Me_Want_Cookie Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Does this all relate back to Brian Stowell being a commissioner and getting rid of Onchan Courts whilst also being in the employ of Mount Murray who had squash courts? Yep that pretty much looks like the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Mount Murray seems to crop up an awful lot in questionable political behaviour on the island doesn't it !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Last election we were supposed to choose 3 MHKs from a list of 6 or 7. I could not find 3 worth a vote (including Quirky) so I picked 2 - Peter Karran and the other bloke whose name I cant remember - I thin he is a pilot in his spare time. Pontius? I've heard so little from,., or about Hall, that it sounds like he is an MHK in his spare time, not the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Quirky should have stayed on Onchan Commissioners in my opinion. That was his level accomplishment according to the Peter Principle. Pay isn't as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Smith Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Change is coming.......... Bye bye Mr Quirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Change is coming.......... Nice thought but don't bank on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillshepherd Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Quirk is a total ballcock, someone should tell him to pipe down. this is fucking serious man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zammo Maguire Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 There is good news on the horizon for ratepayers (island wide) - details to be released shortly Yay a reduction in the refuse fees. Yet the overall costs will remain the same so taxpayers will no doubt get hit by an equivalent amount somewhere along the line...... If only ratepayers and taxpayers weren't the same people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannin1 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Quirk will pay at the ballot box Ball will keep pocketing his 100K+ salary and retire with a massive lump sum and pension, highlighting yet again the abysmal failure that this Bell led administration is responsible for. Co Min has to be the biggest most anti democratic system of governance in the world and I fear no one is capable or interested in doing anything about it. They are still behaving as if nothing needs to change. Definitely time to seriously consider leaving the land of my birth---Sad and sorry state of affairs indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Bean Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I wish they would.....never met the guy but heard he's a nasty twat..apparently. http://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/refer-me-to-standards-committee-says-mhk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I wish they would.....never met the guy but heard he's a nasty twat..apparently. http://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/refer-me-to-standards-committee-says-mhk/ On a good day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FACT Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 You will find him at the Requisition meeting on Monday, sitting with his 'friend' Derek Crellin' (Onchan Commissioner) taking notes to show to his master and mumbling under his breath . Ask him about the gas rise, he will ignore you and carry on notetaking. Make your mind up for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entasis Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 More likely doodling mostly. I do that at meetings though, as it maks me look important and smart. Everyone falls for it everytime. Does he sit at the back where no one can look over your shoulder? Told you so Anyone can be an MHK. Just vote with the Government mostly and they will like you and not rumble you. Talk a lot about silly things, which might irritate folk but thats it. Getting votes is the hard bit but keep trying many many times and making a fool of yourself and butter up the new voters as they don't know what they are doing anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I don't think this type of debacle is unique to Onchan Commissioners or Mr Quirk, it is an Isle of Man thing. As someone pointed out, something fishy allegedly happened with the squash courts. To me, it was plain to see. Mr Quirk clearly wants to find out and it could be argued he is using his position as MHK to apply leverage. The commissioners are growing tired of responding. He argues he is not satisfied with the response. They perceive his behaviour as threatening. There is probably a lot of resentment, perhaps due to the bombardment of letters, personal differences or other. Yada yada yada. The shear irrelevance and insignificance of this against a backdrop of pension deficits, economic challenges, the reducing police force, unemployment (or perhaps the opposite) is mind boggling. Local authorities will blame central government and central government blame local authorities. It is like arguing over the procurement process for a fire extinguisher; where they were purchased, when, why and who is qualified to use it - why the building burns down around you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Terrier Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I don't think this type of debacle is unique to Onchan Commissioners or Mr Quirk, it is an Isle of Man thing. As someone pointed out, something fishy allegedly happened with the squash courts. To me, it was plain to see. Mr Quirk clearly wants to find out and it could be argued he is using his position as MHK to apply leverage. The commissioners are growing tired of responding. He argues he is not satisfied with the response. They perceive his behaviour as threatening. There is probably a lot of resentment, perhaps due to the bombardment of letters, personal differences or other. Yada yada yada. The shear irrelevance and insignificance of this against a backdrop of pension deficits, economic challenges, the reducing police force, unemployment (or perhaps the opposite) is mind boggling. Local authorities will blame central government and central government blame local authorities. It is like arguing over the procurement process for a fire extinguisher; where they were purchased, when, why and who is qualified to use it - why the building burns down around you. >...something fishy allegedly happened with the squash courts. Hi Joey. There was also something fishy going on regarding sub-letting social housing property on the Willaston estate. But David Quirk wasn't so enthusiastic to look into that. All the more surprising in that him being a former Corpy employee etc. Caused quite a stir a few years back in that the accused was a Douglas Councillor. http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/councillor-quits-role-a-by-election-will-have-to-be-called-1-6085947#axzz3qsvFxZBV TBT.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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