CCC successfully conned the Boundaries authorities into persuading them that they could 'merge' (ie take over) with the six district councils, showing heaps of detailed cost savings blah blah and then being told in July 2007 to go for it, with a set date of handover of April next year.
My other half works for one of the DCs, with her department being one of the pilots for the new authority. At the moment, from what she says, nobody has a clue as to what the new staffing level will be, what organisation will take, whether she will continue to work from her DC office or at CCC HQ. Strategy briefings take the form of 'we've done this so far', falling strangely quiet when somebody asks what happens next.
And April 2009 is not far away.
Cornwall County Council? I wouldn't trust them to run a tap, let alone an airport.
Oh, and what is that freshly dug earthbank around the NQY perimeter for anyway?