| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Officers run the Council not your elected councillors | |
| Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
| Date/Time: | 10/07/12 14:17:00 |
| Adam I don't intend this as a put-down in any way but member panels were only convened when a chief officer was being appointed. Candidates for more junior officer posts would usually be interviewed, and taken on (or not, as the case may be), by senior officers. It would not be my usual practice to publicly criticise an officer by name, for the reasons that you have given. However the "deal" has to be that that officer will respect the boundaries imposed by his or her office and not attempt to exceed them. When a chief officer actively attempts to subvert or interfere in any way with the democratic process, as certainly happened in this case, then as far as I'm concerned all bets are off. To my recollection I have only once before publicly criticised a senior officer by name in the way that Paul has here and that was, once again, when said officer overstepped his brief (in that instance he announced that he would not co-operate with me as an elected member because he apparently disagreed with the verdict of the electorate. As karma would have it I later became his Lead Member and he swiftly moved on to pastures new, an arrangement which suited us both). It doesn't surprise me to hear that you learned lessons from Mr Jordan. Although you always present your views on this forum with civility, respect and grace I do to be honest find some of your statements concerning the role of the wider community in the decision-making process quite frightening, and for that reason I am glad you will not be applying for the vacant post. That does not mean I do not wish you all the very best with your future career, of course. |