tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8628746088650268539..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Catch 22 - The Sequel...JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-88618908175118622242009-09-15T05:35:36.029+01:002009-09-15T05:35:36.029+01:00He seems the type who might just decide to take a ...He seems the type who might just decide to take a stand and do that. Let's hope it doesn't wreck his health like it did for the Metric Martyr...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-12289658366542131832009-09-15T00:52:11.512+01:002009-09-15T00:52:11.512+01:00If the Council don't see sense, he should com...If the Council don't see sense, he should complain to the Ombudsman.<br /><br />http://www.lgo.org.uk/making-a-complaint/blueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-50811232389143733972009-09-14T17:13:40.361+01:002009-09-14T17:13:40.361+01:00"Does this make Cory's £80 charge protect...<i>"Does this make Cory's £80 charge protection money? "</i> <br /><br />Yes, and I agree with sobers. I'd rather deal with the Mob too!<br /><br />At least they are honest thugs trying to make a living, rather than jumped up little watermelons rubbing themselves into a frenzy of control-freakery.JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-30447753926352968012009-09-14T17:11:27.160+01:002009-09-14T17:11:27.160+01:00"4 simple words:
See you in court."
A...<i>"4 simple words:<br /><br />See you in court."</i> <br /><br />And I really, really hope he does. And wins.<br /><br />But as anon points out, with our legal system, that's not a foregone conclusion even if it does fly in the face of all common sense.<br /><br /><i>"Would you care to guess which is the dominant party on the council Julia?"</i> <br /><br />I don't think I'll need one try!<br /><br />Though, these days, they all seem to be much of a muchness. Particularly when it comes to ecowibble and the possibility of turning a profit from it...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61332611588327454402009-09-14T16:21:43.856+01:002009-09-14T16:21:43.856+01:00Of course he's got waste to dispose of.
There...Of course he's got waste to dispose of.<br /><br />There's that "Fixed Penalty" notice the council gave him.<br /><br />wv: "coning" - cunning, or, conning??Joe Publicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-24631310246009612982009-09-14T13:12:17.960+01:002009-09-14T13:12:17.960+01:00@aljahom, the problem is that it's the Magistr...@aljahom, the problem is that it's the Magistrate's (Criminal) Court that deals with any local authority prosecutions, not the Civil Courts. Believe me, you don't want that grief.<br /><br />@Sobers has the solution;in my case c.£40 (for 25 trade refuse bages) + a 'Trade Waste Agreement' buys me twelve months 'peace'. It is irritating having to spend even a penny more than the already excessive business rates, but better that than having local authority upstarts exercising their excessive environmental powers upon me.<br /><br /><br />NB. We no longer offer cardboard boxes to customers however, just in case they dump them and we get fined for flytipping, or even arrested for it!<br /><br />NNB. My local authority asks "<i>...Please recycle as much of your waste as possible...</i>", although I wouldn't care to be offering this as a defence in court!A Nation Of Shopkeepershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497807761433031626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-86288528930911041962009-09-14T10:08:27.025+01:002009-09-14T10:08:27.025+01:00This sort of thing is nothing to do with recycling...This sort of thing is nothing to do with recycling, or promoting environmentalism, it is a protection racket, pure and simple.<br /><br />Pay us the money to get a piece of paper that shows 'compliance' with 'the law' and its all OK. Refuse to pay up and we send the heavy mob round. In this case the council.<br /><br />Personally I think I'd rather deal with the Mob. At least they don't dress up their extortion as 'enforcing the law' or some such legalistic bullsh1t. <br /><br />Its all about the money. Pay the £80 for the bags in the first place (and never use them) and all would be OK. Try and get out of paying and you get the full treatment.<br /><br />You have to ask yourself whether its worth taking on the council in these sort of cases. They are probably right legally, and even if they weren't, it would take years of court cases, and tens of thousands of pounds, to prove it. Do you really want to have the all the jobsworths in the council descending on you if you stick your head above the parapet?<br /><br />It is worth noting that each area will have a tip that takes commercial waste. It would be worth ringing them to ask how much they would charge for waste delivered to their site. I do this for my business. You are legally entitled to transport your own waste to a tip without a waste carriers licence. It might work out cheaper than £80 worth of plastic bags. They will also give you an invoice which is proof you have disposed of your waste legally.sobersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29606707793190322642009-09-14T09:37:10.489+01:002009-09-14T09:37:10.489+01:00I'd love to know how much straight-to-landfill...I'd love to know how much straight-to-landfill waste is generated by Southend Council itself.<br /><br />Does this make Cory's £80 charge protection money? <br />"Pay up, or the council will prosecute."Macheathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451439759398780345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-4565260616897375222009-09-14T09:00:06.953+01:002009-09-14T09:00:06.953+01:00So this is what the story behind the Echo billboar...So this is what the story behind the Echo billboard headline I saw last week. How silly of me to think I can't have read that right...<br /><br />Would you care to guess which is the dominant party on the council Julia? I don't think you'll need three tries.Clarissanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-36109574172229228902009-09-14T08:30:04.478+01:002009-09-14T08:30:04.478+01:00aljahom - I wish I shared your optimism.
I am cur...aljahom - I wish I shared your optimism.<br /><br />I am currently embroiled in a civil court case; so far the court administrators have mislaid my original submissions for three months, sent all the vital documentation to the wrong address (and into oblivion) and refused a judgement because I failed to provide receipts for August - in an application submitted in June.<br /><br />If Mr Howard thinks he's got problems with the council, just wait until he encounters the judiciary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-39473901102097851222009-09-14T08:14:32.172+01:002009-09-14T08:14:32.172+01:004 simple words:
See you in court.4 simple words:<br /><br />See you in court.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com