tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post6327840992754760323..comments2023-11-05T12:04:50.649+00:00Comments on COUNCILLOR ANDREW BURNS' REALLY BAD BLOG: Service Reductions approvedAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-79196313919088117822007-09-21T08:21:00.000+01:002007-09-21T08:21:00.000+01:00AnonymousI agree - especially that there is an 'ai...Anonymous<BR/><BR/>I agree - especially that there is an 'air of slight panic' about all of this ... I can understand, to some extent, the new Administration wanting to try and balance the revenue account quickly but that has led to them not taking an overall, strategic view of what's happening to the 'wider Council'.<BR/><BR/>Much as it pains me to think about it, they've most probably got 4-years in charge ... and, for the sake of Edinburgh, a little less haste would result in more sensible proposals prevailing.<BR/><BR/>AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684349200288599810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6662128.post-32007001544616573752007-09-20T22:38:00.000+01:002007-09-20T22:38:00.000+01:00Do not tell us that all this fuss is over .45% of ...Do not tell us that all this fuss is over .45% of the total revenue & capital budget + assets of the people of Edinburgh. Do not tell us that the Liberal Democrats are prepared to disrupt services and people's employment over such a small amount of money in the bigger picture. I put it to the LD that would it not be better to support the services and the people providing these services than cutting them. In the even bigger picture the lost of skilled personnel and assets is not worth it. What did it cost both in manpower and management time to compile that report ? That time cost would have been better spent in providing the services at the coalface. In budgeting you will always get short term blips (even caused by accountancy errors) and if you then cut the services and don't look long term then you can cause unrepairable damage to service through the loss of skilled staff or assets.<BR/><BR/>It is really worth working your way through such a blip and not panicing about it. <BR/><BR/>The world relies to heavily on short term targets which damages long term goals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com