tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post8839764821892532104..comments2023-06-17T13:23:01.194+01:00Comments on Old North Mill Avoncliff - The Blog: Another New Broomnorthmillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10212716700413694184noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post-61462252407052028422014-08-18T23:30:42.676+01:002014-08-18T23:30:42.676+01:00Yes .... we know about the bad behaviour :-)
W...Yes .... we know about the bad behaviour :-) <br /><br />We also know that there is deep rooted arrogance and wholesale incompetence in the middle and upper management who've ridden the EA gravy train essentially undisturbed for almost 20 years - and their attitude has trickled down to the new recruits in a very insular organisation.<br /><br />Its too big, too badly managed, it's self evidently not a meritocracy, proper scrutiny is evaded, officials flout the law, there are few if any personal consequences for non performance and perhaps worse - no evidence of an interest in catching and terminating the employment of wrongdoers.<br /><br />We have exposed only a part of what's gone on on the web, there is much, much more both big and small that has gone down - <i>very little of it </i> reflects well on officials or the working culture of the EA.<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985591514320408224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post-73839880489057511062014-08-10T09:03:33.387+01:002014-08-10T09:03:33.387+01:00I have seen some not all of the documents on Avonc...I have seen some not all of the documents on Avoncliff and this is clearly an abuse of public funds, in my opinion the EA have officers who should be brought to book for Maleficence in Public Office. It is officers like this that have brought the EA into disrepute,and i will be flagging this to a higher level this behaviour is not acceptable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post-8407242372337339602014-08-07T09:56:42.434+01:002014-08-07T09:56:42.434+01:00Lord Smith was patently useless and could not mana...Lord Smith was patently useless and could not manage the job in however many days he was paid. Is it not asking a lot by the EFRA committee to require that Sir Philip take the EA through "significant restructuring and budget cuts" in 2-3 days per week. It is accepted that the EA is dysfunctional and corrupt and DEFRA expect it to be fixed through a part time approach. MP's question why it was more than 2 days. A simple question which will not be answered. The rivers need dredging (even honest members of the EA accept this). Shall we dredge two days or 5 days a week to get the job completed? Same goes for EA restructuring. The Conservative Parties election promise of removing all qango's has not been achieved because proper resources were not put to the task. Resource the EA restricting correctly please. Give Sir Philip a fighting chance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post-87486069467371866132014-07-29T20:52:29.238+01:002014-07-29T20:52:29.238+01:00Quite...
Although that familiarity might have eng...Quite...<br /><br />Although that familiarity might have engendered some contempt.... <br /><br />I suppose shedloads of public money for going along with EA officials whims and whacky schemes - away from the hurly-burly of competing with the Bechtels and so on in the commercial world probably has its attractions.<br /><br />It all rather depends how virtuous Sir Philip is rather than pious I think. Wanting to do it right - rather than simply muttering some incantations and sprinkling some holy water about the place.<br /><br />Is he going to restrict himself to dinified patrician ribbon cutting and such - or is he going to try and inject some professionalism and enforce standards in his new sprawling empire?<br /><br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13985591514320408224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6200793801449095993.post-57708845709683967362014-07-29T09:46:30.406+01:002014-07-29T09:46:30.406+01:00The only question one can honestly raise is how im...The only question one can honestly raise is how impartial will Sir Philip Dilley be?<br />ARUP are framework contractors of the EA. This means in his position as Chairman of ARUP a proportion of their income would have been from the EA. This could raise the question of conflict of interests. It could also have a positive in the fact that if Sir Philip was awake during his time at ARUP he would have been well informed as to how dysfunctional the EA are and always have been. He will be well paid for a part time position. Unfortunately the mess the EA is requires more than part time oversight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com