Mayor's new motor (From St Helens Star)
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The Mayor of St Helens has a new Range Rover
9:03am Thursday 26th July 2012 in Letters By Chris Coffey
I AM pleased to see the mayor and council have "gone green" and purchased a Range Rover.
I'm sure the council staff who have recently been made redundant or received other forms of council / government cuts will be over the moon that the purchase is environmentally friendly.
Lee Atherton, Ledger Road, Haydock.
Comments(21)
Bill Bradbury
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11:52am Thu 26 Jul 12
Marie on a bike-now there's a thought?
Sankey
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2:01pm Thu 26 Jul 12
mikeperry109
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6:04pm Thu 26 Jul 12
Bill Bradbury wrote:Is that the same cousin Geoff who was once a Tory councillor, but switched to New Labour once Blair had made them acceptable to Tories?
Now Mike, I am not going to see my cousin Geoff, the mayor, riding around on his bike, yellow jersey or not. Perhaps if we bought a tandem his mace bearer could ride in front?
Marie on a bike-now there's a thought?
papyt
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10:13pm Thu 26 Jul 12
frankly
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3:42pm Fri 27 Jul 12
papyt
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5:04pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Sankey
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6:28pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Dave driving and Marie the passenger. I can't get that thought out of my head what have I dreamed up?
rosered1
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2:21am Sat 28 Jul 12
Bill Bradbury
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9:32am Sat 28 Jul 12
mikeperry109 wrote:There is more joy in heaven on seeing a sinner's conversion to the true faith.
Bill Bradbury wrote: Now Mike, I am not going to see my cousin Geoff, the mayor, riding around on his bike, yellow jersey or not. Perhaps if we bought a tandem his mace bearer could ride in front? Marie on a bike-now there's a thought?Is that the same cousin Geoff who was once a Tory councillor, but switched to New Labour once Blair had made them acceptable to Tories?
I had a Paulinian conversion from the Tories to Labour in the 70's. I actually canvassed for the Tories in Platt Bridge, Wigan and escaped with my life! That conversion came with the onset of Thatcher and the appointment of the first Tory Candidate for Europe at Leigh Town Hall, a son of a Scottish Laird. If the selection had been run under Jockey Club Rules there would have been a Stewards' Inquiry.
As for the Range Rover-supporting local industry at Speke. No one yet has suggested Geoff uses his bus pass to civic occasions but on the other hand if he lived in Billinge he could be late a few times!! Arriva could reserve a special seat for him and the Mace.
smith&weston
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11:26am Sat 28 Jul 12
Sankey
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11:58am Sat 28 Jul 12
The problem I have is with the 9 executives on six figure salaries some on more than the prime minister. This cannot be justified especially for a small council like St Helens.
jimstevo
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2:54pm Sat 28 Jul 12
smith&weston wrote:Wrong! The Mayor visited the Plant at Speke to see the car on the Production Line! It's nice to see that the Council are supporting a Company which employs a lot of St Helens residents.
If it is a ' Range Rover " then it was made in the west midlands and not Speke.
I would not be surprised if the Council got a good deal on the car because it's a good advert for the Company.
pitbullboxing
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3:15pm Sat 28 Jul 12
jimstevo
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3:51pm Sat 28 Jul 12
"Councillor Geoff Almond, the Mayor of St. Helens, visited Halewood Operations earlier today to see the Borough’s new Mayoral Range Rover Evoque being built on the production line. The Firenze Red Range Rover Evoque SD4 Prestige has been purchased to carry out mayoral duties across the borough."
Richard Else, Operations Director at Halewood, added, "The Range Rover Evoque has been extremely popular since it was launched last year and has won more than 110 awards to date. I am pleased that St Helens Council has chosen an Evoque for the Mayor’s official duties, which was built with passion and pride on Merseyside".
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smith&weston
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6:42pm Sat 28 Jul 12
jimstevo
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8:59pm Sat 28 Jul 12
smith&weston wrote:Just correcting your usual factually incorrect statement!
Amazing... it took that many posts to establish it was a an Evoque made at Halewood and not a Range Rover or Range Rover Sport which are made in the midlands.
frankly
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9:31pm Sat 28 Jul 12
Bill Bradbury
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10:31pm Sat 28 Jul 12
smith&weston
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9:53am Sun 29 Jul 12
Everard Edbutt
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8:20pm Mon 30 Jul 12
I guess though on a serious note that if the mayor is on a six figure salary a £30k baby Range Rover is quite modest.
As for environmentally friendly - Irrellevant really as man made climate change is as plausible as Santa opening a shop selling invsible biscuits in St Mary's market.
I like Range Rovers.
Thanks.
mikeperry109 says...
11:18am Thu 26 Jul 12
The eleven most senior officers of the council earn a gross figure of almost £1.2 million a year between them, with the chief executive on over £152000 – more than the prime minister! The 48 councillors cost the council tax payers £540279 – yes, over half a million – plus expenses each year, with the leader pocketing over £32000.
Yet we keep voting them in - 30 percent of us that is!