General Discussion
There are no significant cut backs in the Square Mile or for those that run it. The cut backs everywhere else are to fund Westminster and the cronies who run it, to maintain their customary opulent lifestyle and future pensions.
Unless this vehicle is diplaying a blue badge. couldn't see one. I see no reason why they should, block an entire pavement, access point and tactile pavement for the blind/poor sighted. The number of times over the years I have had to walk round vehicles that have all parked in the same exact position. Am I missing something? is this a secret parking space for the privileged?
What gets under my skin is the amount of money and benefits these people get paid relative to the average wage of the area. Also with no relation to the level at which they perform. In some instances around the country certain highly paid council employess who have been found to have been less than competent get huge pay outs when they are requested to leave. If it were the average worker they ...
Stinks more than my refuse bin that only gets collected once a fortnight, just waiting for that to change to evey three weeks. There needs to be an independant audit of the financial goings on at Townhall to find out exactly where all our money DOES go. They seem to treat it like there own piggy bank, in my opinion.
@Lynne - thanks for the update.
From what Lynne gleamed (her post 7th April 2016 07:15) TDC was awarded £30k to convert the facility into a new cycle hire facility. The w.c's were originally closed down in October 2014, I believe, reopened this summer and now closed for the winter. Breaking Wind was quite keen to open a cycle shop at the location. Why not forget putting it out to tender, as no one else seems to be ...
I thought the cycle shop was supposed to be open for this summer! The cycle shop is just an empty shell with the toilet tiles still on the wall, no ceiling and no power points to be seen. To top it all off the w.c's, what's left, are now closed for the winter. Anyone know what is happening with this fiasco? Link to original Dawlish.com thread on this subject:- ...
Just a few pics of the dredger at work at Teignmouth.