'Councillors will not be given free iPads' says leader (From Essex County Standard)

Having worked at CBC for years I will totally disagree with this article and say "yes they will get them for free" Councillors get EVERYTHING for free !!!!

If you want to save money go open source as recommended by your own govt and hence paymasters.

Ipads are designer products with the distinction of being as common as muck.

mummy250271 wrote:
Having worked at CBC for years I will totally disagree with this article and say "yes they will get them for free" Councillors get EVERYTHING for free !!!!

Bitter or what? Maybe councillors now are expecting you to actually work for your wages.

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

mummy250271 wrote:
Having worked at CBC for years I will totally disagree with this article and say "yes they will get them for free" Councillors get EVERYTHING for free !!!!

Bitter or what? Maybe councillors now are expecting you to actually work for your wages.

Say It, it looks as if the bitter and twisted one is you.

Boris wrote:

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

mummy250271 wrote:
Having worked at CBC for years I will totally disagree with this article and say "yes they will get them for free" Councillors get EVERYTHING for free !!!!

Bitter or what? Maybe councillors now are expecting you to actually work for your wages.

Say It, it looks as if the bitter and twisted one is you.

Sent from my ipad

Boris wrote:

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

mummy250271 wrote:
Having worked at CBC for years I will totally disagree with this article and say "yes they will get them for free" Councillors get EVERYTHING for free !!!!

Bitter or what? Maybe councillors now are expecting you to actually work for your wages.

Say It, it looks as if the bitter and twisted one is you.

lol Boris very well said, I left the Council when the dreaded Andrea took over . Say it as it is OK, I dont work anymore, dont need to I married a wealthy man and I am not ashamed of it !!!!! Bitterness doesnt come into my world, just shopping and lunches

As a taxpayer I would object most strongly to iPad's being given to councillors at my expense.

I and others already pay for them to have free phone and internet access plus a PC, printer and consumables.

They have a very generous allowance which should cover such costs. An iPad is not a replacement for a PC and for councillors will be just a gimmick and status symbol.

Why are they printing agenda's and other documents and sending them out??? Haven't they heard of email! All agenda's should be emailed and other documents created as PDF documents and sent out at attachemnts with the emails. Job done at no additional cost

mummy250271 wrote:

Boris wrote:

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

mummy250271 wrote:
Having worked at CBC for years I will totally disagree with this article and say "yes they will get them for free" Councillors get EVERYTHING for free !!!!

Bitter or what? Maybe councillors now are expecting you to actually work for your wages.

Say It, it looks as if the bitter and twisted one is you.

lol Boris very well said, I left the Council when the dreaded Andrea took over . Say it as it is OK, I dont work anymore, dont need to I married a wealthy man and I am not ashamed of it !!!!! Bitterness doesnt come into my world, just shopping and lunches

Why would anyone be ashamed of who they married, rich or poor? That is of course unless you are one of those stereotypical Essex girls we see on TOWIE who are only looking for riches, in favour of love? I do hope you are blistfully happy wasting away your days on shopping and lunches!

This woman hasn't worked for the council for years so how the hell can she know what goes on? Troublemaker.

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

mummy250271 wrote:

Boris wrote:

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

mummy250271 wrote:
Having worked at CBC for years I will totally disagree with this article and say "yes they will get them for free" Councillors get EVERYTHING for free !!!!

Bitter or what? Maybe councillors now are expecting you to actually work for your wages.

Say It, it looks as if the bitter and twisted one is you.

lol Boris very well said, I left the Council when the dreaded Andrea took over . Say it as it is OK, I dont work anymore, dont need to I married a wealthy man and I am not ashamed of it !!!!! Bitterness doesnt come into my world, just shopping and lunches

Why would anyone be ashamed of who they married, rich or poor? That is of course unless you are one of those stereotypical Essex girls we see on TOWIE who are only looking for riches, in favour of love? I do hope you are blistfully happy wasting away your days on shopping and lunches!

