LIVERPOOL DIRECT LIMITED IT SYSTEM NOT A GREAT AS DAVID MCELHINNEY MAKES OUT.

LIVERPOOL DIRECT LIMITED IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL AND BRITISH TELECOM.
LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL UNDER THE ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE DAVID MCELHINNEY,(NOW A LDL EMPLOYEE), GAVE AWAY 80% OF ITS SERVICES TO LDL.
BRITISH TELECOM IN RETURN FOR THIS HUGE FREEBEE, INVESTED MILLIONS OF POUNDS IN THE UPDATING AND MAINTENANCE OF LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

THIS SERVICE IS NOT HOWEVER A FREE SERVICE IN RETURN FOR 80% OF THE CITIES MONEY GENERATING SERVICES, OH NO, IT COST LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL, £THOUSANDS PER COMPUTER.

A CONTINUOUS COST TO THE CITY IS THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT THAT WAS AGREED BY DAVID MCELHINNEY.

EACH AND EVERY COMPUTER WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A REPAIR COST PER YEAR ATTACHED TO IT THAT IS PAID TO LDL REGARDLESS OF THE NEED FOR ANY REPAIRS.

IF THE COMPUTER A MEMBER OF STAFF IS USING DOES NOT NEED ANY KIND OF REPAIR OR MAINTENANCE IN ANY GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME, LDL WILL STILL CHARGE FOR THE SERVICE.

LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL STILL PAY THE LDL STAFF THEIR WAGES AS THEY ARE SECONDED TO THE SERVICE AND THERFORE STILL LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL STAFF, YET THEY CHARGE THE COUNCIL FOR THE SERVICES THESE STAFF MEMBERS PROVIDE.

DAVID MCELHINNEY IS CONTINUOUSLY TELLING THE WORLD WHAT A WONDERFUL SERVICE HE PROVIDES, HE CHARGES THE EARTH FOR THESE SERVICES.

NOW THE WHOLE OF THE CITY'S COMPUTER NETWORK HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH A VIRUS THAT WAS NOT FORSEEN BY THE SUPER WONDERFUL IT, SERVICE THAT BT PROVIDE.

CHILDREN AT RISK HAVE THEIR DETAILS INFECTED, THIS COULD IN TURN RESULT IN ESSENTIAL SERVICES NOT BEING DELIVERED TO VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN LIVERPOOL!
THIS ALSO AFFECTS ALL SERVICES WITHIN LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL.

BELOW IS REPORT FROM LIVERPOOL DAILY POST ON THE VIRUS.

City council’s IT system hit by new virus

Jan 24 2008 by David Bartlett, Liverpool Daily Post

COMPUTER engineers at Liverpool City Council have spent the last six days battling a virus that infected the authority’s IT system.

Last night a council spokesman apologised to council tax payers if they had not received a prompt response to an inquiry.

It is understood more than 90% of the computer system is now up and running properly again.

The virus first emerged on Thursday, January 17.

A city council spokesman said: “Parts of the council’s IT system were infected by a brand new virus which was so new a fix hadn’t been identified by our anti-virus software manufacturer.

“A team of engineers worked around the clock last week and over the weekend to tackle the problem and prioritise services.

“As a result, our IT network is now almost back to normal.

“We thank customers for their patience and apologise if they have not received a prompt response.”

THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU VOTE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS INTO POWER IN LIVERPOOL

LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL IS IN £62 MILLION DEBT!

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MISMANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC MONEY.

ROGUES GALLERY

TREVOR JONES LIB DEM

VERA BEST LIB DEM

RON GOULD LIB DEM

STEVE HURST LIB DEM

STUART MONKCOM LIB DEM

TINA GOULD LIB DEM

TOM MARSHAL LIB DEM

PHIL MOFFATT LIB DEM

RICHARD KEMP LIB DEM

RICHARD OGLETHORPE LIB DEM

ROBBIE QUINN LIB DEM

ROGER JOHNSTON LIB DEM

PAUL CLARKE LIB DEM

PAUL CLEIN LIB DEM

PAUL TWIGGER LIB DEM

PETER MILLEA LIB DEM

PETER ALLEN LIB DEM

MALCOLM KELLY LIB DEM

MARYLIN FIELDING LIB DEM

MIKE STOREY LIB DEM

NORMAN MILLS LIB DEM

PAMELA CLEIN LIB DEM

KAREN AFFORD LIB DEM

KEITH TURNER LIB DEM

KEVIN FIRTH LIB DEM

LAURENCE SIDORCZUK LIB DEM

LINDA BUCKLE LIB DEM

JAN CLEIN LIB DEM

JEAN SEDDON LIB DEM

JIMMY KENDRICK LIB DEM

JOHN CLUCAS LIB DEM

JOSIE MULLEN LIB DEM

ELAINE ALLEN LIB DEM

ERICA KEMP LIB DEM

FRANK DORAN LIB DEM

DAVID HENSHAW FORMER CITY COUNCIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE

