Couldnt have put it better myself.

A quote from someone who knows how local government works.Although it relates to Dorset it applies equally to our own rotten corrupt unelected council.

"The deep seated nature of this problem in regard to building stock is due in large part to the government itself, or their agents the councillors. For decades there has been a false assumption that councils knew what they were doing, and that councillors were honest. A check with the land registry will show that a good percentage of councillors in any particular district own a disproportionate amount of property. This is even more striking when one looks at the background and qualifications of councillors. The fact is that the opportunity to build up a property portfolio has been seen as a perk of the job, and in West Dorset at least two thirds of councillors are in it to manipulate the system. Add to this the District Councils cosy relationship with big builders who can satisfy targets in one fell swoop, and the problem is clear. If the government were serious and decided to scrutinise their 'agents' they would find sufficient criminality to lock some of them up."

Read more here.

Mind how you go with that sausage roll or your nicked.

Pearls of wisdom from the local fuzz commander on twitter consists of
"turn your lights on in the fog" and the calorific value of alcohol compared to sausage rolls and cake.I kid you not.

"WealdenDistComm Dick Coates
@Wealdenpol: Fog ? Lights on and drive with extra care"

"WealdenDistComm Dick Coates
A glass of wine can contain as many calories as a slice of cake & a pint has the same as a small sausage roll"

There was me thinking that the Police were there to protect us and our property from crime and they seem more interested in competing with fat fighters and stating the bloody obvious.

Who cares how much alcohol you drink and how many sausage rolls you eat ?Its of no business to anyone other than yourself and certainly no business of Dick and his mates.He has clearly got too much time on his hands if these are the most important issues in Sussex.

What a life.

One for Mrs Swing

Boundary Changes

The proposals are out and I had the opportunity to have my say in the local paper.
At the moment the parliamentary constituency of Wealden is contained within the Local Authority area of Wealden.Crowborough,Uckfield and Hailsham are the largest towns.Under the proposals a new constituency of Weald will be created with Crowborough joining areas of Kent but losing Uckfield and Hailsham.
Politically and physically Crowborough will become just a dot on the map and I cant really see another MP having the local knowledge or interest in the area that Charles Hendry does.If we are relying on the Town Council to
represent our interests to the MP we are really in trouble .Towns with more vocal and democratically elected Parish/Town Councils will represent their towns interests over and above a disfunctional council such as Crowborough Town Council .Like Mr Rochesters wife Crowborough will be put in the loft of the constituency and forgotten about.Unless we get a local person to stand as MP for the new Weald constituency we are screwed politically.
Realistically will it make any difference come the next election,probably not.My only hope is that people will realise that voting for the same old same old achieves nothing and will wake up to the merits of voting for UKIP .Unfortuanately just as many people oop North would vote for a pig if it had a labour sticker on it many people down here would vote for a pig as long as it had a Conservative or Lib dem sticker on it .

Sussex Safer Roads Partnership.

This is the new updated name for the Sussex Scamera Partnership who lectures drivers about speed limits for commercial vehicles yet allows its own van drivers to break those rules.

Their website is pretty crap really especially the bit about FAQs relating to speeding offences.

Two answers to FAQs are not just a bit misleading-they are as wrong as you can get.

Lie 1)"Section 172(7) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 states that the NIP must be returned fully completed and signed. If you return the form unsigned you will be summonsed to court for failing to identify the driver "

If you look at Section 172(7) it states nothing of the sort.What it actually states is ...

"(7)A requirement under subsection (2) may be made by written notice served by post; and where it is so made—.
(a)it shall have effect as a requirement to give the information within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the notice is served, and.
(b)the person on whom the notice is served shall not be guilty of an offence under this section if he shows either that he gave the information as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of that period or that it has not been reasonably practicable for him to give it.."

So thats one complete lie for a start.

Lie 2) "In accordance with the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, we are only required to provide you with the copies of the photographic evidence showing the offence. The request for photographic evidence must be for a legitimate reason and not for the purpose of identifying the driver"

Look at the relevant legislation here and you will see it says no such thing anywhere within it.

Thats 2 complete lies from the revenue raising scamera partnership.If you get a ticket from Sussex Scameras make sure you read the relevant legislation yourself dont rely on these con merchants for anything resembling advice.

Clued Up Info-Update.

Clued Up info seem very reluctant to tell us where all but £50 of its £78000 income came from last financial year.The accounts all seem to be amended so it doesnt show which organisations actually awarded the grants that makes up the remainder.
Well I can inform you all that Clued Up is actually part of the Youth Development Service of ESCC and the lions share of the grants come from the taxpayer via ESCC.The other main giver of taxpayers money is Crowborough Town Council whose Mayor is none other than Kay Moss who (by sheer coincidence)is also a trusteee of Clued Up.
What would be the motive the YDS aka Clued Up hiding who gave them money I hear you ask.Well in truth I dont know but what I do know is that one of the criteria for the Town Council handing out taxpayers money in the form of grants is that "bodies self funded or provided for by other authorities" would not be eligible for funding by them .So according to CTCs own rules Clued Up shouldnt get a penny from the Town Council because its funds are largely provided by other authorities.
Obviously different rules apply if the Mayor happens to be a trustee of the charity and an employee of ESCC.Nothing to see here move along.

Perhaps I should also mention that the town council insists usually that any unspent funds are returned to them.Why the hell then hasnt Clued Up returned all the Crowborough residents money when its got £55,000 cash in the bank to carry over. Obviously different rules again.