| Dear States Memebers Tomorrow the States of Jersey sit at 2.30. The Chief Minister should in any proper democracy be making a statement on how TWO Senior Civil Servants waltzed off with £800,000 pounds. So serious is this allegation it should be first on the order paper and not waiting for a question during questions without answers. Who Sanctioned this? Where is the audit trail and contractual evidence that they were entitled to these payouts? Where did the money for these payouts come from? These two top Civil Servants were both discredited by the Napier Report (Ogley) & Verita (Pollard) The allegation that these two Civil Servants obtained such obscene payouts must be explained fully and not with the usual vagueness we have come to expect from our ruling elite Their positions became untenable and they get Alleged Golden Handshakes First up, an alleged £500,000? Golden pay-offs Bill Ogley, who is leaving at the end of May STATES chief executive Bill Ogley is to receive a six-figure pay-off when he leaves his job at the end of the month, a States Senator said yesterday. Speaking at a Scrutiny Panel hearing yesterday Senator Jim Perchard said that both a States chief executive and a former chief officer of Health and Social Services had left their posts with ‘golden handshakes’ worth hundreds of thousands of pounds each. He referred to one leaving with £500,000 and another with £300,000, but did not specify who had received what. It is understood, however, that the higher figures relates to Mr Ogley’s departure. The Senator did not give names but was understood to be referring to Mr Ogley and the former chief officer of Health and Social Services Mike Pollard, who resigned in 2009. Article posted on 26th May, 2011 - 3.00pm Read more: http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/05/26/golden-pay-offs/#ixzz1OQjXO4GT Next up an alleged £300,000.? Wasn't waiting around for the conclusion of the Verita Report ‘No comment’ on resignation of Health chief Mike Pollard Health chief Mike Pollard has resigned for personal reasons. A statement released by the Chief Minister’s department said that Mr Pollard had resigned from his post for personal reasons and would leave with effect from tomorrow. Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur has declined to make any further comment about the resignation. Senator Le Sueur said that the background to Mr Pollard’s departure was ‘private and confidential’ and that any speculation would be unfair. Article posted on 29th September, 2009 - 2.59pm Read more: http://www.thisisjersey.com/2009/09/29/no-comment-on-resignation-of-health-chief/#ixzz1OQk50jZr Verita inquiry into nurse’s death has cost £560,000 the Verita team of Julian Woolfson, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, Ed Marsden, and Derek Mechen AN independent investigation into the death of a staff nurse following a routine operation has cost the Health department over half a million pounds. That cash paid for UK consultancy Verita to undertake the inquiry last year into Elizabeth Rourke’s death. Other costs incurred by the department in relation to Mrs Rourke’s death in October 2006 take the total to £700,000 – excluding the estimated £800,000 cost of suspending consultant gynaecologist John Day. The £700,000 includes legal fees for advice regarding the death of Mrs Rourke. Some of the money was also spent on legal advice regarding the exclusion of Mr Day. Health Minister Anne Pryke revealed the total Verita inquiry cost of £558,000 in the States on Tuesday. Article posted on 4th February, 2010 - 2.57pm Read more: http://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/02/04/verita-inquiry-into-nurses-death-has-cost-560000/#ixzz1OQkeYNoN Now I have my own opinions on the above matters but await with 'baited' breath the conclusions reached by our Chief Minister and the States of Jersey Employment Board. We must have proper & concise answers given regarding the alleged pay- offs. If more States Members had spent less time stamping their feet and instead listened to what decent States Members were asking we might not have found ourselves in this awful mess Truth, Honesty & Integrity Kind Regards Rico Sorda |