IAN JOBLING LIB DEM

FLO CLUCAS LIB DEM

COLIN ELDRIDGE LIB DEM

DAVE ANTROPUS LIB DEM

DAVE IRVING LIB DEM

EDDIE CLEIN LIB DEM

BARBARA MACE LIB DEM

Beatrice Fraenkel LIB DEM

BERNIE TURNER LIB DEM

BOB OUSBY LIB DEM

WARREN BRADLEY LIB DEM

ANDREW MAKINSON LIB DEM

ANDREW TREMARCO LIB DEM

ANN HINES LIB DEM

BARBARA COLLINGE LIB DEM

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS OF LIVERPOOL HAVE PUT THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY INTO SO MUCH DEBT ,DUE TO THEIR TOTAL MISMANAGEMENT OF COUNCIL TAX SPENDING, PAYING TOP OFFICIALS SUCH AS SIR DAVID HENSHAW AND JASON HARROWBOW OFF TO KEEP THEM QUIET, ALLOWING CORRUPT OFFICIALS TO GO UNCHECKED AND UNPUNISHED.THEY HAVE PUT LIVERPOOL CITY INTO SUCH A FINACIAL SHORTFALL
(£62 MILLION), THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE BEING SOLD OFF AND WE HAVE TO PAY EVEN MORE COUNCIL TAX THIS YEAR, WITH NO FACILITIES OR ESSENTIAL SERVICES PROVIDED.
IT WILL ALL GO TOWARDS PAYING OFF OUR DEBT THAT THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE RESPONCIBLE FOR CREATING.

When Liberal Democrats came into power, they made the fantastic promise that they would not raise the council tax whilst they were in power, they kept this promise until last year, as they realised too late the promises and pledges they were elected upon, were not feasibally possible.

LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL TAX PAYERS HAVE BEEN DUPED AND NOW FACE THE HUGE DEBT OF £62 MILLION, TO PAY FOR THE CORRUPT ACTIONS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

OF COURSE THE PEOPLE OF LIVERPOOL, THE ACTUAL COUNCIL TAX PAYERS, WILL NOT RECIEVE BETTER SERVICES FOR THIS INCREASE, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ENDURE THE LACK OF LOCAL FACILITIES AND PISS POOR HOUSING. THE PEOPLE OF LIVERPOOL ARE THE ONES THAT WILL SUFFER AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CAUSED THIS MESS WILL BLAME EVERONE ELSE BUT THEMSELVES AND GET AWAY WITH RAPING LIVERPOOL OF ITS MONEY AND DIGNITY.

THE MONEY RAISED WILL BE TO PAY OFF LIVERPOOL'S DEBTS CREATED BY LIBERAL DEMOCRATS SUCH AS MIKE STOREY AND WARREN BRADLEY.

See below for Daily Post report

Liverpool City council faces a £62m hole in its budget this year with a likely council tax increase of around 3.75%, with £20m of that needed to pay for Capital of Culture.

2008 debts may force sale of Culture office

Jan 19 2008 by David Bartlett, Liverpool Daily Post

Millennium House

THE HOME of Liverpool’s Culture Company could be placed into a charitable trust and sold to help plug the £20m shortfall in ’08 finances, the Daily Post can reveal.

The unusual option of setting up a charitable trust is being explored by the city council as an option to plug the funding gap for the city’s Capital of Culture celebrations.

Last night, council officials stressed the preferred option was for the Government to give permission for buildings or land to be sold directly through a process known as capitalisation to pay for the year.

It comes as new figures show the council faces a £62m hole in its budget this year with a likely council tax increase of around 3.75%, with £20m of that the need to pay for Capital of Culture.

Yesterday, councillors at the authority’s ruling Executive Board hit out at the Government’s continuing delay in letting the council know whether the city would be allowed to break a treasury “golden rule”.

The setting up of a charitable trust would see advantageous tax relief applied to buildings, services, or the proceeds of sales put in trust.

Liverpool Culture Company is based at Millennium House in Victoria Street and it is one of the buildings that could be put into a trust.

And the Daily Post understands it is not just selling and leasing back council buildings through a trust that is being considered.

Placing services like libraries or leisure centres in trust is also being looked at.

The Charity Commission would have to approve any move to set up such a scheme.

It is understood the option is seen as a last resort, as once set up trusts are very difficult to wind up and the council would lose political and financial control over the new body.

Last night, the city’s finance leader, Cllr Keith Turner, said: “There is a whole range of potential options that have been put forward by officers as we go through the budget-setting process for next year.

“At the moment, we are completely focused on working with our local MPs to persuade the Government that they should give us permission to use capital receipts as that is the most simple and straightforward solution, because this is a one-off expense.

“Obviously, we are also looking at a number of other options and one of the many things suggested is for us to possibly consider placing a council function in a charitable trust.

“One thing is clear – our Capital of Culture year will be fully funded.”

Opposition Labour leader Cllr Joe Anderson said: “It has been made clear to me this is an option (putting Millennium House in trust).”

He said the irony of putting the home of the Liverpool Culture Company in a trust and re-mortgaging “was not lost” on him.

The council and the city’s MPs are discussing the option of selling off buildings or land to pay for the year.

This is usually only allowed to help pay for other capital building projects, but the council argues that as Capital of Culture is a one-off, it should be treated the same.

At executive board, education leader Paul Clein led the protests against the Government for not having made up its mind yet over the issue of capitalisation.

He said: “We are not asking for a handout, we are asking for a relaxation of the rules. To leave us dangling like this beggars belief.”

A council spokesman said: “The council is in the process of setting its budget at the moment but no final decisions have yet been taken.”

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