Councillor barred for slating IT department

A Chichester councillor was so rude to IT staff that he was suspended from his elected office, an official report revealed.

The local government Adjudication Panel, which hears cases of misconduct brought against local government officials by ethics officers, published the reasons behind its decision to suspend councillor "Taff" Davies for a year, taking him to the end of his elected duration.

To paraphrase the report, the councillor put lot of noses out of joint. He accused the council IT department of running a "crap" IT system, told the techies they were "servants", and in December 2004 tried to bypass official channels and get a business associate’s web proposal straight into the lap of the chief executive.

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