| Dear States Memebers Tomorrow the States of Jersey sit at 2.30. The Chief Minister should in any proper democracy be making a statement on how TWO Senior Civil Servants waltzed off with £800,000 pounds. So serious is this allegation it should be first on the order paper and not waiting for a question during questions without answers. Who Sanctioned this? Where is the audit trail and contractual evidence that they were entitled to these payouts? Where did the money for these payouts come from? These two top Civil Servants were both discredited by the Napier Report (Ogley) & Verita (Pollard) The allegation that these two Civil Servants obtained such obscene payouts must be explained fully and not with the usual vagueness we have come to expect from our ruling elite Their positions became untenable and they get Alleged Golden Handshakes First up, an alleged £500,000? Golden pay-offsBill Ogley, who is leaving at the end of May STATES chief executive Bill Ogley is to receive a six-figure pay-off when he leaves his job at the end of the month, a States Senator said yesterday. Speaking at a Scrutiny Panel hearing yesterday Senator Jim Perchard said that both a States chief executive and a former chief officer of Health and Social Services had left their posts with ‘golden handshakes’ worth hundreds of thousands of pounds each. He referred to one leaving with £500,000 and another with £300,000, but did not specify who had received what. It is understood, however, that the higher figures relates to Mr Ogley’s departure. The Senator did not give names but was understood to be referring to Mr Ogley and the former chief officer of Health and Social Services Mike Pollard, who resigned in 2009. Article posted on 26th May, 2011 - 3.00pm Read more: http://www.thisisjersey.com/2011/05/26/golden-pay-offs/#ixzz1OQjXO4GT Next up an alleged £300,000.? Wasn't waiting around for the conclusion of the Verita Report ‘No comment’ on resignation of Health chiefMike Pollard Health chief Mike Pollard has resigned for personal reasons. A statement released by the Chief Minister’s department said that Mr Pollard had resigned from his post for personal reasons and would leave with effect from tomorrow. Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur has declined to make any further comment about the resignation. Senator Le Sueur said that the background to Mr Pollard’s departure was ‘private and confidential’ and that any speculation would be unfair. Article posted on 29th September, 2009 - 2.59pm Read more: http://www.thisisjersey.com/2009/09/29/no-comment-on-resignation-of-health-chief/#ixzz1OQk50jZr Verita inquiry into nurse’s death has cost £560,000the Verita team of Julian Woolfson, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, Ed Marsden, and Derek Mechen AN independent investigation into the death of a staff nurse following a routine operation has cost the Health department over half a million pounds. That cash paid for UK consultancy Verita to undertake the inquiry last year into Elizabeth Rourke’s death. Other costs incurred by the department in relation to Mrs Rourke’s death in October 2006 take the total to £700,000 – excluding the estimated £800,000 cost of suspending consultant gynaecologist John Day. The £700,000 includes legal fees for advice regarding the death of Mrs Rourke. Some of the money was also spent on legal advice regarding the exclusion of Mr Day. Health Minister Anne Pryke revealed the total Verita inquiry cost of £558,000 in the States on Tuesday. Article posted on 4th February, 2010 - 2.57pm Read more: http://www.thisisjersey.com/2010/02/04/verita-inquiry-into-nurses-death-has-cost-560000/#ixzz1OQkeYNoN Now I have my own opinions on the above matters but await with 'baited' breath the conclusions reached by our Chief Minister and the States of Jersey Employment Board. We must have proper & concise answers given regarding the alleged pay- offs. If more States Members had spent less time stamping their feet and instead listened to what decent States Members were asking we might not have found ourselves in this awful mess Truth, Honesty & Integrity Kind Regards Rico Sorda |
Rico.
ReplyDeleteTerry Le Sueur is up for questions without answers tomorrow. You are correct he should be bringing a statement to the house, but that might take some kind of leadership!
How can people have confidence in a government that give discredited Civil Servants this kind of alleged hush money and tax a loaf of bread??
When is somebody going to save us from this government??????????????
Rico, WHY AREN'T JOURNALISTS DOING THIS?
ReplyDeleteWill a member get the opportunity to ask the question, ''What was the payment for''? This is the question that needs answering. Will TLS tries to pass it off with a typical quote ''its time to move on lessons have been learnt blah blah blah''.
ReplyDeleteJOURNALISTS ARE DOING THIS but the ones who report on anything that matters have to go without financial support, staff support and expense coverage. That's just the way it is in most corrupt dictatorships and sham democracies.
ReplyDeleteThose Jersey reporters who are provided with such support are unable to maintain their integrity, and the constant evidence of that is hard to dispute.
Rico excellent email to States members. My small contribution also offered on Stuarts blog,
ReplyDeleteJEP.
A leaked memo from suspended Police chief Graham Power alleged that a conversation with former Chief Minister Frank Walker and a second individual had instigated the collection of files on all States Members.
