Comments on: Suspended Senior Officers Silenced by Confidentiality Agreement

By: Ollie Clokie

Ollie Clokie — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:22:18 +0000

I wondered if I was being exceptionally dim – for me the important part of the story was not how the security staff were employed. The fact that respected and long serving council Officers were humiliated in front of their colleagues and this was not considered to be a matter of public interest, is surely astonishing. If their crime was so serious that this was the most appropriate response, then clearly we, the public (who in one way or another pay for everything that the council do), should be told.
As is so often the case, how our money is spent running our town is considered to be none of our business.

By: Monica Jones

Monica Jones — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:22:20 +0000

Surrey Advertiser 18 May 2012

‘Council Quashes Miles Rumours’

I quote: ‘A spokesman said” We are able to correct rumours and inaccurate statements made by others and reported on line,” he added. “It has been suggested staff were escorted from our offices by a private security contractor, this is not true.” ‘

Perhaps who did the escorting is “not true” but is he saying that the numerous staff who witnessed this alleged escorting should have gone to Specsavers?

How does the old saying go? ‘You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time…’