Sometimes a tinpot emperor, minions and the citizens will share a problem.
Often this problem will be along the following lines.... One group of citizens want facility X whilst another group of citizens do not want facility X. This sort of problem where both groups of citizens claim "lifestyle issues" as pros and cons with said facility X causes an even greater problem for the minions and their emperor.
What are they to do ?
If they side with the pro group then the con group will be outraged and will have their lifestyle damaged irrepairably whilst if they side the other way then the pro group shall become bitter and twisted.
The other thing to be considered is the likelihood that should a minion or emperor climb down from the fence which is surrounding an ivory tower, there is a chance that when sliding off of said fence that once's arse may catch splinters hence the reason for the lack of leadership and clear, concise decisionmaking skills demonstrated by a certain group of elected officials.
Overall, it's just another tough decision and one that requires the leadership nouse of people who are paid in excess of $100,000 per year plus perks....
So when the leader of the SEQ Council of Tinpot Emperors announces that a trailbike facility will be built at Wyaralong then all is saved and we can live in harmony again ...
Or can we ???
The minions and their emperor are happy because they no longer have to side with one group of citizens and subsequentially upset the other citizens (quite aside from the burden of making a decision and maybe catching a few splinters in well padded regions) but will the facility really be fully utilised by those who currently ride trail bikes illegally ?
After all there is a facility on Stanmore Road, Yatala which is used less than it could be and then of course there is the issue of funding for said Wyaralong facility.
The leader of the Tinpots claimed that "a number of councils will contribute funding to the facility".
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/30/2757716.htm
Sounds fair.
But hang on a second...
This means that citizens who do not use a trailbike will be subsidising those who do.
I am sure that a Minion told me in an email that it was unfair to charge citizens for a service which they did not recieve and so I look forward to the minion and his fellow minions and emperor making no contribution of my rates money to the funding of this or any other trailbike facility.
Sometimes a tinpot emperor just can't win.
Take for example when I recently brought my family and a guest from overseas to the Beenleigh Carols Service. Without any prompting from myself, our guest made a comment regarding a certain "Lady in Red" that perhaps all that was missing was a street corner and a certain coloured lamp.
Regardless of said fashion comment, our beloved tinpot emperor recently made the pages of the state tabloid for knocking back a pay rise of potentially $4950 per year or 3%. Good Luck to her that she is in a position where a couple of g's (after tax) won't make much difference to her and besides it perhaps provides her with a "high moral ground" as the "people's tinpot emperor" when next she faces the sack at the hands of the citizens.
http://albert-and-logan.whereilive.com.au/news/story/175k-is-enough-mayor-knocks-back-pay-rise/
Unfortunately the deputy minion is doing it tough on just $120K+ per year and will take any increase he can get as "my pay's been going down". Next time I see said deputy tinpot at the TAB, I will offer him my handkerchief and maybe even lend him $5 to tide him over.
Fortunately though our glorious people's tinpot emeror reassured us all with the comment that the proposed 3% increase would have a "minimal effect" on the budget.
What a relief !
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The funny thing is, at the last round of the inependent remuneration tribunal sitting to decide on whether Bogan councillors deserve a raise in grade, many of them, the minions, came out to say that since the amalgamations there was just too much work and it was so hard and time consuming that they almost were on the job 24/7, so they actually not just deserved the pay rise but that it was indeed needed.
ReplyDeleteFast forward; the federal elections are getting closer and there is one among the number of minions who claims being a councillor is so easy, that councillor can do that job while seeming to be a full time candidate ? right?
So tell me are the rest of the minions so stupid that the simple task of appeasing the ordinary dumb ratepayers and putting your hand up in council when the officers advise it or , . . . . is it that one particular minion is so superior to all others, or , . . . could it be ( and this seems the most likely to me) the division is being ignored for the most part and totally whilst the ladder climbing is being done.
See I think they all deserve about half what they currently get because when you add the extra's to the cash in hand their pay quite probably is close to double the figure we see as salary.
It would to nice be able to drive around the countryside day after day visiting people and offering them your services, while the suckers who pay you, give you a huge salary and give you a pretty nice car and even pay for 4 or five tankfulls of fuel a week, whatever it takes.
The councillors had the chance to put it into the code of conduct to prohibit a councillor from campaigning while supposedly doing their elected job, but as usual they caved in and there is nothing they are prepared to do about it. Weak as cats piss the lot of them.