Unlike many in Birmingham City Council Chamber, I make no secret of the fact that I'm a supporter of Birmingham having an elected Mayor. I'm not a new comer to this view as I’ve spoke in favour on more than one occasion on this subject in the past ten years or so. Now who that individual should or will be is another issue.
When it comes to the Lib-Dems, now then, we have more than capable Cllr Paul Tilseley, but what about John Hemmings MP who may think that fighting another election in Yardley may be his undoing, hence, he too could throw a hat in to the ring, which one will it be?
We already know that Prof. Carl Chinn would love to have a crack at getting to be the elected mayor of Birmingham, after all he does have the tacit support of the BBC in the form of Ed Doolan and The Birmingham Mail, with the use of his historical pieces. However, he lacks managerial experience, experience of local government, experience of financial management, after all Birmingham's budget, even after the present cut backs is larger than a significant number of nations, with around £3billion to spend annually. Yes I do know that there will be Council Officers around to help make the decisions, but a leader MUST at the very least have an appraisal of what's going on and why. Far too often Carl has attached himself emotionally to saving this or that, but to no avail, there are times when no matter how hard it is to stomach, that you have to say enough is enough and he can't do that. Nice Bloke all the same.
The next in the frame is Cllr Mike Whitby, who has always been against the post, speaking at every occasion against having an elected Mayor, but will he throw his hat in to the ring or have the Tory party someone else in mind?
Then there is the clash of the titans, Labour’s Sion Simon or Sir Albert Bore, which one will out do the other to be Labour's candidate? Whilst Sion seems to have engaged a PR company to bolster up his campaign efforts, the wily old fox, who has been written off so many times by those in the party and journalists past and present always turns up trumps, so my money is on Albert. Sir Albert has brought £millions to this city of ours, with his connections in Europe, the regeneration of the city centre over the past couple of decades has been funded mainly through European money and if elected, Albert, by hook or crook will continue to influence European money coming in to Birmingham for regeneration, hence houses, jobs and education.
What about the ranked outsiders you shout, well apart from Lord Digby Jones, former Labour Government Minister for Business and Industry, who in my opinion is more than capable there is no one else in this camp and to be honest the rest are what are, ranked outsiders.
When it comes to the Lib-Dems, now then, we have more than capable Cllr Paul Tilseley, but what about John Hemmings MP who may think that fighting another election in Yardley may be his undoing, hence, he too could throw a hat in to the ring, which one will it be?
We already know that Prof. Carl Chinn would love to have a crack at getting to be the elected mayor of Birmingham, after all he does have the tacit support of the BBC in the form of Ed Doolan and The Birmingham Mail, with the use of his historical pieces. However, he lacks managerial experience, experience of local government, experience of financial management, after all Birmingham's budget, even after the present cut backs is larger than a significant number of nations, with around £3billion to spend annually. Yes I do know that there will be Council Officers around to help make the decisions, but a leader MUST at the very least have an appraisal of what's going on and why. Far too often Carl has attached himself emotionally to saving this or that, but to no avail, there are times when no matter how hard it is to stomach, that you have to say enough is enough and he can't do that. Nice Bloke all the same.
The next in the frame is Cllr Mike Whitby, who has always been against the post, speaking at every occasion against having an elected Mayor, but will he throw his hat in to the ring or have the Tory party someone else in mind?
Then there is the clash of the titans, Labour’s Sion Simon or Sir Albert Bore, which one will out do the other to be Labour's candidate? Whilst Sion seems to have engaged a PR company to bolster up his campaign efforts, the wily old fox, who has been written off so many times by those in the party and journalists past and present always turns up trumps, so my money is on Albert. Sir Albert has brought £millions to this city of ours, with his connections in Europe, the regeneration of the city centre over the past couple of decades has been funded mainly through European money and if elected, Albert, by hook or crook will continue to influence European money coming in to Birmingham for regeneration, hence houses, jobs and education.
What about the ranked outsiders you shout, well apart from Lord Digby Jones, former Labour Government Minister for Business and Industry, who in my opinion is more than capable there is no one else in this camp and to be honest the rest are what are, ranked outsiders.
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