So how is your local council wasting your money today?
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I'm at a winter garden at the minute, a lovely place to take my daughter on a bracing Scottish summer day. I've just seen three minibuses pull into the carpark, all were carrying people with Down's Syndrome. "That's nice", I thought. Except one bus had one person in it, the second bus had two, the third has three. So, three minibuses, one capable of holding 9, the others look like they might hold 15 or thereabouts. Why not pool your f
king resources and use one frigging bus? It's worthy of spending money on, absolutely... But three buses and three drivers where one would suffice? That's idiocy.
Another one that upsets me is Edinburgh City Council's insistence on putting lollypop men (and wimmin) at traffic lights. I've paid for the traffic lights, why am I paying for some old codger to get out of the house?
king resources and use one frigging bus? It's worthy of spending money on, absolutely... But three buses and three drivers where one would suffice? That's idiocy. Another one that upsets me is Edinburgh City Council's insistence on putting lollypop men (and wimmin) at traffic lights. I've paid for the traffic lights, why am I paying for some old codger to get out of the house?
£40m for 'cyclist killer' bendy buses, that nobody asked for, will be a nightmare on the narrow windy streets of the city I live in and will just add more empty seats to already half empty buses.
To be paid for by......a tax on the parking spaces provided by companies at the offices people work in. Usually underground car parks beneath the office blocks. The stupid money grabbings.
To be paid for by......a tax on the parking spaces provided by companies at the offices people work in. Usually underground car parks beneath the office blocks. The stupid money grabbing
s. To the OP. How do you know they are all from the same agency? They could be 3 seperate care homes.
The council where I work want us to reduce our car parking space and have us bus/train/fly/hopscotch to work as opposed to drive in and park in our adequately spaced car park. My exact words in our site stake holder's meeting was and I quote.
"why don't you tell the council to fk off?!?!"
The council where I work want us to reduce our car parking space and have us bus/train/fly/hopscotch to work as opposed to drive in and park in our adequately spaced car park. My exact words in our site stake holder's meeting was and I quote.
"why don't you tell the council to f
k off?!?!"Miguel Alvarez said:
To the OP. How do you know they are all from the same agency? They could be 3 seperate care homes.
Admittedly, one was unmarked but all three arrived in convoy and two were liveried Edinburgh stty Council. I'm prepared to give the benefit of the doubt to the unmarked vehicle but still, the 2 other vehicles were capable of holding 30 between them but had 2 drivers and 7 others. That's just wrong. We are getting a blue wheely bin.
To add to the Brown (dry mixed recycling), Green (garden waste) and two black wheely bins (general rubbish). We will have 5 wheely bins.
I am not entirely sure what the blue one is for, though, as I don't ever find myself with left over recylable rubbish?
To add to the Brown (dry mixed recycling), Green (garden waste) and two black wheely bins (general rubbish). We will have 5 wheely bins.
I am not entirely sure what the blue one is for, though, as I don't ever find myself with left over recylable rubbish?
Not today but St. Albans City Council wasted circa £1M on a ill fated one way system in the town centre years ago, it was only in force for a few weeks all in all. People leaving cars in the street for days on end where the snarl-ups forced them to do so, motorbikes on the pavement etc etc.
Just Googled it and found out it was over 20 years ago
Just Googled it and found out it was over 20 years ago
Jasandjules said:
Paying staff who are rude and incompetent. The same as everyday.
You must have spoken to the East Herts council tax collection people, the ones that messed up our direct debit, threatened to take me to court for 'non payment', constantly put the phone down on me whenever I pointed out that there's no point in getting angry with me just because they didn't instate the DD, and make me pay the entire year up front.Swindon Borough Council "lent" £450,000 to a company who would install wi-fi across the whole borough.
Nearly three years on and they claim to have covered a small town to the north of Swindon, but nothing in Swindon itself.
Continual claims from the council of a new deal being signed with a major telecoms company always seem to come to nothing.
Nearly three years on and they claim to have covered a small town to the north of Swindon, but nothing in Swindon itself.
Continual claims from the council of a new deal being signed with a major telecoms company always seem to come to nothing.
Most councils have 'get in touch' types forms on their websites and I know from experience working within a council as a contractor that they do get read/reported on internally. Or issues can be raised on a website such as: http://www.hereuncovered.com or even Google: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl There are plenty of places now to contribute to the 'discussion' about local amenities and even influence change. God I sound like a politician!
jenpot said:
Not a waste as such but mine have started emptying the glass bin in our area at 6.30 in the morning, either on a saturday or a monday. Can never get back to sleep after before the alarm goes off.
Mine does that, 6am some weekday I'm woken to the sound of crashing glass for 20 minutes.Similarly our local milk float, it delivers at 3am and is a diesel so sits outside rattling while he delivers on foot.
How about blowing £24.4m on a 'City centre park' that nobody actually wants?
It's already behind schedule which will no doubt mean that it's going to be well over budget.
http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/news-events/news/...
I'm seriously starting to think that the members of Bradford Council simply sit in City Hall with their crack pipes, off their faces, dreaming up bull st like this. They've got a lot to answer for.
It's already behind schedule which will no doubt mean that it's going to be well over budget.
http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/news-events/news/...
I'm seriously starting to think that the members of Bradford Council simply sit in City Hall with their crack pipes, off their faces, dreaming up bull s
t like this. They've got a lot to answer for. marcgti6 said:
How about blowing £24.4m on a 'City centre park' that nobody actually wants?
It's already behind schedule which will no doubt mean that it's going to be well over budget.
http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/news-events/news/...
I'm seriously starting to think that the members of Bradford Council simply sit in City Hall with their crack pipes, off their faces, dreaming up bull st like this. They've got a lot to answer for.
and meanwhile, Lister Park looked an utter tip last time I drove past with waist-high weeds growing on the banks leading down to Manningham Lane where once were lawns and in spring flowers from bulbs planted by council gardeners.It's already behind schedule which will no doubt mean that it's going to be well over budget.
http://www.yorkshire-forward.com/news-events/news/...
I'm seriously starting to think that the members of Bradford Council simply sit in City Hall with their crack pipes, off their faces, dreaming up bull s
t like this. They've got a lot to answer for. I could think of plenty of ways of better spending £24m in Bradford.
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