MunTenderFuN
THIS STARTED WITH THIS LINKEDIN POST.
Firstly Barry the word is not politics... It is pol'U'tics...
Then compliments to Daily Maverick for this outstanding article.
Then to Harlan Cloete Dr, some about 10 years ago, iii* saw that COGTA or @SALGA was having an esteemed group go from municipality to municipality to assist/advise/coaTch/educaTe them... So iii asked if iii could be allowed to assist this group in their mandate.
Needless to say COGTA & @SALGA did not, as many times, even reply to me*.
Because the SA municipalities's problem's are simple: -in that most of the municipal officials have no🦻🏻's or have no ability to listen to any member of the public; -because most of the municipal officials have got muBBled up with the word public servants; -not uMderStanDing that ALL municipal officials are actually employed in the service of the public; -not uMderStanDing that ALL municipal officials, AnD even the coun'tNoT'cillors, actually get their salaries from the public; -in fact iii* often, when talking to most of the municipal officials, feel that they believe they are my "baas"; -then, although not having any uMderStanDing of any specific topic most of the municipal officials AnD the cllr believe, and have even told me to my face, they know all about it** -when tenders are called, almost always, absolutely no research is done before the tender specifications are drawn up; -the specialist in any field, that are mostly well known, are not invited to tender; -possibly hoping that someone that uMderStanDs the field does not even... ...S👁👁 the tender in some local news papers... ...and preferably does not tender... ...because it is then not complicated to see2it that the tender is properly adjudicated... ...IF*** adjudicated at all; -to not go on & on it can all be summed up as.../ only being there for the salary and not Any Cause / lacking commitment, knowledge and vigour / arrogance / lack of discipline / slothness / in fact the architects of my nice own word Sloth'lust'a'tists.
- bit.ly/HowWriting
- a cllr of public safety & security in George, some 15 years ago told me, irretrievably, that she 'knows All about Hand-Held Parking Meters'. All that iii* as the inventor could say is 'Good for you, even now 10 years after inventing it and involved full time am still learning every day, please come and advise me when you get time'. Of course she never had any time for anything and most probably aldo did not get time to apply her vast knowledge. Because, now 12 years later the parking problem persists. Although there are places that are worse. Port Shepton parking problem was at least documented