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Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Crass Stupidity

The crass stupidity of Local Councils never ceases to amaze me.

Latest in a long line competing for Britain’s most stupid Council, and pretty near the top of the list, must be that of Poole in Dorset.

Scout Leader Roy Farnham, fearing for the safety of young people attending the local Scout meetings, accessed down a pot-holed lane, took action to correct the danger and filled in the potholes himself.

Poole Council’s response?

Not ‘thank you for a public spirited action,’ dear me no! They instead threatened to fine Mr Farnham for fly-tipping!

The Council’s Highways officer, Sophia O’Sullivan admits the Council have no money to improve the lane but this sorry lot are damned if they’ll let anyone else do it.

It would seem that they’d rather a child fell due to potholes as big as 5 feet wide and 18 inches deep, even daring to lay any blame for such an accident on Mr Farnham.

It would be interesting to see the response from a court if this matter ever got that far, I know what mine would be!

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