Am I standing down??
The Gazette report and reality differ somewhat.
The facts are easily discernible in the Statutory Instrument and the Guidance notes.
1. I qualify for a £10k payment
2. To qualify I have to put my name forward by 20 October, as I have done
3. I receive the payment 14 days after the date of the election (3rd May 2007), as per section 8
4. To qualify you must not stand as a candidate on 3 May
5. If you die before 3 May, your named beneficiary receives the payment
6. You can opt to stand in May 2007, but you lose your right to the payment
If I decided not to stand next year, then I can stand as a Councillor in a bye-election later that month; I could stand as an MSP, MP or as first President of the Peoples Republic of Scotland; or indeed, return to the Comhairle in ten or twenty years time.
However, anyone who hasn't signed up just for the free life insurance cover needs their heads examined.
When I decide what I am really going to do, you'll hear it here first. ;-)
The big question is: What sort of Comhairle are we going to have if the most experienced 2/3's of the members leave??
The facts are easily discernible in the Statutory Instrument and the Guidance notes.
1. I qualify for a £10k payment
2. To qualify I have to put my name forward by 20 October, as I have done
3. I receive the payment 14 days after the date of the election (3rd May 2007), as per section 8
4. To qualify you must not stand as a candidate on 3 May
5. If you die before 3 May, your named beneficiary receives the payment
6. You can opt to stand in May 2007, but you lose your right to the payment
If I decided not to stand next year, then I can stand as a Councillor in a bye-election later that month; I could stand as an MSP, MP or as first President of the Peoples Republic of Scotland; or indeed, return to the Comhairle in ten or twenty years time.
However, anyone who hasn't signed up just for the free life insurance cover needs their heads examined.
When I decide what I am really going to do, you'll hear it here first. ;-)
The big question is: What sort of Comhairle are we going to have if the most experienced 2/3's of the members leave??
2 comments:
With the 10K payment, you can buy a lot in New York at the moment (if there wasn't the slight problem of burning up the saving advantage in getting a connecting plane to Glasgow).
Or, combined with the widely publicised Threshers 40% off online voucher (canny marketing - it was no accident), you could have a VERY merry Christmas in Chateau Campbell.
Angus,
Just what is the pay and expenses that a Councillor can receive? And are there any big changes after the election?
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