tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post240840277911011785..comments2024-01-07T12:13:21.793+00:00Comments on Craig Dearden-Phillips: New Broom, New Strategic Direction - What next for Suffolk County CouncilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-21684151034720596832011-04-28T16:37:34.658+01:002011-04-28T16:37:34.658+01:00Rob, you make a good point - possibly THE point. ...Rob, you make a good point - possibly THE point. Is it really possible to do Year Zero turnaround when you have democracy and no real money to do it with. Perhaps, and it weighs heavy to say this, we can't really do localism and all the change we want very quickly. If this sounds defeatist it probably is. I can't really see where next for Suffolk - indeed for LG in general.Craig Dearden-Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481684928301536483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-88278057202646452102011-04-28T10:37:45.697+01:002011-04-28T10:37:45.697+01:00Yeah, my experience is that Councils are very defi...Yeah, my experience is that Councils are very definitely 'oil tankers' - large, cumbersome and essentially one-directional. Takes a long time to turn them.... try and do some jet-ski style "donut" U-turn and you'll get more than a little wet. The hull will creak, gravity will rub its hands and the only way out is a sharp wrenching of the wheel back in the original direction of travel.<br /><br />Whether we want to aim for councils that are more like speedboats (or a colouful flotilla, lead by a brave and robust tug?) or will always favour the stability of scale... well that's a debate for landlubbers to thrash out.<br /><br />Over and out. xRob Fountainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839063117980699390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4742385127651266632.post-26037628244933969482011-04-28T10:35:47.953+01:002011-04-28T10:35:47.953+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rob Fountainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839063117980699390noreply@blogger.com