Woooooooooooooooooo…
I, Mystic Mary Burns, have been up on Kersal Moor enticing the ghost of my boyf Friedrich Engels to show me the future for Salford. Looking into my crystal copy of The Conditions of the Working Class In England I predict a poor, wretched future for my city…
…A future where young, old, deaf and blind people are savaged, despite Mayor Ian Stewart saying he wouldn't hurt the vulnerable… A future where ordinary kids are barred from youth clubs… and I see a terrible and bloody cull of Assistant Mayors…
Woooooooooooooo… Come with me and see the awfulness that lies ahead in 2014 and 2015…
• I see a terrible future for anyone who needs help in Salford… to save £250,000 I see the decimation of help for young people who need housing, including kids coming out of care.
• To save around £500,000 I see the end of the Council's floating support service, which gives people assistance in applying for much needed benefits or with fighting eviction notices or accessing medical services in their home… I see another cut of £500,000 that will also end help for people living in sheltered accommodation…
• I see cuts to the Deafness Support Network and the end of deaf link and communicator workers who help people with sensory impairments to live independently. I also predict a cut to Henshaws support groups for the blind. I predict that deaf and blind people will be more isolated than ever.
• I see the decommissioning of the Salford Offender Service to save £102,000. This service helps home those leaving prison and will result in many becoming homeless.
• I see the banning of all young people in Salford going to a youth club, except those who are taken there by an agency. Kids who don't have problems will be barred…
• I see the closure of Salford Tourist Information. The Council has paid out almost £89,000 over the last three years in rent to The Lowry for the Tourist shop.
• And finally, for the time being, I predict the culling of five Assistant Mayors, who don't actually know they are to be culled. So, to lighten things up after the gloom, come join me and play my new reality show for the political jungle of Salford…
`I'M A SALFORD ASSISTANT MAYOR – GET ME OUT OF HERE!'
Yes, I predict that Salford City Mayor, Ian Stewart, will cull five of his 13 Assistant Mayors in the next round of cuts – although the Assistant Mayors in question don't know that the night of the long knives is about to dawn.
The Assistants get either £9,315, £11,402 or £13,011 on top of their basic councillor allowances of £10,080, depending on what category of Assistant Mayor they are. So who will be turfed out of the political jungle???
`I'M A SALFORD ASSISTANT MAYOR, GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!'
Paula Boshell – Assistant Mayor for Learning Skills and Employment… it could be y-o-o-o-u
Peter Connor – Assistant Mayor for Adult Services and Older People…it could be y-o-o-u
John Merry – Assistant Mayor for Children and Young People… it could be y-o-o-o-u…
Well I did hear that that Stewart told Merry to `shut up' in a recent meeting about The Grange. Plus the jobs of `Learning Skills and Employment', `Children and Young People' and `Adult and Older People' could all be shoved in together – just like they are doing at Granville with The Grange children with disabilities (see here). It could well be that only one of these three survives…
Paul Dennett – Assistant Mayor for Humanagement and Workplace Reform… it could be y-o-o-o-u… No-one knows what the hell `Humanagement' is anyway, so it could be back from the land of made up jobs for you…
Stephen Coen – Assistant Mayor for International Relations – it could be y-o-o-o-u… A sign from the ancients says that his Totem Pole project is not being backed by senior colleagues…
Margaret Morris – Assistant Mayor for Health and Wellbeing – it could be y-o-o-o-u…Huge budget, shocking health stats.
Gena Merrett – Assistant Mayor for Environment and Housing – I hope it's y-o-o-o-u… No, seriously, I really do hope it's y-o-o-o-u, after your disgusting slurs against the Salford Star (see here). Your last official `Briefing' was in June – your meetings are now chucked in with `Strategic Planning', and Planning Assistant Mayor Derek Antrobus isn't going anywhere, so it could well be y-o-o-o-u…
Roger Jones – Assistant Mayor for Transport - it could be y-o-o-o-u…they might shove transport in with planning – and you already get a stash of £3,825 for sitting on the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee.
Anne- Marie Humphreys – Assistant Mayor for Culture – it could be y-o-o-o-u… There's virtually no culture left in the city backed by the Council any more….
John Mullen – Assistant Mayor for Technology - it could be y-o-o-o-u…Have you actually Tweeted anything yet? Apart from a photo of an Elvis impersonator last June? #ontheball
Lisa Stone – Assistant Mayor for Communication and Community Engagement - it could be y-o-o-o-u… only overpaid spin doctors allowed in the new regime – it could well be y-o-o-o-u…
Bill Hinds, Assistant Mayor for Finance, and David Lancaster, overpaid (£44,850) Deputy Mayor… it won't be you puppet masters – because it never is!
So, I'm predicting five to go, eight to stay – who will they be? Join me for my next Mystic Mary psychic reading and we'll see what comes true…
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