Mr Walker DENIED the allegations, and the second individual threatened legal action against the JEP if their identity was published.
http://www.thisisjersey.com/2009/06/27/operation-blast-mystery-to-unfold/
JERSEY’S top civil servant has told the Chief Minister that he was not involved in the set-up of Operation Blast.
In the States yesterday States chief executive Bill Ogley was unmasked as being the ‘second individual’
http://www.thisisjersey.com/2009/07/01/39340/
Bill Ogley the liar and spending whose money on taking out an injunction against the only local newspaper, did it come out of expenses like his guitar lessons?
Mr Ogley's reward for blatantly lying to politicians, no disciplinary action of any kind and then walking away laughing with a gold plated pension and a £500,000 non taxable lump sum. Excellent result Jersey Government.
Priceless.
Anonymous.
These pay outs of £800,000 are an absolute disgrace. Both men left their posts by mutual agreement, either go or be sacked such was their disgraceful behaviour. I for one, as a tax payer and therefore part owner of the States pot, want a clear account of a) documented proof that these buffoons were legally due these pay outs especially under the conditions to which they were forced to resign and b) where did the funds come from and to the detriment of what? I am aware that there are several slush funds sloshing around within the various states departments that are not taken into account (criminal confiscation fund being one) when preparing the official States year end accounts. How many of these slush funds are there, where do these funds originate from, how much money is held in each and how is the money spent? Nothing less than a full audit trail of the above will be sufficient to me as a tax payer and until then, I am seriously considering suspending my tax payments and am willing to go to Court to explain why I have stopped paying my tax! This island is a total mess, our hard earned money is being used in the most corrupt way, forcing the lower to middle earners into further debt to keep the rich and finance industry happy and I have HAD ENOUGH.
ReplyDeleteBy comparison, I have it on good authority that any compensation payouts to the survivors of the historic abuse investigation will be no more than 30 to 40 thousand pounds maximum for the most serious of cases with the majority getting far, far less and in some instances, they will, in all probability, receive nothing at all. What price do you put on destroying a young innocent child’s life to the point of destroying the rest of their adult lives! We live in a sick, non caring society and it makes my blood boil.
To the previous commenter.
ReplyDeleteI am unable to answer your questions but hope the Treasury Minister is able to. I have submitted this comment to Senator Ozouf's own Blog which is HERE.
You will see my comment is awaiting moderation and it must be said that it's pretty hit and miss as to whether he publishes all comments.
VFC says:
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
JUNE 6, 2011 AT 3:15 PM
Philip.
This is a comment that was submitted to VFP and I believe it would be better placed here hoping you are able to address the commenters concerns.
“Anonymous said…
These pay outs of £800,000 are an absolute disgrace. Both men left their posts by mutual agreement, either go or be sacked such was their disgraceful behaviour. I for one, as a tax payer and therefore part owner of the States pot, want a clear account of a) documented proof that these buffoons were legally due these pay outs especially under the conditions to which they were forced to resign and b) where did the funds come from and to the detriment of what? I am aware that there are several slush funds sloshing around within the various states departments that are not taken into account (criminal confiscation fund being one) when preparing the official States year end accounts. How many of these slush funds are there, where do these funds originate from, how much money is held in each and how is the money spent? Nothing less than a full audit trail of the above will be sufficient to me as a tax payer and until then, I am seriously considering suspending my tax payments and am willing to go to Court to explain why I have stopped paying my tax! This island is a total mess, our hard earned money is being used in the most corrupt way, forcing the lower to middle earners into further debt to keep the rich and finance industry happy and I have HAD ENOUGH. By comparison, I have it on good authority that any compensation payouts to the survivors of the historic abuse investigation will be no more than 30 to 40 thousand pounds maximum for the most serious of cases with the majority getting far, far less and in some instances, they will, in all probability, receive nothing at all. What price do you put on destroying a young innocent child’s life to the point of destroying the rest of their adult lives! We live in a sick, non caring society and it makes my blood boil.”
How much did Warcup and Gradwell get????
ReplyDeleteHow many of those States members who voted against a 'in camera disclosure' of the final compensations to Ogley and Perchard, were up in arms about Stuart Syvret getting paid whilst still effectively working for his constituents!!!
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