Sandy Ezekiel out and about and missing the point again

Written by Matt B · first published 10/10/2009

If Sandy Ezekiel wants to run a One-man mission to tackle Thanet's rubbish then he should stop harassing the people who need their rubbish collected and start on the ones his council is paying to take the rubbish away.

Maybe it's time to have a word with the collectors to see that if we are taking the time to separate rubbish that they respect our efforts and not put it all to be sent to land fill.

Make no mistake this is purely an issue of respect and the likes of Cllr Ezekiel should start showing the people some.

According to This Is Kent Cllr Ezekiel was explaining to people that while some people had two wheelie bins for recycling that may or may not actually happen that there was no money for wheelie bins for the foreseeable future so apparently those that did not win the wheelie bin lottery must buy black bins. Not good enough Cllr Ezekiel - it's your "leadership" (or lack thereof) that has gotten us here don't now expect other people to pay for your cock ups!

Your not in council to sell carpets, Sandy. You are there to solve problems like this. Do your job man.

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problem solver elect me wrote:

i've got a great idea why doesn't he get up at 3 am and go round watching every single member of the thanet council staff!then wipe there bums for them to make sure there doing that properly! does anyone know the head of mcdonalds?? as i would love to contact him and get him to stop all his meetings and be at every mcdonalds to stop that spotty teenager spitting in all the burgers!and whilst your at it cllr ezekiel i'd like to blame you for the recession and the reason why there is know money in council for wheelie bins!

17/10/2009 09:42:10 AM

Matt B wrote:

Your attempted reduction to absurdity is appreciated however have you considered that while in their meetings the heads of MacDonalds are taking responsibility for food standards in each branch as well as the value of the brand as a whole. The board must work with franchise owners who must work with managers who must work with line mangers who must work with teenage staff to ensure that your big mac and fries is of a set standard. If that standard is not met then the failure is shared throughout that entire line of command.

District Councils are little different. They appoint a head (or in other parts of the country a head is elected) who must then lead the way setting the agenda, addressing selected issues and working everyday towards successful outcomes. In TDC there are no big pay bonuses if you do well. Sadly there is little doing well.

Yet the point remains that the ship must move as directed by the captain - if the ship is drifting it is no good blaming the crewman that is getting it wrong but the captain that is not addressing it.

19/10/2009 02:16:15 PM

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