I do hope that urgent leak inquiries are underway at both County Hall in Truro, and at Wellington, New Zealand, to find out how the news escaped that Cornwall Council's chief executive Kevin Lavery has not only applied for a job in the antipodes but has been offered one. Kevin says he's thinking about it. Hmmm.
Unless we know all the facts, cynics might think the publicity was all just a cheap negotiating tactic. According to the New Zealand press, Kevin's been offered NZ$420,000 (about £213,000). Wellington thinks it's a done-deal, albeit a controversial one, with some locals describing Kevin as a "slash-and-burn" CEO.
The truth is, four years is a relatively long time for Kevin to stay in one place.
Rewind 11 years. Kevin had just announced he was quitting as chief executive of Newcastle City Council. His departure followed months of political wrangling over whether or not to privatise (sorry, "enter into a strategic partnership") with BT.
The shockwaves from Kevin's 2001 departure have passed into local government folklore, and are now the stuff of academic study. After Newcastle, he squeezed in a couple of other jobs before going to work for, er, BT, in 2005.
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