Thursday 29 January 2009

Worth every penny!



















(Above) Mission Grove E17, just across from the local primary school. Yesterday afternoon.

The Taxpayers’ Alliance TOWN HALL RICH LIST 2008 supplies

a detailed list of the 818 most highly paid people in local authorities – people receiving remuneration packages of at least £100,000 in the 450-plus councils across the UK.

Eight council officers in the London Borough of Waltham Forest are paid more than £100,000 a year. They include:

R Badrinath Executive Director -
Corporate Services
£112,852 £118,679 5.2% FOI response
11/01/2008
Includes expenses of £83

J Dean Chief Executive £151,146 £139,837 -7.5% FOI response
11/01/2008
Includes returning officer fee
£7,547; expenses £435

I O'Donnell Head of Strategic
Services
- £103,190 FOI response
11/01/2008
Includes pay supplement
£4,500; petty cash and expense
£311

M Esom Executive Director of Environmental Services
- £115,133 FOI response
11/01/2008

S Mistry Head of Legal and
Democratic Services
- £106,248 FOI response
11/01/2008
Includes returning officer fee
£2,202; pay supplement
£5,625; petty cash £41.60

J Wickham Deputy Chief
Executive
- £104,154 FOI response
11/01/2008
Includes expenses of £100

The full list, in PDF format, can be found here.

But who could possibly resent these salaries, when these officers have given us the earthly paradise that is the London Borough of Waltham Forest? Who could doubt, reading this blog, that Martin Esom is a truly outstanding Executive Director of Environmental Services? Well done everyone!

(Below) Another exemplar dedicated cycling/walking route. Essex Road E17.


















(Below) Gainsforth Road E17. I first spotted this on December 4, and blogged about it over a month ago. And this is how it is this week.