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    demoness the second wrote:
    demoness the second wrote:
    tigeran wrote:
    demoness the second wrote:
    Mr Vegas wrote:
    Cressex Offender wrote:
    I am all for criticising the council but everyone saying it's outrageous that they get sandwiches is going a bit far. Every job I've ever had, they have supplied sandwiches and nibbles for meetings, so why should the council be any diffferent just because of how they are funded.
    The last two companies I've been at tightened their belts when financial results weren't so good & one of the first things to suffer was the nice buffet. only when external, important people were in did the food come out otherwise it was let's break for half an hour & you can pop out and grab a sandwich. or bring you lunch in to the meeting.
    I work for a public sector organisation.
    No way do we have sandwiches etc at meetings. We don't have any drinks - if we want a drink we bring our own.
    I think it is appalling to be honest.
    And as for giving their leftovers to the homeless... well giving a person a curled up sandwich that has been left in a warm room all afternoon is the best way to give them food poisoning.
    Why dont you take a cut in your taxpayers funded pension and with that money saved there give to the homeless? Oh no cant do that!!
    Tigeran
    What part of I CONTRIBUTE TO MY PENSION FULLY AND I AM ALSO A TAX PAYER are you not getting?
    Actually forget I said that - I do not like you. You do not like me. You have decided to judge and condemn me without having any idea what I do for a job - in your mind I am a public sector bureucrat. I know I am not - I KNOW I do good but Tigeran I am not ( under any circs) going to tell you what it is.
    So carry on... do your worse. Insult me as much as you like - because I actually do have the moral high ground. :)))
    PS. Dont forget that your so called contributions you made are only possible due to money provided for you by the real workers of this country, the private sector, you know, the ones that bring money into this country to allow you a life? You must have heard of us?....."
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Give leftover council snacks to homeless, says Lib Dem

3:03pm Tuesday 3rd July 2012 in News By James Nadal

snacks such as sandwiches, leftover after meetings, should go to charities for homeless, says Cllr Simon Parker snacks such as sandwiches, leftover after meetings, should go to charities for homeless, says Cllr Simon Parker

LEFTOVER sandwiches and snacks not eaten at council meetings should be offered to the hungry or homeless, a councillor says.

Councillor Simon Parker has called for 'nonsensical' regulations to be ignored to ensure decent food goes to a good home rather than being thrown in the bin.

After recently discovering that food provided for councillors after evening meetings was just discarded if not eaten, the Liberal Democrat asked homeless charities if they would welcome such snacks.

He said at a Wycombe District Council meeting last night: “ I've been assured that in the case of the YMCA in Cressex this would be eagerly received by residents who are not always assured of an evening meal.

“I understand the health and safety issues often cited as reasons why this cannot take place.

“Again, can I ask for her reassurance that as a council we should seek to circumvent any nonsensical regulations which prevents good food from reaching the mouths of the hungry, rather than consigning it to the dustbin?”

Cllr Jean Teesdale, Cabinet Member responsible for council food, said: “I have investigated the practicalities and things are not that simple.

“Over recent years efforts have been made to minimise the amount of refreshments left over after meetings.

“The action we are taking will, I anticipate, ensure the amounts of leftover food will be minimal so there will not be sufficient quantities to make it a viable proposition.”

The Conservative explained that once food has gone above eight degrees Celsius it must be consumed or thrown away, according to advice given by health and safety experts.

She added: “Whilst I appreciate the sentiment of your question I can't support anything that will cause risk.”

The food is paid for by the council.

This year it cut the budget for refreshments for 2012/13 from £11,100 to £7,500.

The council pointed out that this is merely the budget and not necessarily what will be spent.

Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided for all meetings and sandwiches are as well if the start time is 7pm and the meeting lasts more than an hour.

In 2007, the BFP revealed WDC overspent on their designated refreshment fund the previous year by £806 making it the council's most expensive for food since 2002.

Those same statistics showed across all three south Buckinghamshire district councils, councillors snacked on an annual total of £32,117 worth of sandwiches.

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