HEARING of the appointment of Rob Thomas as Managing Director of the Vale of Glamorgan has both saddened and disgusted myself and members of the Barry First Group.

This appointment is a complete and utter farce and shows the obvious contempt of the Labour-led coalition council and its leader.

The annual salary for this man is allegedly reported to be over £2,300 per week, £2,300 per week? Why? What on earth qualifies that extortionate sum of money to a mere public servant?

A junior doctor or fully qualified brain surgeon earns nowhere near that sum of money. The Vale Council should all hang their heads in shame and their leader should be made to explain what is so special about Mr Thomas that he should receive such a grossly obscene amount of money for moving a pen over bits of paper.

This council and other predecessors are very quick to spend other people’s money on wasteful things like the recent refurbishment of council chambers etc.

When are they ever going to understand that if it were not for the humble taxpayer they would have nothing to spend.

Like many people before me I was once a proud member of the Labour party but what I have witnessed over the years has sickened me to the core. If they had to run a business using their own money they would fail miserably.

As an example a council taxpayer in band F will pay £1907.69 for the year 2015 plus around £750 water rates for 2015 that equates to £2657.69. Rob Thomas will earn approximately £350 less than this sum for just one week sat in an office delegating responsibilities and pen pushing.

We have had three council tax increases in three years amounting to just short of 15 per cent in total and what do our trustworthy custodians do with all this money? They waste it.

The sooner we can be rid of these people the better it will be for all of us and I am sure that most people reading this letter would totally agree with its content.

Barrie V Evans

Coordinator

Barry First Group