Michael Crowe (Mayor) - More Wastage !!!

muppetkiller

Did any happen to notice our Mayor last night in The Galway Boozeum (Museum for those who don't know) ?
Could he manage to make it to the Museum on his own from Bohermore without his Chauffeur ? of course not...The driver was sitting outside the Museum in his car reading the newspaper for the night. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

On the plus side at least it angered me so much that I found out who our Mayor was.

snubbleste

"I'm entitled to it"

dolphin city

plonker

the likes of him thinks he is way above everyone else - wonder how much that set us back

Are you sure it was the city mayor? The county has a mayor too now.

muppetkiller

Deleted User wrote: »

Are you sure it was the city mayor? The county has a mayor too now.

I think so ..he was a pretty short fella with lots of designer bling hanging around his neck

Oh and why do we need a County Mayor ? What does the Current city Mayor do (beside waste our money)?

mike kelly

Does the mayor have a car permanently on standby? Anyway, I doubt that Mike Crowe still lives in Bohermore,

dolphin city

could he not have called a taxi if he didn't want to walk - he could have gotten a receipt for it - approx 8 - 10 Euro, and it would save the chauffeur sitting there all night at a cost of what???

the fools gold around his neck must be messin with his brain cell. (singular)

Robbo

mike kelly wrote: »

Does the mayor have a car permanently on standby? Anyway, I doubt that Mike Crowe still lives in Bohermore,

According to this, his address is in a commercial park. This recession will ruin us all, especially when you have 6 gaffs rented out to the Council...

mike kelly

Robbo wrote: »

According to this, his address is in a commercial park. This recession will ruin us all, especially when you have 6 gaffs rented out to the Council...

so where does he really live? surely in the information age we can find this out!

biko

Briarhill afaik but 1) we don't know where he was prior to this appointment, and 2) when in Mayoral capacity the Mayor always has the official car, at least every time I met one of them through the years.

Gooseygoosey

Why the set against him?? Is it him or the institution of being mayor?

I presume you've written into the Galway Advertiser OP, since you seem to feel so strongly about it.

muppetkiller

Gooseygoosey wrote: »

Why the set against him?? Is it him or the institution of being mayor?

Are you for real ? Galway city is tiny why would he need a 24/hr Chauffeur ?
As a previous poster said ...get a taxi or walk for gods sake...He's not royalty.


From a previous post "It emerged recently that the cost of providing chauffeur-driven cars to four ex-Taoisigh came to €684,247 last year"

So do the maths..We're being raped again.

muppetkiller

Deleted User wrote: »

I presume you've written into the Galway Advertiser OP, since you seem to feel so strongly about it.

We don't need to the Galway Forum is where they get their stories

muppetkiller

muppetkiller wrote: »

We don't need to the Galway Forum is where they get their stories

Touché

muppetkiller

muppetkiller wrote: »

Are you for real ? Galway city is tiny why would he need a 24/hr Chauffeur ?
As a previous poster said ...get a taxi or walk for gods sake...He's not royalty.


From a previous post "It emerged recently that the cost of providing chauffeur-driven cars to four ex-Taoisigh came to €684,247 last year"

So do the maths..We're being raped again.

Their drivers are guards and there are two assigned full time to each former taoiseach.

The mayoral car is provided by a private company on a contract basis as far as I know.

Robbo wrote: »

According to this, his address is in a commercial park. This recession will ruin us all, especially when you have 6 gaffs rented out to the Council...

http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/YourCouncil/CouncilMembers/GalwayCityCentral/
It's the same address as Ollie - I might walk past this evening to see if it is an office or something else.

muppetkiller

Deleted User wrote: »

The mayoral car is provided by a private company on a contract basis as far as I know.

So probably even more expensive

dolphin city

anyone know who the driver/company was.

biko - okay if he was away with the car and had to get it back thats fine - but why leave him sitting outside with the clock ticking and the public's meter running while is is inside probably talking nonsense as he usually does. Could he not have sent him home.

soundbyte

biko wrote: »

we don't know where he was prior to this appointment

There was a City Council meeting on yesterday evening (where they had to approve the plans for the Christmas market in the Square), so as Mayor, he would have been chairing that.

muppetkiller

soundbyte wrote: »

There was a City Council meeting on yesterday evening (where they had to approve the plans for the Christmas market in the Square), so as Mayor, he would have been chairing that.

