Originally posted by elguapo
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Especially when that might erode empire-building options for them. How's
this for a headline?
Local Government NZ launches council spending review;
says present pay and conditions rates are not sustainable;
reducing staff, paying staff to use own cars instead of
flash new leased vehicles, reducing bureaucratic red tape,
reducing Councillor meeting allowances and other cost
savings among the alternatives mooted.
Why is that more revenue is always trumpeted first? Why can't cutting costs
get similar attention? Because - despite claims to the contrary - councils are
not businesses. They are a statute-backed, non-competitive, regulatory
function monopoly with captive payers and Draconian enforcement powers.
That's why.
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