10 August - You can’t believe what Bexley council publishes in its magazine
A
report in the Erith and Thamesmead Chronicle made me dig out the Summer issue Bexley magazine
first commented upon on 30th June for the dubious claims made for the
fencing placed around parks. “The new fencing has eradicated the problem” of
motorcycling in parks according to the fantasist who masterminded the expensive assault on
the wheel-chair bound. Anyone who lives close to the park will tell you this is the worst
year for motorcycle invasion for as long as can be remembered. The noise of badly silenced bikes is heard almost daily.
The Chronicle highlights more magazine misinformation; that dumping rubbish on private ground
is punishable by a £50,000 fine. It reports that when a couple in Welling tried to get
something done about fly-tipping in their private back alley, even identifying
the culprit, Bexley council “did not want to have anything to do with it”.
When councillor John Waters (Danson Park ward) became involved he also washed his hands of the
matter. A council spokesman said “The article in the magazine is not incorrect”
which is tantamount to the council spokesman calling John Waters a liar but despite what
the Bexley magazine might say, that their website repeats, and their spokesman parrots, an
examination of the Environment Agency’s website and a number of anti-litter
websites reveals that it is councillor John Waters who tells the truth and the
council’s magazine and website which are wrong.
How does Bexley manage to attract so
many incompetents to its midst? The Erith Chronicle devotes a page to the number of Bexley
snouts which are stuck deeply into the taxpayer filled trough and the massive pay increases
they have recently awarded themselves. So that’s how they do it. Rich rewards for total
incompetence and the occasional bit of corruption thrown in for good measure.