Tuesday 8 February 2011

A little bit of transparency goes a long way (and back, with chauffeur)

Huge thanks to the Cornwall Council staffer who told me how to fathom the on-line "transparency" spending details. I am suddenly like a child in a sweet shop, not knowing where to look next.

For instance, it might not be news that taxpayers foot the bill for council chairman Pat Harvey's taxis - but I didn't know that in only the two months published so far, she'd clocked up £3,071.45 of motoring with Select Travel Services. The on-line details don't tell us what sort of vehicle Pat travels in, but it's good to know that she's in safe hands. Select Travel is "The only chauffeur company in the World to offer Marilyn Monroe's 1956 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud."

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