A motion has been passed calling for the resignation of a Wigan councillor who spent £2,500 on sex chat lines while using a council-issued phone.
Why? "As leader of the county council, I used a council car because I was here, there and everywhere.
In each case, the national parties are attempting to use a council to embody an approach to government and, importantly, a wider set of values.
Tenants and landlords would be able to use a council's website to register their interest and find a match, with the local authority effectively acting as a letting agent.
By constitutional provision, cities with populations of 2,000 or more can use a council-manager form of government.
A Greater Manchester MP is backing calls for a councillor to resign after he used a council-issued mobile phone to call adult chat lines.
Rogers regularly talks to the Telegraph Hill residents' association, but says he makes sure he hears other voices in the community by employing a workforce that reflects its makeup, and by using a "colleague council" to get feedback on what customers want.
The organisation is using a £150,000 council grant and a commercial bank loan to finance the purchase.
I think this defeats the argument, though using an unelected council where the king makes the appointments to the 150-strong council but can take no notice of its suggestions.
But Ms. Dyson, the interim chairwoman, defended using an electoral council instead of letting the world's Internet users vote directly for their board representatives.
The council, using a grant from a private donor, gave her $250 a month for the six months that ended in November.
