The Mayor of Waterford..

Sully

Our new mayor (and deputy Mayor) for Waterford are.... *drum roll*

John Halligan
Davy Daniels (Dep)

Just an FYI

Professey Chin

Righteo!..............now what exactly does the mayor do besides wear a funny chain,whore photos and get primary school children off their homework?

Genuine question.I really have no idea

ziedth

the only thinb i do know for sure is that he's gonna have a fairly cool looking licence plate next year.

Trotter

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Righteo!..............now what exactly does the mayor do besides wear a funny chain,whore photos and get primary school children off their homework?

Genuine question.I really have no idea

He collects a '10 W 1 car in January! At least thats 1 car with a '10 on the reg plate next year.. unless Martin picks up a new Merc.

This thread is making me think... I actually don't know what the mayor officially does besides being the official face of Waterford.

ziedth

ha ha, snap trotter

bluesfan

Does anyone these days care who the mayor is? Maybe at one time it was an honour but now with all the pacts whoever becomes mayor is not given it because they are the best person, the person who'll do the best job or even the person with the most votes. The mayor is the mayor simply because it's their turn.

Mr Ed

I think i read somewhere that he'll also collect a new salary of €60k

mike65

Meh, 'Buggins turn' with knobs on it.

robtri

Mr Ed wrote: »

I think i read somewhere that he'll also collect a new salary of €60k

and I am sure there is a nice expense package to go with that as well....

Odats

Lads do you think it is a bit ironic with Halligan selling his soul to get a Mayors chain around his neck i.e. a known "socialist" who for the amount of time he was previously in the council was cast to the shadows when it came to election of Mayor. Plus I think this pact thing is a load of crap to be honest. First of all there is a certain councillor in the city council for over 30 odd years yet he has not once been elected Mayor because he refuses to join the pact. Yet not knocking other councillors but for example John Cummins will be Mayor in 2 or 3 years time with the pact and will have 2 years of experience behind him. To me that doesn't add up. But I suppose it is Cosy Cartel Irish politics.
My point being raised here is if Halligan topped the poll as a Workers Party candidate there would be not a chance of him being elected Mayor regardless of this fact. Yet under the independent category everything is rosy. Leopards don't change their spots.
Personally I wouldn't mind a member of the Worker's Party being Mayor as the best councillor in our area is Worker's Party. But I am a person not the party voter.

abouttobebanned

He has a vital job of handing out attendance cert in primary schools. (Do they still do that?) (I never got one but my swot of a brother did one year)

deise-lady

I don't know John Halligan, but I heard him speak the other day at a launch and I was really impressed with what he said.

I think he should be given a chance - see how he does before you knock him...

merlante

deise-lady wrote: »

I don't know John Halligan, but I heard him speak the other day at a launch and I was really impressed with what he said.

I think he should be given a chance - see how he does before you knock him...

Bah, knock him first and complain about his expenses, and complain about the fact that in our ignorance we don't know what he does -- it's the Waterford way!

robtri

deise-lady wrote: »

I don't know John Halligan, but I heard him speak the other day at a launch and I was really impressed with what he said.

I think he should be given a chance - see how he does before you knock him...

its not that people are knocking him, a few pokes at him...
the problem is no-one seems to understand what the Mayor does???????

Partizan

Working on the chain gang

Another sell-out merchant joins the club

merlante

Partizan wrote: »

Working on the chain gang

Another sell-out merchant joins the club

It's a quiet day for me, so I'll ask, what would be the ideal setup on the city council/mayoralty from a far left point of view?

I mean, the lefties should be more or less running things since 2004 right? Waterford city is basically like a time capsule back to pre-1989 USSR at this point. God I love Waterford.

Sully

merlante wrote: »

Bah, knock him first and complain about his expenses, and complain about the fact that in our ignorance we don't know what he does -- it's the Waterford way!

Tell us then

Mickdots

i have to say the ignorance of people here is unreal!

if you bought the news and star this week you will see john has come out fighting against an bord snip, infact he is the only local politican who has come out and said something about it!

actually there wont be a 10 - w- 1 car supplied by tom murphy next year, murphy has decided to pull out due to costs, council has told john that they will buy one off murphy but john has told them that he will refuse to drive the car if it bought out of public funds or taken from any public budget.

also john pays for his own fuel and has handed back the fuel card supplied by the council!

his door is always open down in the council and it would be well worth ur time going down and having a chat with him instead of sprouting ****e here

abouttobebanned

Fair play to him so!

Partizan

Mickdots wrote: »

i have to say the ignorance of people here is unreal!

if you bought the news and star this week you will see john has come out fighting against an bord snip, infact he is the only local politican who has come out and said something about it!

actually there wont be a 10 - w- 1 car supplied by tom murphy next year, murphy has decided to pull out due to costs, council has told john that they will buy one off murphy but john has told them that he will refuse to drive the car if it bought out of public funds or taken from any public budget.

also john pays for his own fuel and has handed back the fuel card supplied by the council!

his door is always open down in the council and it would be well worth ur time going down and having a chat with him instead of sprouting ****e here

Will he take home the average industrial wage like Joe Higgins is doing or is he creaming off the €65k+ a year for his Mayoral salary.

The 'peoples Mayor', give me a ****ing break. He joined the pact and votes for the Book of Estimates which has many services charges included in them which hurts working people.

