a script for a James Bond movie.
Lets have some suggestions for the main characters from our councillors. I am sure Roddy would enjoy playing Bond and Marion would certainly make a great Miss Moneypenny.
Think about the publicity for Argyll if it was filmed here and all the spin offs for the tourist industry.
Now that Salmond has given the SNP councillors the nod to work with the bedroom tax tories the skys the limit.
So in this new coalition we must embrace the coming together of a new dawn and banish forever the thoughts of Independence in Argyll.
I just got carried away a wee bit I blame it on the cider.
Cheers Neil. - Argyll and Bute Council: Councillor McCuish leads again
Lets have a close look at the councillors under the banner “Argyll and Bute for change” these are most of the dinosaurs that have done nothing but follow Dick Walsh blindly for years. I certainly agree we need to change them but sadly they are here for a few more years yet.
Cheers Neil.
PS.
Poor councillor Duncan MacIntyre will be shattered he must of thought he was going to receive the holy grail.
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After this remarkable fiasco will Councillor Roddy McCuish do the decent thing and make a substantial donation to Martha’s charity on behalf of A&B Council as well as issuing an unconditional apology to this poor young student.
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A donation from the senior officers of the Council would be far more appropriate!
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Its nice that the council are really concentrating on the important problems in Argyll.Never mind SPYGATE and Chord lets just a have a big meeting about School dinners.
Anyone got any news about officers retiring and being employed again with the council as consultants just a wee story I got today.Will check up to see if Rhodie has any crack about it.
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Yet another near wholly embarassing (yet neither much entertaining or particularly humorous) carry on from out of this astonishingly backward local authority. This incident being ingloriously graced with master classes in fumbling incompetence in the interpretation of facts, inappropriate knee-jerk reactions, & then by embarrassing U-turns accompanied by cliche-ridden, rushed out howls of self-justification from the centre, ‘it wisnae me’ etc etc etc (when justly spotted). All comprehensively demonstrating systemic institutional self-regard, woeful symptoms of myopic arrogance, poor organisational coordination, good old-fashioned pomposity, poor service values in general – & the now customary Stalinist methods that have so often disgraced & discredited this thorough shambles of a local authority.
You really couldn’t invent the catalogue of crass stupidities & self-inflicted wounds that, not infrequently, emanate from the offices of this local council. Barely fit for purpose as an organisation, is the continuing impression that’s created…certainly an impression that’s now well evidenced.
‘Happy to hear that this recent incident of sheer disregard & institutional disdain for the aspirations & views of members of the local constituency (i.e. the actual people of the area) has come to detailed national attention via “The Guardian” newspaper’s website. ‘Delighted also to learn that the story has gone viral across the internet. Welcome to the 21st Century, Argyll & Bute Council – it’s perhaps time to wake up to modern ways of doing things now. Could try very much harder – probably would be a good idea to, not least so as to try to avoid becoming a UK-wide laughing stock, in addition to being increasingly deplored across the real world of 21st century Argyll & Bute.
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Will the person or persons responsible for placing the gagging order on this young lady please put his or her hands up, and then resign from AB. This is a disgraceful episode in what was supposed to be a new open council, shades of the old Mc Intyre regime. We need a full enquiry into this matter, and a review of all funding for childrens meals at school. Someone is making money , and children are not getting value for money.
Lets clear this up and soon before there is a massive public backlash, and heads will roll.
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Time for the person or persons reponsible for making a wrong decision to learn from it. I think calling for resignations is as knee jerk a reaction as the decision to pervent Martha from doing her good work. These times of Tory/Lib Dem imposed austerity are hard enough without individuals giving up salaries simply for making what was in my opinion a bad call.
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I know it’s non-PC and in very bad taste, but I can’t get out of my head the image of the perpetrator of the ban trussed up in a large cooking pot suspended over a brisk fire somewhere in the jungle with a lot of very happy kids dancing around it. Sorry.
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How many mistakes do our well-paid council employees have to make before they are asked to resign. There is a well known say “three strikes and you are out”. Clelland Sneddon and Sally Loudon have certainly made more than three glaring mistakes and it is time for them to be given their P45′s with NO payoff.
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Are you all saying that none of the elected members were involved in this fiasco?
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Lowry: it seems so.
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