Hertfordshire girl actually and yes i am BLISSFULLY shallow and happy. Lots of love and kisses (bitterness is a terrible thing) ****

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

mummy250271 wrote:

Boris wrote:

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

mummy250271 wrote:
Having worked at CBC for years I will totally disagree with this article and say "yes they will get them for free" Councillors get EVERYTHING for free !!!!

Bitter or what? Maybe councillors now are expecting you to actually work for your wages.

Say It, it looks as if the bitter and twisted one is you.

lol Boris very well said, I left the Council when the dreaded Andrea took over . Say it as it is OK, I dont work anymore, dont need to I married a wealthy man and I am not ashamed of it !!!!! Bitterness doesnt come into my world, just shopping and lunches

Why would anyone be ashamed of who they married, rich or poor? That is of course unless you are one of those stereotypical Essex girls we see on TOWIE who are only looking for riches, in favour of love? I do hope you are blistfully happy wasting away your days on shopping and lunches!

Hertfordshire girl actually and yes i am BLISSFULLY (not blisstfully) shallow and happy. Lots of love and kisses (bitterness is a terrible thing) ****

Okay blissfully, but not bitter at all, couldn't really care less! Although I am a tad worried for your husband. Does he know his wife is really as shallow as you admit to being? That's a good foundation for a long and meaningful relationship, I don't think!

ps:
dont should be don't (or do not) and
doesnt should be doesn't (or does not)

Weren't councillors given free laptops a couple of years ago? Why can't they carry on using them unless they've been 'lost'?

Ok I will do a public access request in a few months time just to make sure! Why would ipads be any better than a laptop or desk computer? They're just an equivalent of a filofax in the 80s, just a status symbol, give me a laptop any day.

peachey wrote:
Ok I will do a public access request in a few months time just to make sure! Why would ipads be any better than a laptop or desk computer? They're just an equivalent of a filofax in the 80s, just a status symbol, give me a laptop any day.

Totally agree ipads should be a personal purchase if councillors want one but they are definitely not the equivalent of an 80s Filofax.

All new technology should be embraced and with the development of Cloud files, file sharing, linked to the portability that the ipad and other tablets offer, over and above the laptop they offer much, much more than a Filofax ever offered.

Sent from my ipad

Say It As It Is OK? wrote:

peachey wrote:
Ok I will do a public access request in a few months time just to make sure! Why would ipads be any better than a laptop or desk computer? They're just an equivalent of a filofax in the 80s, just a status symbol, give me a laptop any day.

Totally agree ipads should be a personal purchase if councillors want one but they are definitely not the equivalent of an 80s Filofax.

All new technology should be embraced and with the development of Cloud files, file sharing, linked to the portability that the ipad and other tablets offer, over and above the laptop they offer much, much more than a Filofax ever offered.

Sent from my ipad

Fair comment but there wasn't much computer technology around in the 80s and you could "store everything you needed" in your filofax - there wasnt much better out there at the time. Everyone had one, whether it was for storing information/contacts or just to carry around and look the part with. And talking of technology - my firm has recently just completed a contract with a local authority and in our experience, half of them just about know how to use a laptop/computer/type an email! Although they love spending/wasting our hard earned money, mainly down to lack of responsibility and the fact they don't really answer to anyone.

It is indeed a slow news week.

Councils should not countenance any Apple products due to the lack of second-source and hence inherent lack of competitiveness. Hence their ridiculous prices! Go for Android or Surface.

for give,just read "made available for a nominal sum"

ramadm@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
You lot in Colchester do get exited about the most boring of topics.

And yet seemingly interesting enough that you want to comment...

BTW I don´t normally bother commenting on spelling, but it is "here" meaning this place, and "hear" meaning what you hear through your ears. In one way, it doesn´t matter that much, but comments seem to carry a lot more weight if spelling is correct. 4/10, must try harder!