This appears to come from an Internet viral, but sounds reasonable! See the Peter Davies entry in Wikipedia.

A maverick mayor elected after promising to slash council spending, clear the streets of yobs and ditch politically correct services is the torchbearer for how towns should be run. On his first morning as mayor of Doncaster, Peter Davies cut his salary from £73,000 to £30,000 then closed the council's newspaper for "peddling politics on the rates".

Now three weeks into his job, Mr Davies is pressing ahead with plans to see the number of town councillors cut from 63 to just 21, saving taxpayers £800,000. Mr Davies said: "If 100 senators can run the United States of America, I can't see how 63 councillors are needed to run Doncaster."

He has withdrawn Doncaster from the Local Government Association and the Local Government Information Unit, saving another £200,000. Mr Davies said: "They are just talking shops."  Doncaster is in for some serious untwinning. We are twinned with probably nine other cities around the world and it is just for people to fly off and have a binge at the council's expense". The mayor's chauffeur-driven car has also been axed by Mr Davies and the driver given another job.

Mr Davies, born and bred in Doncaster, swept to power in the May election as a candidate for the English Democrats. He has promised to end council funding for Doncaster's International Women's Day, Black History Month and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month.

He said: "Politicians have got completely out of touch with what people want. We need to cut costs."

When I was a councillor I proposed the same. When Voluntary Action Rutland wanted £10,000 for a worthwhile project they were refused. I said we could give it to them tomorrow, just get rid of the council newsletter that cost £10,000. I then asked if they needed more since we could give them another £20,000 by getting rid of the publicity officer who produced it!

I was totally opposed to spending £10,000 a year on the chairman's civic reception party; to increasing councillors from 20 to 26; to increasing the payment to councillors; to the increased salary of the chief executive; to continuing membership to the Local Government Association and many other ridiculous organisations. The list is endless and runs into millions of pounds.

Mr. Davies has received messages from well wishers across the country and abroad as news of his no-nonsense approach spreads.  Now it's your chance to spread this most sensible way to run a town council.