Herefordshire Council - acting chief executive in charge (From Hereford Times)

So Mr Taylor is going up,in the world eh? Looking at HC's website, he was Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Public Services. So why all the secrecy again about his appointment? If he is already in post with HC, surely this information should already be available.

Questions are, do they really need an acting Chief? In fact do they really need a permanent one?
I reckon they're going down this route as Mr Taylor, already a senior council employee, will already be well versed in how they work and won't rock the boat too much. Plus I reckon this is only reaction to the failings identified in the recent Ofsted report and Mr Taylor won't do much anyway.

My money is on Mr Taylor quietly becoming full Chief Exec without too much publicity about it...what about the money they've so far spent on the recruitment process? Suppose it's gone down the drain now...

Presumably those who think these jobs are a) unnecessary b) overpaid and c) easy will all be applying and should have no problem being picked? No better way to prove the point and shake up the system - applications to the Council pronto

Lukio's right.We don't really need a Chief Executive and I ain't going to welcome Mr Taylor to his new post which I'm sure will become a permanent arrangement.
In fact, I wish his forthcoming tenure, as head of the gravy train, to be scarred by problems and anxiety. I'll go further, I want him to regret the day he ever agreed to become our leader. Furthermore, as soon as he changes all his in office furniture and he most definitely will, they all do it, I want it to collapse around him after it becomes infested with Dutch Elm disease or some other parasitic aphid that loves
to destroy wood.
in short, I want him to have a horrible time spending our money.