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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Councillors urged to smarten their appearance

ALL eyes will be on the personal appearance of the male members of the Derwent Valley Council at tomorrow night's monthly meeting of the council in the New Norfolk Courthouse at 6pm.

At last month's meeting, Cr Jim Elliott expressed his concern at the declining dress standards of male councillors, and asked whether there was a dress code. Mayor Martyn Evans said he would investigate.

A quick survey of the sartorial state of play at the meeting showed:

Mayor Evans - business shirt and tie
Deputy Mayor Farrell - business shirt and tie
Councillor Elliott - business shirt and tie
Councillor Lathey - business shirt and tie
Councillor Shaw - business shirt without tie
Councillor Bester - polo shirt, no tie
Councillor Graham - kilt and open-necked shirt

At the councillor workshop held a fortnight later, in the presence of three members of the public, Mayor Evans advised Cr Elliott that the council did not have a dress code, although it was expected that all councillors would dress suitably for the monthly meeting.
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4 comments:

  1. Ngaire GloverJanuary 21, 2010 at 9:51 AM

    As an attendee at that council meeting in question, Cr Elliott's comment was 'was there a dress code' and did not specify male or female. In my humble opinion all councillors and staff in attendance were quite appropriately dressed (and who cares if they did turn up in their work clothes, whether their shirt/skirt/trousers matched or whatever). There are a lot more significant issues for councillors to address than who is wearing what!!
    Ngaire

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  2. Ngaire GloverJanuary 21, 2010 at 9:54 AM

    Any by the way, Cr Graham was wearing a dinner shirt with his kilt, sporran etc and has to be the winner in any sartorial elegance contest :-)
    Ngaire

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2010 at 11:59 AM

    Ok I can admit that I dress on the left. Someone in a kilt does not have that as a consideration and just dangles in the wind.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2010 at 3:26 PM

    It all sounds a bit Victorian, even redolent of the Raj, trying to promote a dress code so sahibs can preserve the appearance of being pukka while ignoring the reality.

    It's the quality of analysis, debate and governance that matters, not the clothes. Please lets listen instead of looking.

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