What a waste

“And the prize for shoe horn of the year goes to.... Winston!”

“If the council jobsworths want to do something useful they could paint a few lines on the road and put up a few roadsigns to warn drivers of the lethal Citadel Rd East/Friars Lane blind junction as it's only a matter of time before a vehicles coming up the narrow cobbled streets slam into one another, or hit a pedestrian.
I tipped off the council about it at the end of July (7 weeks ago) and got an acknowledgment e-mail but I see nothing's been done.”

“Here we go ... taxi drivers moaning again. If it's not about Gdynia Way it's about something else.”

“The renewal for a hackney licence including the payment you are now forced to pay for to prove that you havent yet been caught doing anything criminal (notice the wording ) is now £204 pounds per year . For a small plastic badge worth about a quid.
When asked why the fees are so high the answer is for maintenance of the ranks . Not a single fresh painted line has been painted on any rank for at least ten years .
The thousands of private hire drivers pay a similar amount . Perhaps it helps pay for the inflation proof pensions that these jobsworths think they deserve over the rest of us ... plus stab proof vests and all the kit supposedly needed by the taxi inspectors who think they need to look like the SAS whose staff numbers has even though taxi numbers remain the same . Most taxi drivers leave after realising they are being ripped off in all manner of ways.”

“New Taxi Driver.....
welcome to the "Plymouth Local Laws" that
take more money off you, for THEIR bank.
You Have My Regrets”

“Plymouth City Council is expert in waste management and managing to waste at all levels and in all parts of this once reasonably fair city. Yes, I do include the incinerator too!

I believe the fault truly lies with the faceless council officers who work behind the scenes regardless of which party leads the council. It is the only explanation for the consistently pointless waste of taxpayers money on schemes far too hair-brained to be created by anyone in the public gaze.

These people sit in offices far away from the practical realities of the city and spend their days hidden behind reference books dreaming up schemes like this tongue-less lion; pedestrian crossings where pedestrians cannot see the lights when they change or portaloo contingency plans for the next time travellers set up camp on central park.

I am sure someone inside the civic centre will win an award for changing the logo and avoiding so much confusion. It all beggars belief!

Plymouth; space of waste!”

“This is precisely the sort of nonsense that UKIP would come down on like a ton of bricks,by scrapping council non-jobs,and the chair polishers that are presently in these positions.”

“A freind of mine who goes into renew his badge on a regular basis having been a taxi driver for 15 years and knows the girl behind the counter on a family basis ,still gets asked by her for his 6 forms of ID . The mindset of jobsworths from top to bottom is ridiculous .”

“Send the council the bill for the change, and perform a small claims action - only NEW and RENEW should be charged the cost, and the older ones IF THE COUNCIL WANTS CONSISTANCY then they should pay for it. - Likewise stationary - after all its otherwise waste.”