Nothing personal, but once again these things make me sick.
He gets paid £140,000 per year to do a job.
I don't think that the organisation that he is in charge of is managed as efficiently as it could be and that costs me money.
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Council Chief Executive Bob Kerslake has received a knighthood in the New Years Honours List. Sir Bob joined Sheffield in 1997, and has been a leading figure in Sheffield’s regeneration.
Reacting to the news, Sir Bob said: "I am thrilled and delighted at receiving this award. It has been a big year of success and achievement for Sheffield and the City Council and I believe this honour is in recognition of the progress we have made."
Originally posted by jgharston Wow! How did that happen?
So we could:
a) See this as recognition of a job well done, and a pat on the back for the whole city and the improvements it is making (thus potentially attracting national/international investment).
or
b) In a typically (lib-dem councillor) knee-jerk anti-anything way, wonder "why has Sheffield even been noticed, we're rubbish".
Which do you favour Cllr Harston.
Oh, I just noticed, you already answered that above.
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when are we going to get decent roads sir bob
Originally posted by jgharston Wow! How did that happen?
As I said in another thread on the same subject, he merely does a job that he is more than handsomely paid to do. What I am more than intrested in is who exactly nominated him? surely not Jan Wilson ??????. Mr Kerslake is supposed to be non-political.
Originally posted by Mo Mr Kerslake is supposed to be non-political.
And there was me thinking that he was personally installed by Tony Blair before being moved to a senior Whitehall position.
Bob Kerslake is a VERY political appointee. He is there to keep 'Old Labour' in its place. That said, he is also VERY good at his job.
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His leadership has seen the city lose a several potential large investors due to their "we know what we like and we like what we know" attitude to developments and planning pernission, while at the same time backing several white elephant schemes...
Who remembers when the city was going to be...
The recycling capital of europe?
What has happened...
As ever... lagging sadly behind the rest of the country with half hearted and arsed schemes which are not fully supported or policed.
Poorest roads I have seen in any 'major' city in Britain.
Only major city in Britain not to have an airport - don't blame Peel Holdings and the Finnigley fiasco for this - lack of council backing made this a non starter from the word go - no radar cover, an ill thought out geographical position etc etc etc
The man should have at least had the decency to decline the honour saying I don't deserve it...
I thin that you will find that Kerslake post dates the schemes that you are talking about, in which case he would be managing the existing situation, not creating it.
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Bob Kerslake arrived in Sheffield at about the same time as 'New' labour got into power, and promptly privatised services such as housing, which was such a success. Maybe that 's where the knighthood came from?
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Originally posted by algy Bob Kerslake arrived in Sheffield at about the same time as 'New' labour got into power, and promptly privatised services such as housing, which was such a success. Maybe that 's where the knighthood came from?
All to do with the achieving of govt targets (eg .75% increase in adoptions) etc by fair means or foul!
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Demolished more houses than he ever had built
A building site for a city centre
Roads worse now than after the luftwaffe last visited Sheffield
More traffic jams than Mexico City
And an unrecoverable debt similar to all the continent of Africa
What a man
Originally posted by jwbeatsonbnp Demolished more houses than he ever had built
A building site for a city centre
Roads worse now than after the luftwaffe last visited Sheffield
More traffic jams than Mexico City
And an unrecoverable debt similar to all the continent of Africa
What a man
Do you have the stats to back up your claims? seem a bit excessive, even for Bob Kerslake!
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