8 August (Part 1) - A bit of a dick
It
may be time to ease off on the protest reports if for no other reason than
everyone interested will have been watching the videos for themselves by now.
On the other hand, with Bexley Council in recess until October, local news is down at the trivial level.
Here are two examples…
Escorting a lady with a blue badge to a medical appointment in Bexleyheath this
morning, there was nowhere nearby to park her car.
Well there was but Bexley Council had in effect taken two bays out of service.
They were marked ELECTRIC VEHICLES ONLY but there was no charger and no sign on
a pole. So could we park there or not? (We were not using my EV.)
We didn’t take a chance and instead parked on a single yellow line
(with blue badge) 200 yards
further away leading to a difficult and painful walk.
Thanks Bexley Council.
I had accumulated a lot of cardboard. Three big boxes and five or six smaller
ones. I took them, flattened, to the nearby recycling bins, lifted the broken lid and tossed
the boxes into an otherwise empty bin. Later in the day I collected some empty
envelopes and took them across the road too. When I opened the lid I saw that
someone had dumped plastic bottles on top of my cardboard.
Then I realised what had happened. Both paper and plastics bins have broken lids
so that they are both easily lifted for easy access and effectively identical. Country Style in their infinite wisdom
had swapped their positions around. Out of habit I had dumped a great deal of cardboard in the wrong bin.
Being more responsible than some I had to return home for a step ladder so that
I could climb inside the bin and remedy my mistake. Or was it Country Style’s mistake?
Both of these issues are Cabinet Member Richard Diment’s responsibility,
a man who is proving to be a big disappointment. I doubt he will be getting such
a good press around these parts in future. You may wish to make allowances if
his name crops up when Council meeting reports resume.