VOTE: Is council right to scrap Southend Airshow? (From Echo)

• "£130,000 seems a drop in the ocean comapred to what they need to save and so seems a bit silly to headline the fact that they are only going to be saving such a small amount by scrapping the airshow. Don't get me wrong, I am not bothered the airshow has been scrapped. After all, I gave up on it when it ceased being a decent airshow eons ago. What I do get angry about, though, is that the council make all these silly little savings here and there when there are easily larger savings to be made elsewhere. However,the council seem reluctant to do so. Call me cynical but I cannot help thinking that this is because the people who make these decisions and manage our services have their own self interests to think about.
  Big savings can be made by not spending six figure sums (or more) yearly on overly expensive temp staff. Also, by not paying council management such obscene salaries. This council would have more credibility if they started saving from the top down rather than the bottom up. Try sacking a few higher managers that surplus to requirements, rather than move them sideways into other "created job titles". Giving the other high paid staff a pay cut. If they do not like it perhaps they could always try and find a job elsewhere. I bet they will soon find out which side their bread is buttered if forced into that position.
  Many of the towns multi million pound building projects could, also, be put on hold. After all, the council allow other developers to put their projects on hold, don't they?
  Southend council can quite easily save millions at the drop of a hat but by doing so the decision makers need to put the people of the town first and not themselves."
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