WHY I ask, why was it possible for senior council officers to give themselves huge pay rises with the assistance of certain elected members. It beggars belief that not only was it done in the way it was, yet approved by elected members. Those very same elected members should be held accountable for their actions and be made to repay the monies lost out of their own pockets. 
In years gone by elected members were looked up to and respected, sadly those standards no longer apply. I and many others would dearly love to know more of the fiasco and get rid of the individuals involved, but I very much doubt it as would probably fall within the realms of confidentiality.  
It is going to take a very long time before I have any trust in local county council elected members, as do I with members of parliament.

Ken Holder
Risca