voiceoreason wrote:
Errr, can't you read, raise £50,000 for a charity. What exactly did you do to improve the world this year? You are a disgrace

The Crack Fox wrote:
Wht does the Mayor actually do??? Oh and has anoyone ever heard her speak, very squeeky!

Paul Hepworth wrote:

The Crack Fox wrote: Wht does the Mayor actually do??? Oh and has anoyone ever heard her speak, very squeeky!

A schoolboy once saw the Lord Mayor of London's procession and then wrote in his diary that "The Lord Mayor has many affairs in the City, and rides in a coach covered in guilt!" Not so for York's Lord Mayors, who besides their various Civic duties, must chair the monthly meetings of the full Council. It will not have been an easy task this Civic year for Irene, with the present hung Council. Her task of steering Members through their deliberations while herself remaining neutral will surely have been an unenviable one. I had the pleasure of escorting the present Civic Party round the 2007 York Cycle Show, shortly after they took office. Irene was very interested in all that was going on, and admirably fulfilled her role. Next month I will be doing likewise with her successor Sorry to disappoint Mr "Crack Fox", but Irene has been an superb asset for York

The Crack Fox wrote:
She arranged some activities and smiles and is polite?? Big woop, I do that every day and the council dont fund me!

Cruddass is a muppett wrote:
I think this is a pointless waste of money, and see no point in a Mayor or a Sheriff. The Mayor gets more freebies than MP's, and yes, she attended a lot of functions, but she ate and drank well at all of them.

She raised 50k for charity? Well if we didnt have this expensive, uneccessary cost of having a Mayor, I bet there would be more than £50k available to donate.

voiceoreason wrote:

The Crack Fox wrote:
She arranged some activities and smiles and is polite?? Big woop, I do that every day and the council dont fund me!

nor do they really fund the Lord Mayor. Considerin it is a full time position most people would be financially worse off from taking this position.

in future please try to have at least a sembling of understanding before publishing your ill conceived rants

voiceoreason wrote:

Cruddass is a muppett wrote: I think this is a pointless waste of money, and see no point in a Mayor or a Sheriff. The Mayor gets more freebies than MP's, and yes, she attended a lot of functions, but she ate and drank well at all of them. She raised 50k for charity? Well if we didnt have this expensive, uneccessary cost of having a Mayor, I bet there would be more than £50k available to donate.

deluded, do you really think the mayor gets paid 50K!

The Crack Fox wrote:
She arranged some activities and smiles and is polite?? Big woop, I do that every day and the council dont fund me!

Cruddass is a muppett wrote:

voiceoreason wrote:

Cruddass is a muppett wrote: I think this is a pointless waste of money, and see no point in a Mayor or a Sheriff. The Mayor gets more freebies than MP's, and yes, she attended a lot of functions, but she ate and drank well at all of them. She raised 50k for charity? Well if we didnt have this expensive, uneccessary cost of having a Mayor, I bet there would be more than £50k available to donate.

deluded, do you really think the mayor gets paid 50K!

I didnt say that did I???

I said it probably costs well in excess of £50k to have a mayor. And a sheriff for that matter. Getting ferried about all over the place wont be cheap, then theres her expenses, I wonder how much they are.

Tell me, are you a fan of Margaret Thatcher?

slornie wrote:
Is it just me, or does this article NOT mention who is to become the new Lord Mayor?

Fly-On-The-Wall wrote:
They should maybe count the links on her chain of office when she hands it back. York City Council is rife with thieving individuals, especially in the Council Chambers!