10th December 2012

Word reaches me that Simon Goacher, #QuackCWaCHead of Legal and ‘Democratic’ Services, he of the undemocratic, unscrutinisedFOI / DP ban (see below) that they sought to impose on me when I left the council back in 2009, is himself leaving #QuackCWaC for pastures new.

He’s bailing out of the public sector and into the private, to become Head of Local Government at Weightman’s Solicitors.

Ok for some?  Presumably he’ll be onto a good number with a pay rise to match.  A simpering leaked email is now doing the rounds, originating from the offices of the Chief Executive, Steve Robinson, bemoaning the council’s ‘loss’.

However, this can only be positive news for the brunt of #QuackCWaC‘s disputing employees (presumably there will be many) as they are less likely to have their statutory Freedom of Information and Data Protection querying rights ‘removed…