Travellers on Arden Hall Playing Field

[lancsdave]

Originally Posted by Neil

Have Council Officers not been involved with this or do they not deserve thanks?

Aren't they paid employees ?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by lancsdave

Aren't they paid employees ?

Yes they are, does that mean they can be forgotten about?

I get a thanks at work when I have done a good job.

Grahams comment made it look like the Councillors are doing all the work, maybe someone in the know could explain exactly how much work is involved in moving them off this site and who exactly does what.

My guess is that the Councils legal team do all the work and the Councillors keep making phone calls to find out what going on.

Please prove me wrong I don't mind admitting when I am wrong.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by g jones

Everything is being done. They had to be gone by Sunday night or be removed by the police and courts this week.

A big thank you to Wendy Dwyer, Bernard Dawson and June Harrison for staying on top of this and hopefully preventative action will follow.

If councillors are doing the job they were elected to do there is no need for an MP to tell the people, they'll already know

[voiceofreason]

Leave them alone, they have to live somewhere - they are wonderful people with a colourful community. What harm do they do??

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by voiceofreason

Leave them alone, they have to live somewhere - they are wonderful people with a colourful community. What harm do they do??

Here we go ! Someone out to cause ructions ? Haven't we (you) been here before ?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Originally Posted by voiceofreason

Leave them alone, they have to live somewhere - they are wonderful people with a colourful community. What harm do they do??

They may be all of the things that you say they are, but common experience of them, is that where ever they have been they leave a terrible mess behind them(that we the borough tax payers have to fund).......they let their dogs run free, and their teenage children(or certainly those I have been unfortunate enough to come into contact with) are foul mouthed and intimidatory.
They come into your backyard and steal anything that is not tied down.......and they aren't real gypsies, they are tinkers.
I know all that I have said is not PC, but it is time people started telling it like it really is, instead of looking at them through rose tinted glasses.
Just my opinion.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by voiceofreason

Leave them alone, they have to live somewhere - they are wonderful people with a colourful community. What harm do they do??

Post your address then and let them live in your garden.

[Boeing Guy]

Voiceofreason:

Leave them alone, they have to live somewhere - they are wonderful people with a colourful community. What harm do they do??

Easy all they have to do is the following:

Pay Income Tax
Pay National Insurance
Pay Council Tax
Pay Road Fund Licence
Pay Car Insurance
Pay for MOT's
Stop making a mess of everywhere they park up
Obey the laws of this country

Okay

[steve2qec]

Originally Posted by voiceofreason

Leave them alone, they have to live somewhere - they are wonderful people with a colourful community. What harm do they do??

This must be a tongue-in-cheek comment

[heth]

Originally Posted by steve2qec

This must be a tongue-in-cheek comment

Nah read their previous posts on other subjects!!

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

Voiceofreason:
Easy all they have to do is the following:

Pay Income Tax
Pay National Insurance
Pay Council Tax
Pay Road Fund Licence
Pay Car Insurance
Pay for MOT's
Stop making a mess of everywhere they park up
Obey the laws of this country

Okay

Think there would have to be a big C change for them to do that BG

[g jones]

Originally Posted by jaysay

If councillors are doing the job they were elected to do there is no need for an MP to tell the people, they'll already know

You're right John. Wendy, June and Bernard know more than I do and are dealing with it. I appreciate having three good councillors all working for the area and not having to worry about things.

My own interest is that I live on the street they are camped on!

[flashy]

someone told me earlier that they could hear dogs fighting up there last night

[Stumped]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

They may be all of the things that you say they are, but common experience of them, is that where ever they have been they leave a terrible mess behind them(that we the borough tax payers have to fund).......they let their dogs run free, and their teenage children(or certainly those I have been unfortunate enough to come into contact with) are foul mouthed and intimidatory.
They come into your backyard and steal anything that is not tied down.......and they aren't real gypsies, they are tinkers.
I know all that I have said is not PC, but it is time people started telling it like it really is, instead of looking at them through rose tinted glasses.
Just my opinion.

Their foul mouthed, intimidatory offspring should have no problem fitting in with the local youth, then!

[Margaret Pilkington]

They are even more foul mouthed and intimidatory than the local youths....and are giving lessons to them.....not good!