tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post3779535782999170871..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: Thanet District Council Leadership Consultation Only Six People RespondMichael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-1458579240254731872010-12-09T23:24:13.780+00:002010-12-09T23:24:13.780+00:00With the strength of feeling expressed on this blo...With the strength of feeling expressed on this blog, there should be more than 6 replies by 15th Dec.<br /><br />My wife and I will certainly be adding two more to the list before that date.<br /><br />If you vote, you may not get what you want, but if you don't vote you will certainly get what you deserve.Readithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04343086161535755495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-88677067289527389382010-12-09T19:21:48.467+00:002010-12-09T19:21:48.467+00:000825 and 0827. You won't realise it and probab...0825 and 0827. You won't realise it and probably don't care but the alternative to doing something about this is to do nothing.<br />"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" (Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland,in a speech in the House of Commons on 22nd November 1641). Yawn, boring, history. He was a man who fully understood the consequences of governance gone wrong and paid for it with his life.<br />It makes a lot of difference to you personally, it's just that you don't realise it.<br />Next time, don't hide behind anonymity - be grown up enough to tell us who you are.Tim Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360638835659673415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-43119253696102881372010-12-09T18:28:13.633+00:002010-12-09T18:28:13.633+00:00Is there a case for the tv news to be informed of ...Is there a case for the tv news to be informed of what seems to be yet more dubious behaviour of "our" council.However,thanks for doing their job and informing me they will be hearing from me too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-48706609392297578982010-12-09T14:21:08.835+00:002010-12-09T14:21:08.835+00:00No option number 3?
Abolish TDC, sack the 4 grand...No option number 3?<br /><br />Abolish TDC, sack the 4 grand a month nameless council officers and demolish the eyesore that overlooks Cecil Square.<br /><br />Return the power to Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate.<br /><br />BKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-79435624457901347862010-12-09T13:20:28.379+00:002010-12-09T13:20:28.379+00:0017.55 excellent, I am glad you noticed it.
MAC I ...17.55 excellent, I am glad you noticed it.<br /><br />MAC I think the intention of the 2007 act and probably the intention of the new coalition government is that the local people should decide.<br /><br />I am afraid to say whatever the intention of the officer involved and however he interpreted the wording of the act, what he failed to do was to implement the intention of the act.<br /><br />This wasn’t about money as during the last week the two local papers have published articles about this consultation, something that didn’t cost the council anything.<br /><br />Had they known about the consultation eleven weeks ago when the council were supposed to have publicised the consultation they presumably would have written their articles then and people would have had time to consider this important issue.<br /><br />Something publicised so badly that it took all that time for it come to the attention of local journalists I think can be said to not have been publicised at all.<br /><br />23.47 if that is what you think I would recommend that you take part in the consultation to decide which of two new forms of local government you favour.<br /><br />7.48 I have to admit that I don’t really know what weight the councillors would give to the results of the consultation, I expect there will be officers advice on that one.<br /><br />8.25 and the quick thinker 8.27, you do appreciate that this is not so much about who does what but who is entitled to vote for who does what. While I appreciate that you may wish to enjoy the benefits of living in a democracy while not wishing to vote, you may ponder that the result of this consultation could stop others from voting. <br /><br />Perhaps you have some alternative ideas for selecting politicians in this country, if you have it would be interesting to hear what they areMichael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-12056453908371580692010-12-09T08:27:51.807+00:002010-12-09T08:27:51.807+00:00Ditto. Most people are so busy with their own live...Ditto. Most people are so busy with their own lives they couldn't actually care less. How i wish i had days and days to ponder this stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-84345135686754772332010-12-09T08:25:50.959+00:002010-12-09T08:25:50.959+00:00Most people, me included, don't care about who...Most people, me included, don't care about who does what, I just let them get on with it. It makes very little difference to me personally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-52912129608568905162010-12-09T07:48:15.867+00:002010-12-09T07:48:15.867+00:00It beggars belief! I haven't seen any notices ...It beggars belief! I haven't seen any notices about this consultation. Granted I don't search the local papers as much as others might. 6 replies to any consultation is an indictment on the local democracy. Or will the council merely interpret as support for the status quo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-49251382072639114502010-12-08T23:47:58.918+00:002010-12-08T23:47:58.918+00:00TDC seem to live in their only little world where ...TDC seem to live in their only little world where a cohort of directors who do not live in thanet are given carte blanche by the current elected members to increase their own salaries and conditions whilst making things worse for thanetonians.<br />Any consultation is seen as a total waste of time as they do not actually take any notice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-79324908830930914672010-12-08T19:58:27.568+00:002010-12-08T19:58:27.568+00:00It seems to me that the TDC respondent has a lack ...It seems to me that the TDC respondent has a lack of understanding of English and how his own use of language would be interpreted in law. A proposal is a suggested course of action, a decision binds one to take a particular course. In any case what would be the point of a consulation after council had agreed its policy?MACnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-15070768141934959852010-12-08T17:55:28.088+00:002010-12-08T17:55:28.088+00:00It would help if people knew there was a consultat...It would help if people knew there was a consultation. Thanks to you I now do and will respondAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com