Hypocrite

Mickdots

Partizan wrote: »

Will he take home the average industrial wage like Joe Higgins is doing or is he creaming off the €65k+ a year for his Mayoral salary.

The 'peoples Mayor', give me a ****ing break. He joined the pact and votes for the Book of Estimates which has many services charges included in them which hurts working people.

Hypocrite

yawn!!

brendansmith

Im ready to fight and die for our new major AKA His Divine Majestic Lordship. Long live our brave and noble Mayor.

Ostrom

Know him, good decent man. Earned every cent of his current salary with the work he has put in over the years

dlofnep

While I wouldn't give John my #1, he has certainly worked hard within his constituency. John was present at the Mr. Binman protest the other day, although I didn't see any FF or FG councillors there.

He's someone who still cares about the working class people of Waterford, or at least attempts to demonstrate it. There are worse workers in Waterford. I'm happy for him.

rasper

It was great to see the mayor of Waterford marching with Mr Binmans "Paddies" , that wouldn't have went down with the ruling and merchant classes

well butty

Mr. Bunman's march was like a walk down old memory lane of ignorant unions with their school yard mantras! I would like to see our Mayor involved in proper politics and not showboating to be honest!!!!

dlofnep

well butty wrote: »

Mr. Bunman's march was like a walk down old memory lane of ignorant unions with their school yard mantras! I would like to see our Mayor involved in proper politics and not showboating to be honest!!!!

You haven't a clue what you are talking about. Ignorant Unions? It's the owner of the company who has refused to speak to any elected Union representative. It's the owner who has uncompromisingly asked for cuts between 10-49% in wages. It is the owner who stated that he was employing foreign workers to keep manners on the "Paddies" in an attempt to undercut wages.

Unions are there to protect workers, and without them - there would be a lot of people today taken advantage of by their employer.

Tell me exactly what "proper politics" is? If sticking up for workers isn't real politics to you - I'd say it's safe to say, the cause is lost on you in the first place.

well butty

dlofnep wrote: »

You haven't a clue what you are talking about. Ignorant Unions? It's the owner of the company who has refused to speak to any elected Union representative. It's the owner who has uncompromisingly asked for cuts between 10-49% in wages. It is the owner who stated that he was employing foreign workers to keep manners on the "Paddies" in an attempt to undercut wages.

Unions are there to protect workers, and without them - there would be a lot of people today taken advantage of by their employer.

Tell me exactly what "proper politics" is? If sticking up for workers isn't real politics to you - I'd say it's safe to say, the cause is lost on you in the first place.

The Mayor requires a much broader perspective on economic matters not a narrow minded view taken by ALL union representatives with their communist ideals!

We need to generate much needed employment in our City and he should be shouting this from the roof tops. Unfortunately, Waterford has a strong union history and in the present climate it will be a barrier to new businesses setting up in Waterford.

Look at the larger American businesses in Waterford and tell me how many of them have unions??

Sully

You can do sweet F all in this country with the bloody unions on your back. They have to much control over this country. I can partly understand why the company refuses to deal with unions (not the only large business IIRC that has that attitude) and wishes to speak directly with those employees only. Thought it was only a small enough group out of the company with the issues anyway?

dlofnep

well butty wrote: »

The Mayor requires a much broader perspective on economic matters not a narrow minded view taken by ALL union representatives with their communist ideals!

Oh pardon him for campaigning on behalf of workers getting a decent wage for their work.

well butty wrote: »

We need to generate much needed employment in our City and he should be shouting this from the roof tops. Unfortunately, Waterford has a strong union history and in the present climate it will be a barrier to new businesses setting up in Waterford.

It does need to generate employment, it also needs to protect workers rights who already have employment. Without Unions, there would be severe undercutting in workers wages - which might be fine in other countries, but not in the rip-off Republic which is one of the most expensive countries in the world to live in. People have bills to pay, families to feed - and if their wages are attacked - then this severely affects their living standards.

well butty wrote: »

Look at the larger American businesses in Waterford and tell me how many of them have unions??

They pay well and provide fair conditions, and if they squeezed their workers then there would certainly be a need for one. Although, I wouldn't put my faith in American multinationals too much, since they could walk at any given time - Ala Dell.

Mr. Binman's owner is NOT paying well, and has already insulted his long-time employees. Not only that, but he is asking to increase the working week. He is exploiting the current economic climate, by trying to squeeze the last drop of milk out of his workers. All they are asking is to be paid fairly for their work. You don't have to be a communist or a capitalist to appreciate that.

dlofnep

Sully wrote: »

You can do sweet F all in this country with the bloody unions on your back.

And rightly so. People should be treated with respect, paid fairly by their employer and work under fair conditions. If an employer can't meet this conditions, then he/she should be rightly tackled by the Unions.

Sully wrote: »

Thought it was only a small enough group out of the company with the issues anyway?

Seemed to be a pretty large group in Waterford present, although you probably wouldn't know since no FG representatives appeared to be present.

I'm glad you think it is ok to implement wage cuts of 10-49%, increase the working week by 6 hours along with this cuts, flat out refuse to speak to the elected Union representatives who are attempting to have a fairer compromise between the two - and not to mention, for the employer to flat out make racist remarks to his employers, insult them, and undercut their wage severely.