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The senior officers' remuneration disclosed in the latest Cornwall Council annual accounts really does make it look as if, for some people, stepping through the doors at County Hall grants membership to some exclusive club of lottery winners.
Chief Executive Kevin Lavery's total package, including pension, is £238,800 - about £100,000 more than David Cameron gets for running England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
More than 30 officials earning over £100,000? Someone's having a laugh...and it's not the majority of Cornwall Council's 21,000 staff, who are lucky if they make £23,000 in a year and who now face an uncertain future as public spending is slashed.
I'm BBC Radio Devon’s Graham Smith, blogging on news, views and some fresh insights into West Country life, particularly the way government works locally and nationally. 
Comment number 1.
At 13:24 30th Jun 2010, AccurateChronometer wrote:You're doing well on this subject, Mr Smith.
Unfortunately you let yourself down by lapsing into standard institutionalised and political BBClonespeak.
'about £100,000 more than David Cameron gets for running England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland' should have read: 'about £100,000 more than David Cameron gets for running England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and The Duchy Of Cornwall and The Isles Of Scilly', The Duchy Of Cornwall and The Isles Of Scilly being NEXT to England, just like Wales and Scotland.
Here are helpful resources to help you get your social-historical-cultural-geographical-territorial-constitutional bearing sorted out:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3712510
https://www.duchyofcornwall.eu
https://www.kernowtgg.co.uk
https://www.cornishstannaryparliament.co.uk
https://www.cornishassembly.org
https://www.cornish-heritage.net
https://www.thisisnotcornwall.co.uk
https://www.thecornishdemocrat.blogspot.com
https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=19985
It is clear that an invisible and highly self-interested hand is deeply involved in the 'running' of Cornwall - that of the Duke Of Cornwall.
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Comment number 2.
At 14:27 30th Jun 2010, AccurateChronometer wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 3.
At 14:29 30th Jun 2010, AccurateChronometer wrote:'As Queen accepts pay freeze Charles's spending is soaring':
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290171/As-Queen-accepts-pay-freeze-Charless-spending-soaring.html
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Comment number 4.
At 23:25 30th Jun 2010, AccurateChronometer wrote:Perhaps you will investigate that alongside the non-resident multiple house owner gerrymandered elections and millionaire public servants?
Absentee Duke Of Cornwall doing rather well at Cornish expense:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1030534/Prince-Charles-income-rises-16m--taxes-drop-5-000-private-accounts-show.html
The Bill is mounting:
https://cornishstannaryparliament.co.uk//resources//article.php?story=20061027204803786
'Give It Back To Cornwall':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBiYbMuWnC4
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Comment number 5.
At 08:55 1st Jul 2010, Chris Ridgers wrote:At least we know what senior Cornwall Council staff are paid and will also have full access to Councillors allowances when the annual notice of their allowances and expenses are published. Now all we need is to see the BBC staff salaries and expenses.
How about BBC Cornwall showing a lead to their national colleagues by making a full disclosure of salaries, allowances and expenses?
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Comment number 6.
At 12:23 1st Jul 2010, AccurateChronometer wrote:Perhaps Laurence Reed Will Do Just That Thing:
https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=115550308478489
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Comment number 7.
At 13:20 1st Jul 2010, AccurateChronometer wrote:'What Are The Salaries Of BBC Radio Cornwall Staff And Presenters?':
https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=115550308478489&topic=123
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Comment number 8.
At 15:27 1st Jul 2010, Graham Smith wrote:You would get about nine Graham Smiths for each Kevin Lavery. The National Union of Journalists posts details about basic pay rates in most of its industrial sectors on its website. In 2007 Jonathan Ross said he was worth 1,000 BBC journalists (and by implication, worth more than 100 Kevin Laverys.) Ross was wrong.
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Comment number 9.
At 16:05 1st Jul 2010, AccurateChronometer wrote:Is that part or full time, Mr Smith (passing tennis balls watching permitting)?
How many Laurences for a Lavery? :
https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=115550308478489&topic=123
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