Tuesday night was Leominster's Annual Town Meeting. For just once in the year any townsperson can vote on a motion, not just councillors.
Two years ago only one person turned up, last night the hall was packed, so we're getting somewhere!
We voted on a motion that our Council's Chief Executive - who last year earned £226,700 - take a voluntary 20% cut in his salary. The motion was passed without a single vote against. My fellow cllrs, sensing the mood in the room, either abstained or raised their arms in support.
It even made the end of this article in yesterday's Hereford Times (usually known as The BillWiggin Times)
'AN EXPENSES ACCOUNT' Jim Miller's adventures in the banana republic of Nth Herefordshire leominsterindependent@live.co.uk
