Is there no limit to the greed of our councillors? Three rises in allowances in 18 months for careerist placemen, in return for blind obedience and no independence.
Once their calling engendered respect and goodwill. Now it merely brings contempt and derision from the electorate.
Paid officers have the duty of implementing policy when decided by their employers; not to manipulate it, or the public view.
-Arthur Harman, Hollingbury Crescent, Brighton
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