tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post1061653489378336757..comments2024-03-28T11:27:25.537+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Big Society? What Big Society?JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-3619709957495014052011-07-08T05:31:57.737+01:002011-07-08T05:31:57.737+01:00"...but there's the outside chance they m...<i>"...but there's the outside chance they might have taken the credit for it and left it there."</i> <br /><br />Better yet, just not write a letter at all, and see if anyone noticed. And if they did, tell them the men who arrived to do it had council uniforms...<br /><br /><i>"Imagine the confusion on the face of the traffic warden on finding a strange gap in the double yellows and a car sat happily, but perfectly, in the new gap."</i> <br /><br />Given that, three years ago, when they came to paint yellow and white lines for the resident parking scheme in my area, they couldn't move some cars, we still have those gaps. They never came back to paint them.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-6753338857115189932011-07-08T05:28:36.528+01:002011-07-08T05:28:36.528+01:00"He should just have restored the original on...<i>"He should just have restored the original one, no problem there."</i> <br /><br />And not told the council!<br /><br /><i>"Painting the lines could be seen as reasonable given the council's refusal."</i> <br /><br />It'd be interesting to see this come to court, wouldn't it?<br /><br /><i>"It is taking them a damn sight longer to make some of the roads look more like roads then the surface of the moon mind."</i> <br /><br />Oh, indeed! Some potholes are so vast, I expect to see lakes forming at the next downpour..<br /><br /><i>"The airbase offered to clear it. The council insisted that it was their (the council's) job to do it. But refused to do it because they didn't have the manpower."</i><br /><br />/facepalmJuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-40559507656186867822011-07-07T22:51:42.917+01:002011-07-07T22:51:42.917+01:00Plenty of companies have "self certification&...Plenty of companies have "self certification" schemes operating. Of course a <b><i>Public</i></b> body like the council would never consider such a thing as it might mean reducing staff numbers...microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-82795388250279096722011-07-07T19:53:14.580+01:002011-07-07T19:53:14.580+01:00When is everyone going to realise that no matter s...When is everyone going to realise that no matter shape or form the government takes, it will always be a bunch of officious cunts who use the "law" to tread all over anyone they can for fun.<br /><br />And people think the health service should be nationalised. Retards.MUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01001355103257240996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-71485748975685160632011-07-07T18:30:50.857+01:002011-07-07T18:30:50.857+01:00The danger to the council is not white or yellow p...The danger to the council is not white or yellow paint, but black.<br /><br />Armed with a stout brush and good tin of black paint, a resolute motorist could paint out yellow lines wherever there was a need to park. Imagine the confusion on the face of the traffic warden on finding a strange gap in the double yellows and a car sat happily, but perfectly, in the new gap.Zebra stripesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-86795741673641199532011-07-07T15:21:58.885+01:002011-07-07T15:21:58.885+01:00His best bet could have been to paint the line and...His best bet could have been to paint the line and then write a letter to the council thanking them for painting the line. They'd have probably sent someone to remove it, and then he could ask why not repaint it instead, but there's the outside chance they might have taken the credit for it and left it there.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-43289113043322301422011-07-07T13:17:21.608+01:002011-07-07T13:17:21.608+01:00"In order to ensure that parking restrictions..."In order to ensure that parking restrictions can be enforceable, these need to be carried out by Essex County Council."<br /><br />I'd like to see the law that says that.<br /><br />To be polite about it, I reckon they are talking bollocks.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-44013602059770461252011-07-07T12:07:06.604+01:002011-07-07T12:07:06.604+01:00I thought that fat, vociferous, useless lump of la...I thought that fat, vociferous, useless lump of lard, Pickles was supposed to be reinign-in these crack-pot Councils ..Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-52990591008251685372011-07-07T11:37:21.600+01:002011-07-07T11:37:21.600+01:00We had a vaguely similar issue some years ago on t...We had a vaguely similar issue some years ago on the airbase I worked at. The secondary public road leading to the airbase was blocked with snow. The airbase offered to clear it. The council insisted that it was their (the council's) job to do it. But refused to do it because they didn't have the manpower.KenSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29707263278186052652011-07-07T10:57:46.600+01:002011-07-07T10:57:46.600+01:00Council says they don't do it anymore, then sa...Council says they don't do it anymore, then says only they can do it. TwatsRobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-49972694631253106292011-07-07T10:40:43.960+01:002011-07-07T10:40:43.960+01:00I'll bet that the Council "spokesman"...I'll bet that the Council "spokesman" has a favourite Christmas Carol too ..<br /><br />And I bet it goes something like this ..<br /><br />"A dog in a manger .."Captain Haddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84958109137155688342011-07-07T10:27:52.535+01:002011-07-07T10:27:52.535+01:00My local council (which features on this blog quit...My local council (which features on this blog quite often) apparently found some old tins of yellow and white paint and a ruler down the back of the CEOs sofa a few months back judging from the sudden profusion of marked parking spaces where there were once none.<br /><br />It is taking them a damn sight longer to make some of the roads look more like roads then the surface of the moon mind.Clarissahttp://www.misanthropegirl.me.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61228756792885025472011-07-07T10:08:02.840+01:002011-07-07T10:08:02.840+01:00We have some kind of right in common law on public...We have some kind of right in common law on public nuisance - in stopping and removing same. This has worked in cases like smashing someone's quarter-light and pushing the offending car out of the way. Painting the lines could be seen as reasonable given the council's refusal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-23566899535642943782011-07-07T10:02:07.380+01:002011-07-07T10:02:07.380+01:00He should just have restored the original one, no ...He should just have restored the original one, no problem there.Gallovidianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543205707310736421noreply@blogger.com