tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post3982659055183868418..comments2024-03-29T05:21:11.278+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: More Government By TickboxJuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-39126569959082963872008-08-13T13:58:00.000+01:002008-08-13T13:58:00.000+01:00"...we should really be having a go at those who p...<I>"...we should really be having a go at those who produced the graffiti..."</I><BR/><BR/>Yup! Let them clean it up, when caught. And if they aren't caught, well, 'community punishment' is all the rage, rthey say, and there's plenty of little scrotes playing PS2 in youth detention...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-25297929146685729052008-08-13T13:15:00.000+01:002008-08-13T13:15:00.000+01:00There has been for years a legal problem regarding...There has been for years a legal problem regarding graffiti on private property. Only if it was racist could it be cleaned by the council (or its contractor). Here, we employ a team ourselves.<BR/><BR/>My understanding is that this has changed in recent months; though the council has the right to charge for cleaning private property (so that its does not fall a charge on the Council Tax). This seems broadly reasonable, as it has tended to be commercial properties that have been affected, in the main.<BR/><BR/>I don't know the answer to this: I'm sure it wasn't the pensioners' fault that it happened to them, it isn't the council's fault (apart from not keeping up with changes in the law!) and we should really be having a go at those who produced the graffit, rather than those left to clean up after them.<BR/><BR/>That, I think, would be a better and more useful bit of targeting...John M Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06251285057595626917noreply@blogger.com