tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post7174072820218521971..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: MetPro Audit: a statementMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-68143482681736159182011-06-21T19:14:36.319+01:002011-06-21T19:14:36.319+01:00or even Broken Barnetor even Broken BarnetMrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-90744883312331738412011-06-21T19:13:31.606+01:002011-06-21T19:13:31.606+01:00a good consultant, baarnett, is someone currently ...a good consultant, baarnett, is someone currently on the Broken Barnet payroll.<br /><br />a bad consultant is someone who has gone away now, far away, but can be blamed for bad things that have happened.<br /><br />this is one example of many paradoxes in Broekn Barnet.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-68541276488633621902011-06-21T17:58:34.563+01:002011-06-21T17:58:34.563+01:00jeffreyn: I agree about the Stalinesque centralisa...jeffreyn: I agree about the Stalinesque centralisation by Mike Freer, Matthew ("woof, woof!") Offord, and the Gang of However-many-there-were.<br /><br />But paradoxically, if I understand things correctly, <i><b>MetProGate</b> (Copyright 2011. All Rights Reserved)</i> happened because the accounts system was completely decentralised, due to some bright spark of a consultant a few years ago (let me guess, "There will be resultant savings of ...").baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-25738331526891754062011-06-21T16:54:03.110+01:002011-06-21T16:54:03.110+01:00Thanks Jeffrey: unfortunately we live in a borough...Thanks Jeffrey: unfortunately we live in a borough where there is a totally dysfunctional local authority, whose failures are due to the ever widening gulf between the conflicting political ideology of the Tory leadership,the self interest of senior officers, and the needs of residents and employees. Our elected representatives have forgotten or simply do not care that they are in office to serve the community, and the senior management prefers to give priority to the advancement of their inglorious careers. And this is why democracy is dying a slow death in Broken Barnet, at the same time that our coalition government is telling us that 'localism' is empowering us to take control of our lives.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-61499005637732741572011-06-21T11:18:52.079+01:002011-06-21T11:18:52.079+01:00Thanks so much for this thoughtful, reasoned and d...Thanks so much for this thoughtful, reasoned and detailed response to the Internal Audit. I too am a Barnet Resident and would wish to add my name - as, I am sure, would many others.<br /><br />The issues you identify are not petty political nit-picking concerns but of fundamental immediate and future importance to the running of our Council and Borough. The centralisation and secrecy of decision making over the past few years has meant that proper scrutiny, for example of planning, has become virtually impossible and the breakdown over MetPro is not an isolated issue but symptomatic of a systemic problem.<br /><br />Please keep me posted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com