16 March (Part 2) - The News Shopper
Our
local press seems to be doing a pretty good job of ‘Shopping’ Bexley’s dishonest
council. Today’s Shopper does a nice job on
last Wednesday’s council meeting,
the one where the CRIMs inside the building
tried unsuccessfully to make criminals of those outside and ride rough-shod through government guidance.
The Shopper included all the essentials, the cries of “Rubbish”, the reference to
“fag packets”
by the imbecile councillor Taylor but not the cry of
“Tosser” unjustifiably directed at councillor Malik. The front page
didn’t refer to mayor Clark’s inability to follow
her handbook,
Citrine’s ABC of Chairmanship, but on Page 7 her fiddling of question time was noted. All good
stuff for heaping further opprobrium on our numbskull mayor.
On the letters page we have Teresa Pearce MP giving the lie to councillor
Philip Read’s false assertions about her. Teresa may
find it difficult to get through Read’s thick skull, he’s Northumberland Heath
Numpty does stupid things for a hobby; like
registering an internet domain
indicating the council of which he is a member is ‘Bonkers’. Which it is, as Mrs. Willoughby
of Sidcup has found to her cost. (Shopper Page 2.)
I’ve always thought that unsecured refuse bins make any enforcement of the rules and
regulations difficult. When I put my bin out on a Thursday evening
with almost nothing in it I very often find it full before 7 a.m. next morning.
It’s a potential problem for me but what can I do about it? Similarly only half
the people living near me are gardeners so those that are use neighbour’s bins
that would otherwise be empty. Some of the rubbish even comes from out of the
borough; who can check on that or stop it while the bin lids are so easily lifted?
So Mrs. Willoughby’s rubbish was found in Sidcup Place and she lives in Victoria
Road. Anyone could have taken it there, it’s quite a distance for a bag to migrate, even if
helped by an undernourished fox. Barmy Bexley officials who rummaged through Mrs. W’s
black bag jumped to the conclusion that she had tossed it into the street half a mile from
her home and dished out a fine of £130. By what right do they accuse her?
Until the bins have lockable lids nobody can be sure who did it. My money is on bonkers Philip Read.
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