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"The Reid" wrote

Now what rumour can *I* start? :-)

The disposal of radioactive waste from OUTSIDE the Borough is usually
quite a good one, as it gets the NIMBYs going too.

Followed closely by the burial of asbestos.

- Tom.

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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:19:11 +0000, The Reid
wrote:


We are deep in parkland, so no neighbours but one of the other
sites is rumoured to be earmarked to be used as a hostel for
mentally ill. Now what rumour can *I* start? :-)

Dont fall for that one. Its a great trick who would object to a
hostel for the disabled.....arr...you would have to be sick. No one
will side with you.

BUT you will find that once the ground is cleared that the planning
app changes and its now to be used for "low cost housing" a bail
hostel the such like.

Your best way to fight is the loss of community, the loss of the green
space, ecology recycling. Get the Greens on your side.

Dogger

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On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:19:11 +0000, The Reid
wrote:


We are deep in parkland, so no neighbours but one of the other
sites is rumoured to be earmarked to be used as a hostel for
mentally ill. Now what rumour can *I* start? :-)

Dont fall for that one. Its a great trick who would object to a
hostel for the disabled.....arr...you would have to be sick. No one
will side with you.

BUT you will find that once the ground is cleared that the planning
app changes and its now to be used for "low cost housing" a bail
hostel the such like.

Your best way to fight is the loss of community, the loss of the green
space, ecology recycling. Get the Greens on your side.

Dogger

Council closing allotments
 

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:19:11 +0000, The Reid
wrote:


We are deep in parkland, so no neighbours but one of the other
sites is rumoured to be earmarked to be used as a hostel for
mentally ill. Now what rumour can *I* start? :-)

Dont fall for that one. Its a great trick who would object to a
hostel for the disabled.....arr...you would have to be sick. No one
will side with you.

BUT you will find that once the ground is cleared that the planning
app changes and its now to be used for "low cost housing" a bail
hostel the such like.

Your best way to fight is the loss of community, the loss of the green
space, ecology recycling. Get the Greens on your side.

Dogger

Council closing allotments
 

"Dogger" wrote Your best way to fight is the loss of community, the
loss of the green
space, ecology recycling. Get the Greens on your side.

Forget the Greens, concentrate on the Greys. Even the Chancellor runs
scared of pensioners marching on Parliament and appearing outside
courtrooms - he's been running for cover for a while now, scattering free
TV licences, winter fuel allowances and £100 "Council Tax Rebates" in his
wake, in the hope of putting them off the scent.

If there's one thing all politicians fear it's people who have the time
and the inclination to bombard them with letters, phone calls, corporate
complaints and awkward questions and to pack the public gallery at Council
meetings.

IME, pensioners are ideally placed to make Councillors' and Local Govt
Officers' lives a complete misery and they have the advantage that
politicians instinctively feel that they *have* to listen to them and tend
to be hamstrung when it comes to fighting back. Although politicians can
be robust (often downright rude) in their handling of the rest of us, it
doesn't do to be seen to be ignoring or rough-handling an 80-year old
grannie now, does it?

- Tom.