Council seeks to fill £120,000 post

“"a culture of learning rather than blame;"

That explains a lot.”

“The new authority will be:
"Member led,Officer driven,Customer focussed; a team environment where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts; a flat management structure where employees and managers are fully empowered and decisions are devolved close to the customer; a culture of learning rather than blame; a clear sense of direction and purpose. A firm commitment to delivering high quality public service through a combination of direct provision and effective partnerships."

Recruitment advertisement BNES Sept 24th 1996.

Same old gobbledey****, different coloured dress!

Plus ca change!

radstockjeff”

“by Chidley

Wednesday, September 14 2011, 1:01PM

"Justgeton - Thank you for again taking an interest in my humble missive. If I could make sense of your gobbledegook I'm sure it would prove most interesting. Perhaps you could arrange for a translation. One thing is certain - whoever chose the motif for you certainly knew their job; you do come across as 'a bit of one' at times."


Says it all really.”

“@capndave - for someone who is not interested that was a very long response, i show respect to people who earn it, and the abuse i have read that you have dished out on here to many different commenters does not earn respect. My view of how local government should work i believe also reflects some of the points that you wrote into the Chronicle a couple of weeks ago about, when you were criticising the Consertive party for moaning about current plans being done by the Lib Dems which were originally Conservative plans, and it is probably why you are an independent rather than have joined up with another party.
At no point did i ridicule anyone - i just commented on your quote from a pantomime. I have also not questioned your ability to provide advice, promote and improve the Rivers in B&NES, the only thing i questioned at the very start of this exchange was that for a Councillor to express those views about job titles when his own (whether its by your choice or someone elses) is just as bad.

@roboldfield - you raised about selecting between a party or independent, i was pointing out that capndave wasnt an indepdendent when elected.”

“£120,000
I'll do it - gis a job as yosser says
My strategy would be to bang the heads together of the left and the right and deluded blairites who think they are the 'third way' centrists.
Sit them down together and no one leaves until actions are agreed for the majority of ALL people. Could buzzword this up by saying my intentions are that:

1.We must equitably meet developmental and environmental needs of present and future generations.
2.Creating and developing partnerships with those keen to share in achieving mutual goals”

“@justgeton

A hint. If you don't manage to understand a comment, then probably best not to try and play the superior card.”

“.......fair play to him - i dont agree with party politics in local government they should all be working together for a better B&NES rather than squabbling amongst themselves).......

If you truly believe this to be the way matters of local government should work, why do you have an antagonistic trait to the majority of your postings on here?

Actually I'm not really interested. I shall be on my boat tomorrow, which incidentally "justgeton" was the one hundred and seventy third I was involved in the construction of, enjoying the peace and tranquility of the river environment I have known and cared for over the past few decades.

I will no doubt meet up with the likes of Wobbly Willis, Big Bad Royston, Wavy Davy, and Tomato Mike for a few bevvies down at the Lockeeper. We'll talk about the days of yore when we used to run numerous booze cruisers, salvage and raise sunken vessels, pilot narrowboats up the Severn to Sharpness and even the odd occasion we used to take wide beam boats across the Channel to Le Havre. We'll no doubt raise a glass for those no longer with us like Duffy the best steel fighter in the West, Hungarian Mike who could lift a forty five gallon drum full of red diesel and carry it onto his little fish boat, or Piano Al and Brian the Snail (slow moving because he was captured and badly tortured in Cyprus by the EOKA when on special duties with the SAS).

You're right "justgeton" I'm not a River Champion, and I really don't give fig about titles, but those guys were all champions of the river and none of us were pantomime figures of ridicule.

Just show a little respect!

Have a nice weekend.”

“@roboldfield im assuming u r refering to capndave being an independent councillor? if so u need to get ur facts right because he was elected as a party member then left after elections (fair play to him - i dont agree with party politics in local government they should all be working together for a better B&NES rather than squabbling amongst themselves)

@theTigster4 - what i was pointing out was that in his initial comment capndave was having a moan about job titles being "crass" and "in speak" because they were jargon used only in local government yet he goes by the title Member River Champion, in which he is a Champion when in fact that word has been listed by an Association which represents all local authorities in the country as one that councils should not use as it is "in speak". Which is why i questioned why he was being so critical of the job titles.

@capndave its not panto season yet? or are you getting practise in for the auditions? But i see you have truely become a politician by trying to ignore the questions i posed and just go on about nonsense.”

“…...you are usually providing negative comments on here and in letters published in the paper……….

Oh no I'm not!

Oh yes you are!

Oh no I'm not!

See justgeton it's all a matter of perception.”

“@justgeton

I believe they have these new fangled things called 'elections' around here. You get to choose whether you vote for a party approved automaton, or a real person.”