Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I am sure that the idea was originally mooted that the service would be outsourced to a private company but to merge with another local authority would be a better option.
Not sure why the fuss about the A20 being blocked ? At the moment the Careline will deal with properties in Sandwich (and out to Wingham I expect) and that road has accidents... should Sandwich have their own system with local people ????
Ashford deal with as far out as Tenterden and up to Chilham, again that is a distance more than between Dover and Folkestone, so I think peope are over-worrying about this.
Been nice knowing you :)
You are probably right Paul. It is simply annoying that Dover again presents itself as unable to sustain local activity, and that as a by the way we are patronised for raising concenrs - I am not, clearly, referring to you Paul, your comments were valid and grown up. There was no "fuss" about the A20, I was just usin gthat as an eg of something that might impact on service delivery.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Dover doesn't always lose out, I might send something their way in the future
Been nice knowing you :)
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Dover does not always lose out. We run all East Kent Partnership's Audit services & are likely to add another service from the same source to Dover's services.
Watty
You are also probably right, Paul W, that Dover doesn't always lose out - in fact I am sure you are right, but Dover doesn't always present itself as the winner or the favourite......as you know, reputation is everything in business as well as in politics, and sometimes we just don't cut the mustard in that department.
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Bern,
We could win a fortune in certain areas if we bothered to expend great amounts of PR money. Frankly I don't believe in wasting public money promoting a Council .I would prefer spending it on services.
Watty
PR costs, but good effective communication needn't. And if PR accumulates further business, outweighing the cost of the PR, could it be called a waste of money? I am not, by any means, telling you what to do - I am not in your position and do not have your insights and experiences - but sometimes when one is in the middle of the maelstrom it is hard to see what it looks like from the outside. My own opinion is that PR need not cost a fortune, that it can be money and effort well spent, that the best PR is from within, and that sometimes councils need to spread their own reputation - if it is worth spreading - a little further in order to attract. You yourself said, quite rightly, think small and you will be small.
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I did not tealise we were in the middle of a maelstrom. Far from it. Our independent Audit says otherwise & having just gone thru. a major regeneration inspection & come out with Good & a recent equalities review with 3 out of 4. I think we are travelling in the right direction. Communications costs money. We don't have money & it is getting tighter. District Councils are facing extinction-financial attrition. That is why we are voluntarily joining services with other Districts rather than be starved out. We don't think small but are ahead of the game. Waiting for others to make decisions for you is not my way.
Now you have started me off.
Watty
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I did not tealise we were in the middle of a maelstrom. Far from it. Our independent Audit says otherwise & having just gone thru. a major regeneration inspection & come out with Good & a recent equalities review with 3 out of 4. I think we are travelling in the right direction. Communications costs money. We don't have money & it is getting tighter. District Councils are facing extinction-financial attrition. That is why we are voluntarily joining services with other Districts rather than be starved out. We don't think small but are ahead of the game. Waiting for others to make decisions for you is not my way.
Now you have started me off.
Watty
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"Waiting for others to make decisions for you is not my way"
Thanks Paul, the point I made above too, do it our way before we are forced into it in a way do don't like....
Been nice knowing you :)
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Correct Paul. It's about leading not following. Your man tends to be in that mould.
Watty
Please don't think I was advocating money spent for the sake of it - that, to nick your words, is not my way. The most pertinent comment, I guess, in mt posting was that good PR comes from within. You, Paul W, offer a good demonstration of good, local, in touch communication in your postings on here, but sadly other local reps and departments do not follow suit. Good PR not only comes from within but is driven from within and costs little other than modelling good practice and petty expenses! And as for maelstrom, I have never known local government be anything other than stormy.
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Thanks Bern, point taken.
Watty