tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post1073709842585792196..comments2023-10-16T08:37:22.742+00:00Comments on An incredulous eye on the isles: Conflicts of interest...ElectricCrofterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09495260997875836669noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-8820247793610833192009-10-24T08:01:42.540+00:002009-10-24T08:01:42.540+00:00Why does the public purse invariably have to be al...Why does the public purse invariably have to be allowed to cushion the exit of incompetent and corrupt public employees? <br /><br />Has the comhairle become so self obsessed that it is unaware that it is there to serve the public, and not themselves?<br /><br />Any wonder why the esteem in which many councillors and council officers are held in is extremely low. In the rough and tumble of the private sector there are no golden parachutes, and the bosses of the various island enterprises have to make hard choices. <br /><br />At the moment the only choices which the comhairle appear to be considering are...<br /> <br />a) What colour of bucket in which to put its head.<br /><br />b) Which hand starts the wringing process.<br /><br />c) Machair sand or quarry sand for burying the head. <br /><br />e) How much of a payout can they have as a payoff. (blacktop access roads to sundry relatives was an old favourite).<br /><br />f) If an office bearer is caught indulging in what in the private world would be an instantly disnmissable offence - choose between gross incompetence and blatant corruption - can we give them a maximum benefit package to go quietly, and thereby avoid the public exposure of an embarrassing court case?<br /><br />I can't remeber the name of the general who operated his army on the premise that now and again you had to shoot someone just to keep the others on their toes.<br /><br />Maybe time for a very public execution in the white house? At least the rest of the incompetent buggers might just wake up and pay attention to the real world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17278382.post-46090407347371404762009-10-22T17:42:24.120+00:002009-10-22T17:42:24.120+00:00Any Trouble at the seat of Island Government and t...Any Trouble at the seat of Island Government and there they are:<br /><br />Toad of Toad hall and the Lairdess of Lochs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com