12 January - Vindictive council rushes to punish innocent motorists again
Immediately after publishing the unusual photo of a parking meter adjacent to a yellow line
a report came in of similarly idiotic restrictions elsewhere. The seasonal ’flu has prevented me from taking a look but
apparently meters are being replaced by double yellow lines as a matter of council policy. Their excuse, I’ve
seen the correspondence, is that rather than slip a few pence into a meter, motorists are ripping them out of the ground and
stuffing them in their boots just to get free parking. Have you ever heard such nonsense? If meters are being stolen
it will be by itinerant scrap metal dealers who
nick drain gullies and
No entry signs or maybe the proverbial mindless vandals. But one of the council’s
own mindless vandals, one Howard Ward-Corderoy,
is prepared to spell out their malicious and spiteful attitude in black and white. He says “the
council removed the meter bays and installed the yellow lines to show members of
the public that if meters were stolen drastic action would be taken”. So their
priority is not to quickly restore normality to those who pay their wages but to do their
utmost to make life in Bexley even more difficult. It’s as if the department which has the
job of restoring stolen gully covers turned off the street lights and covered the holes with asphalt
coloured cardboard to ensure there were as many serious accidents as possible instead of replacing them
quickly. Bexley council truly has been “taken over by a mob of nasty, evil people who
seem to thrive on other people’s pain and hurt”, just as stated in the News Shopper last year.
It comes as no surprise that the department prepared to brag about its spiteful management style is
councillor Craske’s, the leading exponent of governance by malice and lies. Yellow lines are intended
to restrict parking where it might be dangerous or obstructive to other road users but Bexley council,
corrupt as always, ignores sensible guidance, preferring to inflict unnecessary pain if it can. It is
fortunate that the roads affected so far are not bus routes or they may have used an even bigger
sledgehammer to vent their rage on motorists.