tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post4397827334444762822..comments2023-06-17T13:23:01.194+01:00Comments on Old North Mill Avoncliff - The Blog: That's Not Goodnorthmillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212716700413694184noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post-11329349392571551452014-01-25T00:19:28.337+00:002014-01-25T00:19:28.337+00:00Just read the letter from JOHN SWEENEY saying the ...Just read the letter from JOHN SWEENEY saying the BAXINDALE report could be used in a criminal action against EA officers. So the EA have spent £611.000 pounds covering up criminal actions of officers. And I bet if they say £611.000 that is on the shy side , Where is the justification in this wasted money !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post-51380597266564444622014-01-23T09:05:54.352+00:002014-01-23T09:05:54.352+00:00We are now getting the Class of 2013 appearing at ...We are now getting the Class of 2013 appearing at sites. Training the average EA officer takes 2-3 years but by then they have been promoted unless totally incompetent and then you are stuck with an idiot for years. A few will be stuck in post because they showed initiative and common sense. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post-17948382081550879332014-01-23T09:01:01.669+00:002014-01-23T09:01:01.669+00:00So the USA has a similar problem. Internal interes...So the USA has a similar problem. Internal interest groups pushing their own agendas. Fisheries officers who demand ridiculous fish passes claiming a new man made naturalistic fish pass 500m long will be better than cleaning up the river and putting a simple fish pass at the weir, where most of the fish end up. There is no consistency between regions and little within the regions between areas. There is no accountability and no one is willing to tell an officer that what they are proposing is not feasible. The average officer has little or no understanding of cost. Budgetry control does not exist in the EA. The average officer has no concept of what anything costs. Big business love the EA, they quote for a project and as the project progresses Officers realise they had not thought of something important, this gets added but it is not in the original project definition so is an add on. In some cases the forgotten bits and changes end up costing more than the original budget. Big business love it because the EA is their cash cow. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com