Carmarthenshire Council is very fond of telling us that it is the best local authority in Wales, the envy of all others, of the world perhaps. Not everyone is convinced of course. Appearing on their homepage yesterday was another reminder;
'In the recent National Survey for Wales on Local Authority services, Carmarthenshire was identified as the best in Wales for letting local people know how it is performing'
In fact, there was a raft of questions in the survey and unfortunately the results for 'did respondents feel they could influence decisions affecting their local area? were the worst in Wales, with 70% of respondents feeling completely ignored. That bit wasn't on the homepage.
A clear result; Department of Spin - 1, Democracy - Nil.
Don't forget today's full council meeting starts at 10am and can be found here; http://www.carmarthenshire.public-i.tv/core/portal/home
(Update; Meeting has now ended and will be archived later).
'In the recent National Survey for Wales on Local Authority services, Carmarthenshire was identified as the best in Wales for letting local people know how it is performing'
In fact, there was a raft of questions in the survey and unfortunately the results for 'did respondents feel they could influence decisions affecting their local area? were the worst in Wales, with 70% of respondents feeling completely ignored. That bit wasn't on the homepage.
A clear result; Department of Spin - 1, Democracy - Nil.
Don't forget today's full council meeting starts at 10am and can be found here; http://www.carmarthenshire.public-i.tv/core/portal/home
(Update; Meeting has now ended and will be archived later).