wawkrk – Why would Councilors votes themselves out of being LBA non-executive directors?
Answer – to stop themselves being voted off the Council by the electorate!
With Councils under strong pressure to limit rises in Council tax, both by the national Government and because of its increasing public unpopularity, they have to be open to “alternate revenue streams” (as it's termed on the Leeds Council website). If Council Tax needs to rise more than whatever limit the government hints will be “too much” while having a large asset such as LBA then more Councilors will start to link the dots.
As I pointed out before Leeds and Bradford both have Con/Lib leadership so there is much less of an ideological block than with the previous Lab administrations.
I’d say it’s more likely now than last year, but I’m still not sure just how probable that is????
If the cheque is big enough they'll bite.
PTH
Has anyone tried selling an airport on Ebay before?
