Cracks - Still Nothing Options

[Simon Kirby]

Latest on the cracks snafu.

£85,000 spent, only £6,000 of which is on repairs, and the council only have a contingency of £10,000 for all further repairs.

"Mr Swift-Hook said that was still not clear whether the hydrogeological report or any of the other investigations will ever be made public."

This nonsense has gone on long enough, it's time to publish the reports. In a recent Freedom of Information request the Council would not even disclose the confidentiality agreement which they claim prevents them from disclosing the reports. The agreement itself can't possibly be classified - the Council have already told us what it is supposed to say. The only reason I can imagine for the Council withholding the confidentiality agreement is that it doesn't say what they claim, or it simply doesn't exist. Whether or not the council have mismanaged the cracks debacle, their commitment to open and accountable government is a miserable failure, and that is always a bad sign.

[dannyboy]

I can certainly imagine them victimising anyone who should try.

reminds me of this forum......

[Simon Kirby]

I can certainly imagine them victimising anyone who should try.

reminds me of this forum......

In what way do you feel forumistas are victimised for asking difficult questions?

[dannyboy]

In what way do you feel forumistas are victimised for asking difficult questions?

You are not that daft Simon that I need to spell it out........

[The Hatter]

You are not that daft Simon that I need to spell it out........

That looks like you have lost your nerve!

[dannyboy]

That looks like you have lost your nerve!

LOL,

let me see now - this forum is basically the sounding board for a small group of men who in one way or another have lost out against the local council ( parking ticket, planning application, etc etc ) & instead of accepting that & moving on with their lives can't get over the fact that they were wrong, so instead they rant on incessantly & at great length to all & sundry how everything could be better if only they had their way & things were done according to their personal POV, not withstanding the fact that most of the time they are contradictcing themselves.

and woe be tide anyone who should just say - 'get over it' - for in order to negate anything & everything the 'just get over it' person says, in the mind of the few they must be a council stooge, or on the council payroll or just saying it beacuse they have a vested interest, and then the other few get on the band wagon & before you know it another poster has decided this forum isn't worth the bother & were are left with the same few miserable old gits.

this forum is basically about

I am right & I told the council I was right, but they didn't listen ( as they have actually to think about the rights of 35,000 people & not just me but I can't see thet cos I am the centre of my universe ) so now anything & everything that they do must be wrong & I must tell everyone & anyone who will listen that they are WRONG!!!

[The Hatter]

LOL,

let me see now - this forum is basically the sounding board for a small group of men who in one way or another have lost out against the local council ( parking ticket, planning application, etc etc ) & instead of accepting that & moving on with their lives can't get over the fact that they were wrong, so instead they rant on incessantly & at great length to all & sundry how everything could be better if only they had their way & things were done according to their personal POV, not withstanding the fact that most of the time they are contradictcing themselves.

and woe be tide anyone who should just say - 'get over it' - for in order to negate anything & everything the 'just get over it' person says, in the mind of the few they must be a council stooge, or on the council payroll or just saying it beacuse they have a vested interest, and then the other few get on the band wagon & before you know it another poster has decided this forum isn't worth the bother & were are left with the same few miserable old gits.

this forum is basically about

I am right & I told the council I was right, but they didn't listen ( as they have actually to think about the rights of 35,000 people & not just me but I can't see thet cos I am the centre of my universe ) so now anything & everything that they do must be wrong & I must tell everyone & anyone who will listen that they are WRONG!!!

Yeah, so what! Lighten up, people moan; they always have. Who do you know who isn't in it for themselves, it's human nature. In a way it's pretty good that people feel they can say they don't believe the bollocks the council comes up with.

[dannyboy]

Yeah, so what! Lighten up, people moan; they always have. Who do you know who isn't in it for themselves, it's human nature. In a way it's pretty good that people feel they can say they don't believe the bollocks the council comes up with.

so what - well you asked so I answered.

yeah but on here it is always dressed up as 'i'm doing it for the gipper'

[Andy Capp]

so what - well you asked so I answered. yeah but on here it is always dressed up as 'i'm doing it for the gipper'

And your 'motives' or inspiration are otherwise altruistic?

What I find so disappointing is that few, if any, people in authority can find the wherewithal to address some of the points made on here.

[dannyboy]

And your 'motives' or inspiration are otherwise altruistic?

What I find so disappointing is that few, if any people in authority can find the wherewithal to address some of the points made on here.

probably because they have better things to do with their time than attempt to reconcile the inconsolable.

altrusitic. I get parking tickets because I flount the rules. Fair cop. I pay up. I don't try & claim that it is the system that is wrong.

when the bollards were taking out a vehicle a month, never once did a single driver have the balls to say - I tried it on & failed. It was always 'the signs werre wrong, the signs were hidden, the signs were hard to understand, the road layout is confusing', etc etc etc.

MP states that he is against wasting public money. Yet I don't remember seeing any comments on the Parkway bridge ticket thread ( except from Spartacus & look where that got him ) saying 'you got caught out, pay the fine'. Instead we get umpteen posts about the legality of the signs, the postition of the signs, the use of the parking ticket tribunal, the evil council making money out of the innocent etc etc.

Personally I can't see the problem. The signs in plain english say that certain vehicles can't use the bridge. End of story. Arguing techincalities over the wording is a far bigger waste of tax payers money - get rid of the tribunal if you really want to save some public money.

[Andy Capp]

probably because they have better things to do with their time than attempt to reconcile the inconsolable.

If that is the case, I suggest they should have considered an alternative vacation than politics. There appears at least one that doesn't feel like that, and all power to him. If he can, others can.

altrusitic. I get parking tickets because...

I'm talking about your motives; not others. What motivates you to keep posting similar posts about peoples' complaints on here? Why do you feel the need to continually focus on complainants on this forum?

[dannyboy]

If that is the case, I suggest they should have considered an alternative vacation than politics. There appears at least one that doesn't feel like that, and all power to him. If he can, others can.


I'm talking about your motives; not others. What motivates you to keep posting similar posts about peoples' complaints on here? Why do you feel the need to continually focus on complainants on this forum?

Thats all this forum is about - moaning.

Why do you feel the continous need to post about my posts?

[MontyPython]

Thats all this forum is about - moaning.

Why do you feel the continous need to post about my posts?

We do praise WBC when they do some good, unfortunately that doesn't happen often.

You rarely post any constructive argument and reasoning in your posts, and frequently seem not to display the intelligence to understand the questions raised. I am sure this is not always the case and that you often post just to be obstructive and to deflect criticism from the authorities.