Amidst all the other political kerfuffling going on today, you might have missed the publication of the draft legislation on our city's much-anticipated directly-elected Mayor.
Don't get too excited, but you can read the details of what John Gormley is proposing after the jump.
It's not as bad as Bertie's haircut in the photo above, but it might upset you as much as Cheryl and Ashley's split.
The mayor will have:
- No discretionary budget
- The role of policy development in areas including planning, waste management and water services.
- A staff of 30.
And he/she can give out to local councils a bit.
Gormley is going to have further consultation before the bill becomes law. Here's some suggestions from us for powers and duties we'd like the mayor to have:
- Invisibility
- The responsibility of walking around town at 2am on a Saturday night, armed with a stick and a loud whistle, to move snogging drunkards and loutish idiots along.
- Have his fingers replaced by scissors, to help with opening supermarkets.
- Transport. It's a bit annoying this has been taken out of the mayor's hands effectively, since it's one of the first things you think of when you think about the relative successes of the London/New York mayoral offices. All the legislation promises our new main men is a 'key role.' Hmmmm.
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