tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post8582742334985115503..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Local Council ‘Planning’…JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-84419656240859004052013-04-17T12:32:17.000+01:002013-04-17T12:32:17.000+01:00Recently a new agricultural college building was p...Recently a new agricultural college building was put up in my home town.<br /><br />They didn't provide any parking places for students.<br /><br />It didn't seem to occur to them that agricultural students might, just possibly might, come in from remote rural areas where public transport doesn't exist.<br /><br />At the start of term, all the residential roads around the college were choked with parked cars belonging to the students.<br /><br />Cue outrage from local council - how could they possibly have seen this coming? Life is so unfair...Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-26429325340439074032013-04-17T05:35:24.893+01:002013-04-17T05:35:24.893+01:00"What the locals want and what the council wa...<i>"What the locals want and what the council want have become two distinct things for a long time now everywhere."</i> <br /><br />The long march through the institutions started here, after all...<br /><br /><i>"We need people of this calibre who made places like Croydon what they are today."</i> <br /><br />He's working on it!<br /><br /><i>"They worked with the council, going through the courts spending our money, to shut down a farmer who had started a modest £5 a day parking operation in his field opposite..."</i> <br /><br />FFS!<br /><br /><i>"I bet when the residents' complain of parking by visitors' to the hospital, their solution is to impose a 'Controlled Parking Zone' ..."</i> <br /><br />I've got another post coming up on that!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-30558335873614233192013-04-16T18:44:30.275+01:002013-04-16T18:44:30.275+01:00Croydon is a bloody nightmare for cars and parking...Croydon is a bloody nightmare for cars and parking. Public transport, although numerous, is congested and some of the natives - well, no comment.<br /><br />The council, especially Sutton council are money grabbing wasteful scum.<br /><br />I bet when the residents' complain of parking by visitors' to the hospital, their solution is to impose a 'Controlled Parking Zone' and charge the locals for parking their cars outside their own homes. The visitors will be just fined. How do I know this ? Because its what I have seen happen with these pigs loads of times.<br /><br />Councils love to spend and waste. The more you give them, the more they waste, and the bigger their pensions get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-30815465196065572852013-04-16T07:29:54.023+01:002013-04-16T07:29:54.023+01:00Worrying.
But I do hope there will always be roo...Worrying. <br /><br />But I do hope there will always be room found to park the chauffeur driven Zils for those times when a celebrity health administrator needs to be seen to be more 'front line' or politician pops by for a 'good news for the plebs' photo-op ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-58438929480618993442013-04-15T23:34:20.872+01:002013-04-15T23:34:20.872+01:00Wexham Park Hospital, 2 miles out of Slough also d...Wexham Park Hospital, 2 miles out of Slough also doesn't allocate enough parking spaces for staff. They worked with the council, going through the courts spending our money, to shut down a farmer who had started a modest £5 a day parking operation in his field opposite (not visible from the road so not an eyesore, by the way). <br />Most of the nearest street parking has just been made 2 hours only (so Sweet FA use if you need to go into A&E or are staff) and double yellow lines have recently eradicated much of the rest.<br />The hospital's own car park is much more expensive and usually full on a weekday.<br />Their attitude towards patients and staff seems to consist of two fingers... vigorously inserted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-42287021570251944982013-04-15T21:06:44.501+01:002013-04-15T21:06:44.501+01:00Thank you, Lord Jesus, that the Director General f...<i>Thank you, Lord Jesus, that the Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships at the Department of Health's job has not been a victim of the vicious cuts...</i><br /><br />Yeah, and strange too how you never see Channel4 News and the Beeb chasing after them in the street demanding they give up their pensions and knighthoods.John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-23407626315944794642013-04-15T20:47:21.666+01:002013-04-15T20:47:21.666+01:00@ 20 Rothmans,
One of the most acute comments I h...@ 20 Rothmans,<br /><br />One of the most acute comments I have ever read on any blog:<br /><br />"The problem with people like this - and there are legions of them - is that they would be steamrolled in the private sector by competitors. In the pubic sector, they can hide like weevils in flour."<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-85473930629541007302013-04-15T19:52:10.040+01:002013-04-15T19:52:10.040+01:00In a letter seen by the Advertiser, the then chief...<i>In a letter seen by the Advertiser, the then chief executive of Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, argued Purley had a high "public transport accessibility level" which meant planning policy "encouraged a reduction in onsite parking provision".</i><br /><br />In other words, to put it bluntly, fuck 'em.<br /><br />The problem with people like this - and there are legions of them - is that they would be steamrolled in the private sector by competitors. In the pubic sector, they can hide like weevils in flour.<br /><br />And the only way to get weevils out of flour is to throw the lot out.<br /><br />Mr Rouse is no longer CEO at Croydon. Now he is plain old Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships at the Department of Health.<br /><br />We need people of this calibre who made places like Croydon what they are today.<br /><br />And as Mrs 20 sets off for another poorly-paid night shift at a certain London hospital, I really wish I had cheered her up by reminding her that without a Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships at the Department of Health, why, where would she be?<br /><br />Thank you, Lord Jesus, that the Director General for Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships at the Department of Health's job has not been a victim of the vicious cuts and the Bonfire of the Qangos!<br /><br /><i>From April 2013, the Permanent Secretary will oversee five Directors General, including the new appointment of Jon Rouse. </i><br />Verily, mine cup runneth over.Twenty_Rothmansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-8220556376045824492013-04-15T14:30:51.100+01:002013-04-15T14:30:51.100+01:00What the locals want and what the council want hav...What the locals want and what the council want have become two distinct things for a long time now everywhere.John Pickworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166443099429490782noreply@blogger.com