News from the trough
From:
Mike Law
Date:
Jun 26 23:15 UTC
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Still no sign of the Portfolios - how can Cllrs Leitch and Corbett have any
idea of what the Mayor expects of them? Surely they must be quaking in their
boots, worrying about what it is that they will need to do to satisfy the
criteria for achieving top marks in their respective member performance
monitoring revues (which the Mayor was keen to implement because it is an
effective way to measure how councillors he promotes are performing; not, as
some suspected, a means to denigrate and enforce the de-selection of Labour
councillors he does not favour).
On Sunday I submitted a FOIA request asking for:
"The current portfolios for the following Mayoral Advisors positions with the
up-to-date points values [none of which appear on the Council's website] -
Executive Member for Public Realm
Deputy Executive Adviser - Community Participation
Executive Member for Anti-Social Behaviour
Deputy Executive Adviser - Special Projects
Deputy Executive Adviser, Community Forums (Legal)"
I was sent a reply which informed me that I would get a response before the
27th of next month - odd that. More so as one would assume the portfolios would
be readily available; especially as some of the "advisers" have been in post
for well over a year. And is it not odd that there are elected members rewarded
with posts that we can safely assume the Mayor thinks are important to his
effective governance of Newham, yet the portfolios that explain exactly what
those post entail are not readily on hand?
Or is it that these are just airy-fairy titles, fabricated to give lucrative
jobs to the lacklustre and the loyal?
Will let you know when I get a response to my FOIA request.
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