tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post1008389299025356404..comments2024-01-20T10:32:53.309+10:00Comments on CairnsBlog.net: Cleaner Seas Suckups as Council nears water project completionMichael P Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-18344456072327692782009-12-04T23:47:53.583+10:002009-12-04T23:47:53.583+10:00This was THE PROJECT which went over-budget and wh...This was THE PROJECT which went over-budget and which caused the newly elected Val Schier as Mayor to have to hike up our rates so dramatically once she was elected.<br />All Councillors, excepting Rob Pyne voted for the huge hike in rates. The rest is history. Val copped the full brunt of the public backlash, whipped up by the local media, McKenzie and King.<br />I agree with Peter Senior above, in that I hope there is an Independent Review of the project, bearing in mind that ratepayers were asked to foot some of the bill due to CRC's inadequate costings.Thaddeusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-34681095374864475502009-12-04T18:55:20.534+10:002009-12-04T18:55:20.534+10:00Didn't a similar thing just happen a few weeks...Didn't a similar thing just happen a few weeks ago with the tennis centre construction?<br /><br />Like Ole Frenchie down in shit town. He'd underquote everyone else for the job then half way through go to the building manager, "Monsieur, what am i to do? I cannot finish the job for the said price. Croissant, sac le bleu." <br /><br />Anyway, I think the point of the story is Cr Sycophant wooing and dribbling over the 'gardening man', who has the hide to call Stuey Traill a liar. <br /><br />"Oh Magoo, you've done it again!"hieronymus boschnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-29301596845962498812009-12-04T18:37:44.134+10:002009-12-04T18:37:44.134+10:00Mike
Your articles of late are achieving something...Mike<br />Your articles of late are achieving something many others have failed to do previously. Single handily destroy your creditability and highlight that you crave the drama so much that when there isn’t any you just SPIN away. People have tried letters, bans and even lawyers, but as Lyn implied to you, your creditability is in free fall.<br /><br />PS. When you selectively edit emails it might pay to get someone to proof them as according to your first leak Bruce was emailing himself with the good news. But I am sure you will correct that "typo" soon enough.<br /><br />To: Bruce Gardiner<br />Sent: Friday, 27 November 2009 9:46 AM<br />…<br />Regards<br />Bruce Gardiner General Manager Cairns Water<br />Cairns Regional CouncilDotted Quadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-80452496895246586702009-12-04T17:18:30.037+10:002009-12-04T17:18:30.037+10:00This is a common story...outsource to private ente...This is a common story...outsource to private enterprise for a specified amount...then having the private enterprise come back, cap in hand, after more money. Nothing unusual there. Check out the operations of public/private enterprises and see how much they cost the taxpayer.Thaddeusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-8860262597844750302009-12-04T16:40:56.221+10:002009-12-04T16:40:56.221+10:00Oh my golly gosh mike , I cannot believe you named...Oh my golly gosh mike , I cannot believe you named the source of the leak everyone knows blakeys drag queen stage name is 'Licuala Lucy' you have blown his cover . Have you no scruples mike shame shame shame ps well done on the story.cutting hedgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-57244455569670466822009-12-04T14:42:19.753+10:002009-12-04T14:42:19.753+10:00Cleaner Seas was tendered and awarded to CEC. Afte...Cleaner Seas was tendered and awarded to CEC. After awarding CEC the contract the contract sum then doubled. Bruce Why?.... Bruce are you there... Bruce.... Bruce... are you there Bruce????Oh shit Brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-73187712879417472922009-12-04T14:30:08.966+10:002009-12-04T14:30:08.966+10:00Well I was sort of right yesterday Michael - you&#...Well I was sort of right yesterday Michael - you've now plumbed the depths of "journalism" and selective editing to be on a par with the Cairns Post. Alas from these emails I see no sucking up, but simply a number of colleagues congratulating a manager on a job well done, like any that would be sent around a major organisation in similar circumstances.Oliver Redlynchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-53425544691492897202009-12-04T14:28:52.098+10:002009-12-04T14:28:52.098+10:00I don't see a problem with giving praise where...I don't see a problem with giving praise where it's due. I wouldn't read too much into it.Dutchienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-79365001582796324682009-12-04T13:59:48.012+10:002009-12-04T13:59:48.012+10:00What you refer to as "sucking up" isn...What you refer to as "sucking up" isn't much different than your "story" about the new CEO.<br /><br />http://www.cairnsblog.net/2009/12/camera-shy-ceo-boldly-goes-where-no.htmlSmithfield Samnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-71635119759288554762009-12-04T12:56:56.942+10:002009-12-04T12:56:56.942+10:00I agree with Sizzle that it is appropriate for cre...I agree with Sizzle that it is appropriate for credits for 'deliver(y) ahead of schedule and budget' to be given by a range of stakeholders. No doubt the new CEO, Lyn Russell, has passed on a range of comments. However, given the inept performance of many other State and Federal departments, Cairns ratepayers could be forgiven if they asked for assurance that this $188m was spent in the optimum way. Perhaps it was. Projects of this size and complexity often have post-project reviews. The results of such a review, carried out by an independent external project auditor, should provide assurance to ratepayers, and possibly more plaudits to the Council and project team.Peter Seniornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-44811565772861458882009-12-04T09:10:39.989+10:002009-12-04T09:10:39.989+10:00Yes, nothing from the Councillors about how much i...Yes, nothing from the Councillors about how much it cost us the ratepayers, nor if rates will go down next year......HEY COUNCILLORS...REMEMBER US? WE'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE PAID FOR ALL OF THIS?nocturnal congressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-53587476991353722482009-12-04T08:17:41.515+10:002009-12-04T08:17:41.515+10:00um, what exactly do you mean when you say giving c...um, what exactly do you mean when you say giving credit is a task for the ceo ? Maybe thats how things are done in the land of the long white cloud, but in Oz I'm glad to know that thanks is coming in from different people. Thats the way we do things in Australia, Bro !sizzlenoreply@blogger.com