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News and Comment April 2022

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21 April (Part 1) - Catching up with the recent past

I thought it was about time I reviewed the unfiled messages that had arrived via the Contact form and despite them running well into double figures there was unfortunately little of substance there. I think I will ignore the one that asked what a particular word meant, there is a good explanation in every dictionary ever published.

I was also reminded that some people plead for help with “a battle with an evil Council”; you ask for more details and hear no more. There is also the occasional dilemma. Should I file messages from the Labour candidate in Crayford under Councillors or among the 1,000 plus names of Bexley residents? I went for the former which will probably bring him bad luck.

There was one about Bexley Council not paying their bills promptly but that was covered not long ago and several from people who know my email address but had chosen to use the Contact form instead.

Which reduces me to just one message which if nothing else proves that Bexley Council’s current slogan is the epitome of arrogance. The previous one of ‘Listening to you’ was such a blatant lie that it was abandoned four years ago except for unexplained reasons on the Council’s webcast page. The replacement ‘Trusted by Bexley residents’ is dubious to say the very least and crowned by the arrogance born of too big a majority.

The author explains his view in a few short words and went to the trouble of photographing the rubbish message on the rubbish bin.
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There's only three Bexley Councillors I would really trust. There's a handful who might approach the threshold demanded but I'm pretty sure that if the chips were down they would back their party's line before honesty and integrity.

A sad state of affairs.

From the News Shopper and Daily Telegraph this week come related litter stories.
Litter Litter
LitterThe former relates how Councils are milking the rules in order to maximise their income and the BBC managed to produce a whole programme about malpractice in Bexley.

If you can spare the cash, wander along the Broadway, attract the attention of the litter police and allow a fiver to fall out of your pocket.

 

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