Despite rural Herefordshire having the lowest number of council taxpayers in the country, the salaries paid out by our Council make your eyes water. Until recently the very 'establishment' Hereford Times has ignored our anti-corruption campaign; but this week they openly published some of the highest earners in this article.
I'm thinking of starting a petition with other like-minded local folk, along the lines of:
" The Hereford Times has revealed that last year, not including substantial pension contributions, Herefordshire Council paid salaries over £50,000 to 147 employees. 36 of these were paid over £70,000 and 5 were paid between £100,000 and £185,000. The Hereford Times revealed that one employee was paid more than a quarter of a million pounds in total last year, and our Chief Executive was paid more than the Vice President of the USA. We request an urgent, independent inquiry into this disturbing state of affairs."
'AN EXPENSES ACCOUNT' Jim Miller's adventures in the banana republic of Nth Herefordshire leominsterindependent@live.co.uk
