weird: we have a very similar setup in my little corner of England and I have similar feelings. The "executive" professionals can run amok, awarding dubious con

weird: we have a very similar setup in my little corner of England and I have similar feelings. The "executive" professionals can run amok, awarding dubious contracts to friends and spending millions of taxpayer money in quixotic schemes, with little or no accountability; meanwhile, elected councillors are counting potholes. The electorate is so divided that there has been no clear majority for 5-6 years, which probably weakens political oversight even more. Coming from a more "roman-napoleonic" country, all this seems silly and wide-open to all sorts of corruption.