20 September - Perks of the job
Pity
the poor salesman, deliveryman, meter reader etc. who needs to get around Bexley trying to find a
place to park near to where he needs to go. He must waste several hours every
week. How nice it would be for them if they could just apply to the council for
an exemption certificate which would allow stopping on a yellow line any time
they liked. Well I have news for them, they can. However the snag is that
applicants must work for Bexley council. One rule for them…
It’s amazing what you can pick up from speaking to a council employee. The one
that gave me that little snippet of information told me that Bexley council’s
standard response if the subject of this website should crop up is first to
express ignorance of it and if that fails to say that almost everything you read
here is wrong. Some things are of course wrong. The various reports about the unnecessary
outing to the Flackley Ash Hotel
were wrong because Bexley council didn’t tell the truth which initially fooled lots lots people and the
local press. Why Bexley council prefers to muddy the waters rather than come out
with the whole truth in simple matters like a beano to a seaside hotel remains
one of life’s mysteries. Presumably if they allow even the smallest chink in
their suit of armour it will expose it as a can of worms, if you will excuse the metallic metaphor.