“Don’t shoot the
messenger” was
a blog comment I read…………............... It should have read “Don’t shoot the messenger and
tear up the message without reading it”
To be fair, there are many hard working
councillors on both sides, there are also many good officers struggling to cope
with their workload. But this was not the point that four honest men (persons)
and true were trying to make. What their report stated was that the public in
general hold the corporate body in low esteem. A totally different thing! Can’t
be proved scientifically but to anyone who spends more than a week in the
vicinity it is bl**dy obvious.
Blame was heaped on one nameless councillor who
is running amuck. But why can he cause so much havoc? Let in filming and he has
no soapbox. Explain why an offshore company was the preferred bidder for
onshore development. Find a port operator and past losses may be forgotten. Get
public buildings back into gainful employment. And most of all stop acting like
muppet MP’s and remember the individual hard work should be backed up with
civil debate for the benefit of the electorate, not an irrelevant party.
Social media is not the enemy, it can be the
means to communicate ideas, stimulate discussion and most of all promote communication.
If you live in a digital age and are switched on to analogue then perhaps it’s
time to pull the plug.
