whistlinggypsy
Posts : 4766 Join date : 2012-11-13 Age : 80 Location : Southport
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A maverick mayor, elected after promising to slash council spending, clear the streets of yobs and ditch politically correct services, is the torchbearer for how towns should be run.
On his first morning as Mayor of Doncaster in South Yorkshire , Peter Davies cut his salary from £73,000 to £30,000 then closed the councils newspaper for "peddling politics on the rates".
Now three weeks into his job, Mr Davies is pressing ahead with plans he hopes will see the number of town councillors cut from 63 to just 21, saving taxpayers £800,000. Mr Davies said: "If 100 senators can run the United States of America , I cant see how 63 councillors are needed to run Doncaster ".
He has withdrawn Doncaster from the Local Government Association and the Local Government Information Unit, saving another £200,000. Mr Davies said, "They are just talking shops".
" Doncaster is in for some serious untwinning. We are twinned with probably nine other cities around the world and they are just for people to fly off and have a binge at the councils expense".
The mayors chauffeur-driven car has also been axed by Mr Davies and the driver given another job. Mr Davies, born and bred in Doncaster, swept to power in the May election with 24,244 votes as a candidate for the English Democrats, a party that wants tight immigration curbs, an English Parliament and a law forcing every public building to fly the flag of St. George.
He has promised to end council funding for Doncaster s International Womens Day, Black History Month and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month. He said, "Politicians have got completely out of touch with what people want."
"We need to cut costs. I want to pass on some savings I make in reduced taxes and use the rest for things that we really need, like improved childrens services".
Mr Davies has received messages from well wishers across the country and abroad as news of his no-nonsense approach spreads.
Now its your chance to spread this most sensible way to run a town council.....pass it on
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paulmold
Posts : 80 Join date : 2012-11-20 Age : 73 Location : Mold, North Wales
| Subject: Re: I LIKE THE SOUND OF THIS MAN Wed 20 May 2015 - 17:01 | |
| Unforunately no longer in office, he was mayor from 2009-2013.. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] | |
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whistlinggypsy
Posts : 4766 Join date : 2012-11-13 Age : 80 Location : Southport
| Subject: Re: I LIKE THE SOUND OF THIS MAN Wed 20 May 2015 - 17:06 | |
| Shame really, we could do with more like minded mayors and politicians. | |
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