tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post7861127270297156456..comments2024-01-20T10:32:53.309+10:00Comments on CairnsBlog.net: Ethics and conduct of a CouncillorMichael P Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02890121680113642715noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-77933870587403489182009-05-31T20:41:20.556+10:002009-05-31T20:41:20.556+10:00I still reckon with Briggs' 'friendship...I still reckon with Briggs' 'friendship' with Kerrie Hull, he may be implicated in the whole collusion, & that's why he's trying to save his sorry arse.<br /> We, as ratepaying citizens, demand transparency. Over to you Val .... ? ? ?Lillian at Yorkeysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-19525277499032870912009-05-30T21:12:46.426+10:002009-05-30T21:12:46.426+10:00If I may take this opportunity to extend my gratit...If I may take this opportunity to extend my gratitude to the contributors that made comment on my Article.<br /><br />Your comments are heartening and noted. <br /><br />I owe a tremendous amount of appreciation and favour to the Community that gave me so much pride during my tenure as a Councillor. The little I do now is always a pleasure.<br /><br />Cheers....RossRoss Parisinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-31961590804320239022009-05-29T19:14:25.532+10:002009-05-29T19:14:25.532+10:00Ross, when are you going to run for office again, ...Ross, when are you going to run for office again, huh???!William F of Woreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-54434809826642670212009-05-29T11:43:33.758+10:002009-05-29T11:43:33.758+10:00Thanks to Noj Nedlaw who has provided Section 1131...Thanks to Noj Nedlaw who has provided Section 1131 of the Local Government Act of 1993 (which CORPORATISED local Government.)<br />Section 1131 describes the duties and responsibilities of a CEO.<br />It is worth reading through to get an understanding of the frightening powers of a CEO.Alison Allowaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-15524024703287208192009-05-29T10:37:27.457+10:002009-05-29T10:37:27.457+10:00You encapsulated the issues there very well, Ross,...You encapsulated the issues there very well, Ross, as per usual.<br />"nocturnal" in another posting has also made an effort to understand the ethical and democratic conflicts involved.<br />I see it as the inevitable conflict between democractic processes and the corporate culture which eschews those processes. <br /><br />Noel Briggs, for example, has taken it upon himself to assume full and total responsibility for a publicly funded report. Doubtless, he doesn't understand this is a corruption of democracy.<br /><br />This type of conflict isn't just <br />occurring in the CRC, it is occurring at a frightening pace wherever corporatisation is changing not only business paradigms, but also human values.<br /><br />"Cash for Comment" has indeed placed some individuals and their lack of ethics and principles under public scrutiny. A corporate culture rewards such behaviour. A democratic one does not. <br /><br />I will be therefore, VERY interested to see what eventuates from all of this.Alison Allowaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-85006639006190359502009-05-29T10:03:52.984+10:002009-05-29T10:03:52.984+10:00I would like to express my appreciation for Ross P...I would like to express my appreciation for Ross Parisi's articulate and thoughtful contribution to the Cash for Comment discussion.<br />The question of relationships between elected councillors and senior council staff is a vexed one.<br />Everybody has a right to form friendships with anyone they please.<br />But in the context of council business where confidentialities are important, so are perceptions.<br />Alan Blake and Kerie Hull have both been found out as trying to set up the Mayor for public embarrassment. We can only conjecture at this stage what role they each played. While Blake is only playing politics, Hull's crime is her disloyalty to the Mayor and ultmately to the council, an ironic position for a communications officer supposedly promoting the council's activities.<br />Clearly, their meetings since the scandal broke should not have occurred.<br />There is no way in the world anybody can believe they have not discussed the Cash for Comment scandal. What we don't know is the extent of their discussions. The public has every right to know what there discussions were about.<br />And I come back to previous bloggers' comments about Noel Briggs, Sno Bonneau and Margaret Cochrane and the extent of their involvement and knowledge of "Cash for Comment" and how long they knew about it before it hit the media. <br />Ross is right to demand our councillors behave themselves and work together for the future of Cairns. We mug voters expect them to work together.<br />Playing politics is well and good, but poor Alan has to wake up to the fact that Val Schier is Mayor for another three years. Does Alan really have so much hatred and contempt within him to sustain his relentless anti-Val campaign? If he does, that says more about him than it does about Val.<br />PS: Mike, would like to hear more from Ross in Cairnsblog. He has a depth of knowledge of history and politics and the skill of a master wordsmith to give us some instructive and edifying comment.The Headless Horsemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878592054777492431.post-86412161110363054042009-05-29T09:07:42.426+10:002009-05-29T09:07:42.426+10:00And so say all of us! Well put, Ross.And so say all of us! Well put, Ross.Tony Hillierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811119917896735831noreply@blogger.com