HiVibes Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Jimmy Anderson said: these lottery operators are parasites but it's nice to see that some people in Douglas have no issues with who they elect steady on, no one elected him. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 hour ago, HiVibes said: steady on, no one elected him. Yes, they did, Vibey. Effectively, everyone who couldn’t be arsed turning up and voting for somebody else elected him. That’s the way the system works at the moment… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Jarndyce said: Yes, they did, Vibey. Effectively, everyone who couldn’t be arsed turning up and voting for somebody else elected him. That’s the way the system works at the moment… Erm, nope, try that again, you might get there in the end... Edited April 8, 2023 by HiVibes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 19 minutes ago, HiVibes said: Erm, nope, Erm, yes - if this isn’t the system at the moment, then how is he in office? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 32 minutes ago, Jarndyce said: Yes, they did, Vibey. Effectively, everyone who couldn’t be arsed turning up and voting for somebody else elected him. That’s the way the system works at the moment… There was no election. There were no other candidates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Moghrey Mie said: There was no election. There were no other candidates. Fair enough - my mistake. So: how many of the people complaining about him - or ranting about a failure of democratic process - will stand for DBC against him, next time? Hands up at the back, don’t be shy… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 5 hours ago, Jarndyce said: Fair enough - my mistake. So: how many of the people complaining about him - or ranting about a failure of democratic process - will stand for DBC against him, next time? Hands up at the back, don’t be shy… Probably quite a few, the shambolic election process was not on normal peoples radar as it was poorly communicated in the post pandemic period, rather like the refuge collection changes, in fact since Clare Wells and the social media dullards got in, proper communication with rate payers has been cut more than the bin collections and instead we have wannabee social media dullards fannying around for likes instead of doing good governing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-acid Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 8 minutes ago, HiVibes said: Probably quite a few, the shambolic election process was not on normal peoples radar as it was poorly communicated in the post pandemic period, rather like the refuge collection changes, in fact since Clare Wells and the social media dullards got in, proper communication with rate payers has been cut more than the bin collections and instead we have wannabee social media dullards fannying around for likes instead of doing good governing. Obviously you are standing then as you have these views 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 32 minutes ago, HiVibes said: Probably quite a few, the shambolic election process was not on normal peoples radar as it was poorly communicated in the post pandemic period, rather like the refuge collection changes, in fact since Clare Wells and the social media dullards got in, proper communication with rate payers has been cut more than the bin collections and instead we have wannabee social media dullards fannying around for likes instead of doing good governing That was a big sentence! 🤣 But the tone is just like the other DBC conspiracy cultists. It’s a shame: you’re often quite funny, witty even - but that was just dull. I look forward to you standing for DBC at the next election, though… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 what I find amusing and ironic in the resurrection of this thread, which isn’t the thread with most of the anti fortnightly and anti councillor rhetoric, is that @Gladysand I both maintained we had both filled in a corporation consultation about collections and recycling. And, look, this thread is all about that consultation, there’s even a link in the first post. Yet the vociferous ones claimed, and continue to claim, that no such consultation took place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 They never published the results though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Not sure it could be classed as a formal consultation, if there is such a thing. Or that the results of any consultation are published, beyond how many responded. But, people were given the opportunity to give their views. Admittedly, it was online so was only available to those who had Internet access, but there was a testing of the water or vox pop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 8 hours ago, John Wright said: what I find amusing and ironic in the resurrection of this thread, which isn’t the thread with most of the anti fortnightly and anti councillor rhetoric, is that @Gladysand I both maintained we had both filled in a corporation consultation about collections and recycling. And, look, this thread is all about that consultation, there’s even a link in the first post. Yet the vociferous ones claimed, and continue to claim, that no such consultation took place. Threads on here rarely relate to the original topic and are forgettable. Clare Wells and the odd german sent out a junk mail christmas card to households that did not elect them, but no information about changing bin collections was sent through with an exact date of change. Not everyone obsesses about consultations, nor follows dull germans on social media but would expect to be told when the refuse collection service is about to completely change, is that too hard to follow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, HiVibes said: Threads on here rarely relate to the original topic and are forgettable. Clare Wells and the odd german sent out a junk mail christmas card to households that did not elect them, but no information about changing bin collections was sent through with an exact date of change. Not everyone obsesses about consultations, nor follows dull germans on social media but would expect to be told when the refuse collection service is about to completely change, is that too hard to follow? But this was publicised, over various media. Short of knocking on every door, what more could be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiVibes Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 10 hours ago, alpha-acid said: Obviously you are standing then as you have these views That's a pretty stupid argument isn't it, if you disagree with the governance and electoral system the last thing you should do is join it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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