The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
12 July (Part 1) - More expensive parking
The first
Crossrail related
assault on motorists’ pockets has been announced. The number of exclusive residents’
parking bays in Abbey Road and New Road to the south of the railway, and Overton and
Sydney Roads to the north will be reduced thereby risking a scramble for the £100
a year parking bays at some times of the day. They will become ’shared use’ and paid
by phone or machine at a flat rate price of £3.80.
In Rushdene and Sedgemere Roads the same will apply except that payment will be
by phone only, thereby breaking Bexley council’s promise to extend payment methods
following the poor adoption rates and acknowledged unpopularity of phone parking. (†)
The charges will apply from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and some residents should
expect to come home in future to find a commuter’s car parked outside their house. Exactly
the sort of value you would expect Bexley council to provide for £100 a year.
† As reported at the
Public Realm meeting last month.