Angered by huge Wirral council payout

READING your article this week "Legal boss leaves with huge payout" knowing he was probably entitled to it in his contract, as a tax-payer I felt angered that such a generous contract could be given to a public sector manager.

It seems to many, including myself, that when it comes to the money raised through taxes from hard working individuals that government and councils alike can be and so often are extremely wasteful.

Maybe if councils and councillors actually saw how hard the public worked then maybe they would feel the same about making the money work harder.

In this time of austerity it's about time we saw better value from our taxes.

After all, we are all having to make our money stretch further.

S Mckittrick,
Prenton.
 

Comments(5)

Hugo1008 says...
3:10pm Tue 30 Oct 12

Have you thought about why the Council have agreed to these huge payouts to a number of people recently.

Is it Guilt, Consience, or just plain cover up to some pretty disgraceful actions and decisions made by Senior Officials and fully agreed to by 66 elected Councillors.

When was the last time your local Councillor actually explained to you the electorate just what they are doing with your money.
Or why should you put up with sheer waste of hard earned cash.

We all deserve an explantion, not secrecy behind closed door negotiations as is happening.

RL 1952 says...
3:42pm Fri 2 Nov 12

Another misguided action by our inept councillors and management.
Wiral has been subject to scandal after scandal but there is never any positive action to bring about honesty integrity and transparency - WHY.
Simple the corrupt are incapable and don't want the full truth to be ever known - self interest rules!!!

Hugo1008 says...
8:27pm Fri 2 Nov 12

It has to be said, the vast majority of the scandal and disgrace associated with Wirral Council for 20 years, has been while under the poor miserable governance of the Labour Party.

The present shambles is now under the so called Governance of the Labour Party and its non democratic disgrace of an all Labour Cabinet.

It has not only proved to be less than leagal, but totally secretive, underhanded, decietful, and very cruel.

Wirral Councillors could be guilty of Aiding and Abetting even Colluding with a bunch of disreputable executive and senior managers employed bt Wirral Council.

Yet these disreputable employees have been allowed to Resign, Take Early Retirement, and leave under dubious secret arrangements with pockest bulging and pensions enhanced and secured for many years into the future, all with the full blessing of the whole 66 elected Councillors.

But not a word of explanation, or even apology to the very people who trusted them with their vote.

I do hope the population remember this when the time comes to vote again.

The so called non democratic Council Cabinet, make all the decisions on behalf of the full set of 66 elected Councillors, and not one word of dissent or non aggreement by any of them has been heard by the electorate.

Hugo1008 says...
8:41pm Fri 2 Nov 12

Remember, what ever Mr Graham Burgess Wirral Council CEO, does or say and whatever the Super Directors decide on can only be carried out provided the 66 Elected Councilors give their full approval and total agreement.

Less than a dozen Labour Party Members that form the Cabinet make all the decisions, mostly behind closed doors, and then these far reaching decisions are rubber stamped by the total Wirral Council, regardless of what Political Party they belong to, or for that matter what the electorate think or wish to happen.

Hands up if you think this is democratic, or even remotely good Local Governance for the population.

bickyboy says...
8:10pm Sun 4 Nov 12

You hear it time, and time again when councillors are asked to justify their generosity towards the fly-by-nights they keep employing...."to get the best you have to pay the going rate". So Wirral pays the going rate, but do we get the best? No: we get a series of flibbertigibbets who do the job for a few months, then either go sick or indulge in rank corruption and beggar off over the horizon with sackfuls of our money.
I see nothing changing under Graham Burgess. Any fool can exhibit steely determination in a publicity photograph; in the real world it's a lot harder.

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