Freedom Parade snub by Mayor!

Paul Hinge · 25-07-2011, 18:01

I have just been informed that at the Freedom of Bangor Parade last weekend the incumbent Mayor of Bangor (the titular head of the city) refused to inspect the troops as his political persuasion meant he was a pacifist.

What is happening in this great country of ours? Yes people should have their beliefs but 1. Don't thrust them down other’s throats and 2. If you seek public office with it comes civic responsibility...where was his?

I feel saddened that the troops and comrades on parade were snubbed by the Mayor and take my hat off to the Deputy Mayor for taking his responsibilities of office correctly.

What's your take on this snub fellow forum members?

Hingey

**Braz** · 25-07-2011, 19:21

Don't they have a sort of Assistant incase the Mayor/Mayoress is Ill? Anyway I hope the Locals remember this come next time he's up for Election. Ar#e Hole. Braz

**sixties** · 25-07-2011, 20:05

Get rid of him, Bangor.

tom8204 · 25-07-2011, 20:28

Just to boil the blood a little more, Comrades of the Bangor & Caernarfon branch were not invited (by the council) to Penrhyn Hall for the lunch and a few beers with the boys after the parade. Apparantly there was insufficient room! i can tell you, there was plenty of room.
Tom
Parade CSM

**Whendy** · 25-07-2011, 20:55

He is a disgrace.

Sheena Morgan · 25-07-2011, 21:48

It is a disgrace that the mayor did not attend the parade and that they weren't invited for a meal afterwards but then again they snubbed the charity football match which they could have well attended following the parade, being only a few miles down the road. Two worthwhile causes, the Air Ambulance and Help for Heroes, I hope no one needs their services!

**Dai 55** · 26-07-2011, 10:40

Who gives a monkeys about a stupid Mayor with some stupid chain around his neck,did you really need him there,your better than him all mayors should be stopped throughout the country waste of public cash,
Dai 55

Paul Hinge · 26-07-2011, 12:12

Originally Posted by Dai 55

Who gives a monkeys about a stupid Mayor with some stupid chain around his neck,did you really need him there,your better than him all mayors should be stopped throughout the country waste of public cash,
Dai 55

Dai

Your thoughts on this a very strong. Whether there should be Mayor's etc is a question for another debate I would argue. My point was that as the person who is charged with being the "first person" of the area and their representative it was his council who granted the Freedom and as such he should have put his personal issues to the side or stand aside and his deputy should have taken the whole parade. Instead he chosen to read out the freedom charter and sign it then he snubbed the troops and the people of Bangor by not carrying out his duties to the full! That's why I put the thread up!

Hingey

**Dai 55** · 26-07-2011, 16:53

Paul i fully appreciate what you are saying,and fully understand your reason for putting this on the thread,and i was just disgusted that the parade was snubbed by a public cash waster,yes my views were strong and maybe should have waited before i reacted,thanks for removing the bad words,but my views are my views,

dai 55

**Keith Jones 989** · 26-07-2011, 18:19

Did he tell the people who voted for him (members of the town council?) that he was a pacifist and he would not be doing things like supporting the link between the town and the military? and if he did and he was STILL voted into the post then it is the members of the council who are responsible, not the mayor himself!