I'll be sorry to leave, Cornwall Council CE Kevin Lavery admits
Cornwall Council's chief executive has confirmed he has been offered a job in New Zealand after his candidacy was widely leaked on the internet.
Kevin Lavery said he was now considering whether to take the up the post of chief executive of Wellington City Council.
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Kevin Lavery
However, in a statement issued yesterday he appeared to indicate his decision had been made by speaking of his regret at leaving the authority which he has steered for four years.
"I have enjoyed my time as the chief executive of Cornwall Council and will be sorry to leave the authority and Cornwall," he said.
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"I now need to consider the terms of the offer very carefully and discuss this with my family before making a final decision."
Mr Lavery added that he was going to mull the decision over: "I will be spending the next few days considering this offer and hope to make an announcement early next week."
The news that Mr Lavery may be about to depart was widely leaked on the internet and social networking sites after the fact he had been offered the job was reported in the Wellington media.




Comments
by H_Trevorrow
Sunday, December 23 2012, 11:09PM
“leaving the abuse to one side...ackedoff makes some good points, but none of them really newsworthy.
The big news is why was a Cornish devoloutionist hired in the first place??”
by Slimslad
Sunday, December 23 2012, 5:28PM
“I really hope the next Boss is Cornish to the nth degree.”
by ackedoff
Saturday, December 22 2012, 9:37PM
“H-trevorrow you must be the thickest skinned individual on this planet! your the biggest shizoid known to man never mind anyone else
After all the debate on here you have still failed to grasp that people, meaning councilors, etc werent aware of the full scope nor impact of the JV. To be honest they've not been given the full info on many of the projects driven by this CE and HIS hand picked gang of senior managers.
There has been a culture of "mis information" in CC since this man took charge.......its aim? well to confuse and divide of course.......while councilors and employees alike are busy trying to glean to truth, or round on each other to further their version of information Lavery and his lackies push projects through behind their back!..........
Your constant support for this man is beyond belief.......he is not here for the people of cornwall, he's only here to further his career and line his pockets..........by any means!
Fortunately our otherwise sleepy county with its equally sleepy councilors have finally woken up and smelt the coffee.......every one that is but you”
by H_Trevorrow
Saturday, December 22 2012, 7:26PM
“http://tinyurl.com/d9j7964
it seems to me that lib dems in cornwall council have quite a lot to answer for ....like why the erratic voting over j v ..first for no jv then for thin jv....the default of no jv would have come to pass if they defeated thin jv ????????? is it not obvious they have schemed to get what they originally wanted, trying at the same time,to appear the defender of the council and then the diplomatic mediator.......thin jv or no jv to them its the same because they can turn to thier electorate and claim both as a win..........b*gger any principles or cc workers jobs which are on the line.
We know now for sure hundreds more staff will lose thier council jobs because of a marginal jv but in the meantime it seems lib dems are far more interseted in daily morphing into 'meboyn kernow lite' in a desperate attempt to distance themselves from the much hated national libs.
S o good bye Kev. Thanks but leave a note on the desk to warn the next en***bent that he is working for the biggest bunch of schizoids known to man and that anyone trying to move devoloution without consulting the cornish will be fare game.”
by H_Trevorrow
Saturday, December 22 2012, 4:56PM
“Since Mr Lavery was appointed by the libdems and agreeed with thier stance to devolve cornwall it becomes deeply ironic that it is the lib dems, devoloutionary independents and meboyn kernow who have done so much to undermine him.”
by TheodoreV
Saturday, December 22 2012, 1:25PM
“Goodbye Kevin. I am sure you will be sorely missed by all Cornwall residents. Good luck to you and to Wellington, who will no doubt benefit from your exceptional talents.”
by poldice
Saturday, December 22 2012, 10:45AM
“Regret at leaving Mr Lavery? Be that as it may very few will regret your departure, despite the initial promise you displayed your rootless corporate mindset quickly demonstated that you were a gathering catastrophe for Cornwall and the Cornish.
You have by pased democratically elected councilors by way of he cabinet system to impose your vision of endless speculative developments without thought for the acute lack of basic infrastructure to support them, what has happened round Truro and St Austell on your watch is unforgivable and will continue to rverberate around us long after you are gone.
Then there was the joint venture episode orchestrated by your glove puppet Robertson which seemed to favour one of your ex employers of which there seem to be rather a lot on your C/V whichconfirms your rootlssness and mercenary nature.
Please dont agnise too long Mr Lavery work your full notice period pack your bags and go because Cornwall will breathe a huge sigh of relief when you do.”