Councillors descend for Bournemouth conference, but still no town leader (From Bournemouth Echo)

Last few months people have been clamoring for the council leader to resign. Now he has resigned the news is 'we have no leader'. Can't we let them alone to sort out their sticky situation.

MattGillett wrote:
Last few months people have been clamoring for the council leader to resign. Now he has resigned the news is 'we have no leader'. Can't we let them alone to sort out their sticky situation.

Oh please... the very same people who argue amongst themselves ...it will be Hand bags at Dawn. Do you honestly believe they will agree a leader amicably?

Ahoy Brethren,
With yer permission and that of Ms Cooke may I include he somewhat buried comments last month…….


Time to rip it up and start again
8:00am Friday 11th June 2010
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JUDGING by the comments in letters from residents and articles in the Daily Echo (including those from present councillors), it is patently obvious that the present form of local council in Bournemouth is unsatisfactory.
Decisions seem to be made without referral to ward councillors affected and, indeed, one councillor admitted reading the Daily Echo was the first she knew of a situation.
I am aware, of course, that the present form of cabinet system was put to the vote some years ago, but I doubt very much that the residents were aware of the true implications.
Rather than getting public reaction to an elected mayor every four years, surely (with the new coalition government’s “fair for all” slogan), it would serve the citizens of Bournemouth better by having a total re-think of the whole system.
Basically, I am against politics in local government, but as this is too much to hope for there are other measures that can be taken.
For instance– two councillors per ward and referral in the first instance to the ward councillors affected before a decision is made.
If we must have a cabinet system, that cabinet should be made up of all political and non-political councillors.
RUTH COOKE, Redhill Park, Bournemouth


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Capt. Ahab (ret.), oxford says...
11:43am Fri 11 Jun 10
Ahoy Ms Cooke,
I do be in right agreement with ye, It do strike me as completely UN-democratic to have a cabinet that have chosen or had chosen for them by the ‘Leader’ to over-rule thy ward councillors, who in turn represent the Brethren directly, in favour of any ‘favours’ they be a capable of patting themselves on the back for!!
I do right accept the need to simplify the procedures but thee dont be achieving that by employing ‘simpletons’ as decision makers who do be right a feared of ‘open’ and no doubt drafty doorways.

Mediclogan5 wrote:

MattGillett wrote: Last few months people have been clamoring for the council leader to resign. Now he has resigned the news is 'we have no leader'. Can't we let them alone to sort out their sticky situation.

Oh please... the very same people who argue amongst themselves ...it will be Hand bags at Dawn. Do you honestly believe they will agree a leader amicably?

I agree it will be a bit of a scrap, unless no-one wants the job. But I would also hope they take a few weeks over it. You get comments that say get rid of the lot of them, but that could only be done in May 2011, and only if the people of Bournemouth want to unload the council. Between now and then the council needs a leader; there must be a few out of their 40 folk up to the task. Does anyone have a local councillor they would like to suggest?

Have all these local government people from across the country come to Bournemouth to see the best example of HOW NOT TO DO IT?

It would appear that Bournemouth isn't the only council that has Tory Councillors having to resign over dodgy stuff on their Council computehttp://order-
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Why doesn't Cllr Beesley do us all a favour and ask Tobias Ellwood to stand down? His career is in free fall after all.