Ghostrider Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 ^^ Bleh....In inimitable "Sun" self-congratulatory style and all, they might as well just have headlined it, "CE's goat thae willies noo thaat we're oan his case". http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/2834860/Council-love-rat-takes-his-leave.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 More B****y paid leave...This guy cant lose no matter what way you look at it....Last time it was Gardening leave on "Full Pay" Now he,s on holiday.. As I said before he,s looking for a BIG PAYOFF and that,s IMO what will happen....How on earth can SIC take on some nincompoop as CE and keep backing him untill the brown stuff really hits the fan and then Pay Him for the priveledge of really " sausaging" ( word replacement) the whole thing up...It really beggers belief,,,As for the Sun if they are finally going to be able to get rid of this wally then good on them because no one else seems to be able to...It just remains to be seen how much this is gonna cost us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keetiebairdie Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Whaars da comments fae wir cooncilors. Why ir we still spekilatin. Did da CE lie aboot his cv? wis hit an his refrences checkit? Or did dey no budder. Naebody tells wis oanythin. if da CE got his job by maybe embellishin his cv - an wha dusna - dis shud ha been fun oot by wha ivver wid ha checkit him oot. An if he got da job be no tellin da truth dis is caas for dismissal, nivver mind about oany compensation fae wis. Is he away fur a job interview joost noo? Wha will tell wis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Turning back for a minute to the oil payments. I believe that the tonnage payments are irrelevant as the minimum quantities in the Agreement with the oil industry have never been reached and the amounts received are only the minimum payments index linked for inflation. Ian Clark had I understand left Shetland long before the Port & Harbour Agreement which secured the income was signed. Credit should go to the late Chris Ennis who was Finance Director from the mid 70s for the major agreements. Ian Clark's main legacy was environmental in securing the legislation which allowed planning control and ensured that there was only 1 oil terminal and harbour instead of each oil company building their own. Turning to the more recent controversy. I am still not convinced by the "afternoon off" for drinkies being authorised in advance, perhaps the possiblity of a cover up needs to be investigated and maybe there are grounds for dismissal for gross misconduct and surely the resignation of any officails or politicians who were found to have been involved in a cover up. This should remove the need for any financial settlement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepick239 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 David Clark could never have made a good Chief Executive because of how he was selected.The speed of his selection and the reason why he was selected was always a concern to me.The selection wasn't unanimous, but some councillors pushed extraordinarily hard for his appointment and it would be good to know why this was so. It appeared right from the very start, that this was a man lacking in the experience and the wherewithall for leading an organisation such as the SIC Executive and therefore it wouldn't be long before he started to flounder in-house and then to flounder publicly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judgeknott Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 "Nelly the Elephant packed her trunk, and said goodbye to the circus" is this the right thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shmoo Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Absolutely!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melman Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 ^^ ... Off she went with a trumpety-trumpTrump, trump, trump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 just to be on the safe side could it be that his lawyers are out to get a few members of the council. remember he threatened something like it a few months ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Similarity? http://www.erik-moncrieff.com/misc/SeparatedAtBirth3.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teenie3 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 ^^^ Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepick239 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Turning back for a minute to the oil payments.I believe that the tonnage payments are irrelevant as the minimum quantities in the Agreement with the oil industry have never been reached and the amounts received are only the minimum payments index linked for inflation. Ian Clark had I understand left Shetland long before the Port & Harbour Agreement which secured the income was signed. Credit should go to the late Chris Ennis who was Finance Director from the mid 70s for the major agreements. Ian Clark's main legacy was environmental in securing the legislation which allowed planning control and ensured that there was only 1 oil terminal and harbour instead of each oil company building their own.Turning to the more recent controversy. I am still not convinced by the afternoon off; for drinkies being authorised in advance, perhaps the possiblity of a cover up needs to be investigated and maybe there are grounds for dismissal for gross misconduct and surely the resignation of any officails or politicians who were found to have been involved in a cover up. This should remove the need for any financial settlement.and to others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddtablet Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 "Nelly the Elephant packed her trunk, and said goodbye to the circus" is this the right thread Wonderful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepick239 Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Para Handy posted a really great Dave Clark look-a-like caricature a coupla months back, but the Mods deleted it.I've always wondered why that was done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 The selection wasn't unanimous, but some councillors pushed extraordinarily hard for his appointment and it would be good to know why this was so. Was it made public at the time who voted for Clark during the selection process? I don't recall ever coming across that information. Is this publically available information? If not is it gettable via the Freedom of Information legislation? IMHO, knowing before the next round of council elections who put this guy in the job, is issue numero uno in the public interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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