So he was about 500m away :rolleyes:

sgthighway

He lives out in Coolough. I think he is entitled to a Chauffeur as he is representing our City.
Imagine you were a potential investor to our City and you saw the Mayor getting off a bus or cycling up to the door a hotel.
Sometimes he would have several functions on the same night and has to work on preparing speeches, etc. on the way.

mike kelly

sgthighway wrote: »

Imagine you were a potential investor to our City and you saw the Mayor getting off a bus or cycling up to the door a hotel.

The primer minister of Sweden travels on public transport, doesn't seem to have done that country any harm

dolphin city

sgthighway wrote: »

He lives out in Coolough. I think he is entitled to a Chauffeur as he is representing our City.
Imagine you were a potential investor to our City and you saw the Mayor getting off a bus or cycling up to the door a hotel.
Sometimes he would have several functions on the same night and has to work on preparing speeches, etc. on the way.

what is wrong with walking to a venue? or cycling? Please don't tell me that we are so far up our own ar**s now that local mayors have to be seen with a chauffeur. no wonder the place is in the state it is.

Also if he waits until he is enroute to a venue to prepare his speech it won't be up to much ........on second thoughts, maybe that's what he has been doing all along. :D:D

McTigs

sgthighway wrote: »

He lives out in Coolough. I think he is entitled to a Chauffeur as he is representing our City.
Imagine you were a potential investor to our City and you saw the Mayor getting off a bus or cycling up to the door a hotel.
Sometimes he would have several functions on the same night and has to work on preparing speeches, etc. on the way.

My god i hate that word! :mad:

biko

mike kelly wrote: »

The primer minister of Sweden travels on public transport, doesn't seem to have done that country any harm

Don't think he does now with the current terror alerts but an older one used to go on the subway every morning like everyone else.
Some Swedish members of parliament actually do still, or bus/bike it.

Sponge Bob

The Swedes are not a pack of self important parasitic gombeen men like our FFers and FGers and PDers generally are Biko Public transport in Sweden works not least because because politicians use it, in Ireland they don't and it doesn't.

Galways Mayor should have a special pass with Citybus and a free cab home after Citybus shuts down, nothing more than that is required.

muppetkiller

Actually if they did use public transport at least they might put more weight in getting the buses to run on time and the roads sorted out.

mike kelly

someone tell Mike Crowe that bicycles are very popular in China

Mrs OBumble

dolphin city wrote: »

...but why leave him sitting outside with the clock ticking and the public's meter running while is is inside probably talking nonsense as he usually does. Could he not have sent him home.

Have you ever worked split shifts?

How would you feel if your boss said "Come in for 20 minutes work this morning, then you can go away unpaid for uhh, probably 2 hours, maybe 3, but then again maybe only 1 if the meeting's quick, and then we'll pay you for another 20 minutes after that".

There's a nasty small-minded-ness about this thread, IMHO.

mike kelly

JustMary wrote: »

Have you ever worked split shifts?

How would you feel if your boss said "Come in for 20 minutes work this morning, then you can go away unpaid for uhh, probably 2 hours, maybe 3, but then again maybe only 1 if the meeting's quick, and then we'll pay you for another 20 minutes after that".

There's a nasty small-minded-ness about this thread, IMHO.

come off it Mike, if you relinquished the car you would score a lot of political points. This is an opportunity to show leadership.

Fuinseog

muppetkiller wrote: »

Did any happen to notice our Mayor last night in The Galway Boozeum (Museum for those who don't know) ?
Could he manage to make it to the Museum on his own from Bohermore without his Chauffeur ? of course not...The driver was sitting outside the Museum in his car reading the newspaper for the night. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

On the plus side at least it angered me so much that I found out who our Mayor was.

big wow