Donna Hall

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Stepping down


Wigan Council's chief executive Donna Hall has announced she is to step down. Hall announced today she will retire next year after several years at the helm at Wigan town hall. During her time at the council, she is credited with being financial stability to an authority hit by government funding cuts. But critics have argued her approach - dubbed The Deal - has seen a reduction in council services. More to follow.

Read more at: https://www.wigantoday.net/news/politics/breaking-wigan-s-council-leader-to-step-down-1-9393998

A classic example of the Peter Principle. The final job after progress through the ranks was the one that exposed her at the point at which she went from competence to a level of incompetence.

Sludge will be soiling his trousers at that, Gaffer.

Donna Hall has done more for this Council than her predecessors ever did. She has dragged it into the 21st century notwithstanding all the rubbish, personal and otherwise, she has had to put up with.

Walk a mile in her shoes......

Wigan's council leader to step down

Wigan Council's chief executive Donna Hall has announced she is to step down.

This is what Wigan Council leader Donna Hall has said about retiring

Ms Hall is set to step down from her role next year after eight years at the helm of the local authority.


COUNCIL  'LEADER'  .....  'LEADER' OF THE COUNCIL  ?   YES ?

She said that?

The chief executives job is about creating and executing a strategic vision for the town.
Given a starting point that Wigan is a relatively poor town one of the key strategic objectives is to attract inward investment in higher skilled, better paid jobs. Despite spending a fortune over the past few years there is little to show for it.
Although government cuts have been applied Wigan Council have spent close to £7.5 billion over the last 8 years, over £23,000 for each man, woman and child.
The staff pension scheme is still an albatross around the necks of the council taxpayers with additional support now taking over a quarter of all council tax receipts.

There is a huge amount of Council staff on part time hours because their pensions + the 5 day fortnight more than covers their wage.

gaffer wrote:The chief executives job is about creating and executing a strategic vision for the town.  .....

Actually, that's the economic development officer's job.
And, it's about creating and executing a strategic vision for  ......
.... wait for it  ......  ALL  of the towns in the metropolitan borough!

The chief executive's job is to  provide managerial leadership of the organisation.

My cousin Donna Hall, whose American. She is my mom's first cousin. Her grandfather had three wives, not at the same time.His first wife married a Hall and had one daughter leona who was my grandfather's half sister. He then got divorced and married some other lady which not sure about her. they didnt have children. My great grandma who was from prescott canada, they met on a steam boat or ferry that used to go a crossed to Canada. Her name was anna Patterson. He was a identical twin they were wiliam and walkter. Walter was my great grandfather and they had aunt Mazie, Dean who was my grandfather and aunt Lola.

Was she a showgirl?

No

Oh, not the same woman then

Was she a lion-tamer?  Or a trapeze artist?  In a circus?

My mum's first cousin, who I called 'aunty', wasn't called Donna Hall and she didn't work in a circus either.
She was a farmers wife and all she ever did was cook!
Every time I went there, she was cooking.  It smelled greeeeaaaaaat in their house!!

Was your mom's first cousin, Donna Hall, a good cook, Erin?  And what did their house smell like?  

not sure i know she posts alot of recipes online

Is there a recipe for deep fried chicken? I like deep fried chicken.