Flaming Councils!

I've just sent my local council a bit of a stinker of an email, simply because I am utterly fed up with them getting away with taking our money and then providing a sub-standard service in return.

On 3rd December, I reported two HUGE puddles that form on either side of a crossroads junction; these puddles are so big (even on days when the rain is quite light) that they reach from the kerb over to the middle line. There are drains there, but they seem to be blocked or overwhelmed, and this has been going on for a couple of years - so, I thought they hadn't been reported.

I reported them online on 3rd December and heard no more. Driving through the other day, the flooding was there again. Mrs C and Little C regularly get soaked by them whilst walking to school, and in fairness it is not the motorists fault - there is nothing they can do because the islands and road humps mean that they have no option but to drive through the puddles, and doing so even slowly means that a wave is sent up onto the pavement. Anyway, I just checked online with the reference number I was given, and the fault reports were 'closed' on the 5th December. No note of what was found or what was done.

Where the edges of the flooding are, two huge potholes have now appeared - so rather than just having the cost of sorting a knackered drain or two, they now have the added cost of repairing the road surface - - no wonder this country is broke!

And to be honest, I am sick and tired of paying these buffoons to simply not provide the basics; we pay handsomely in taxes of various forms, therefore the services should be up to standard. If it was a private company that we were paying to provide a service and they provided shoddy service similar to councils, we would either seek a refund or we would simply stop paying.

These blighters can take us to court to get their sticky paws on our money (or even jail us) - why can't we take them to court for not providing the goods we are paying for?

 

Well, I'm surprised that they didn't solve the problem, in their eyes, of the puddles by putting a temporary sign with an arrow saying "Puddles"!!!

 

fc, a nice friendly chat with a local reporter can sometimes work wonders. Particularly if the chat is over a pint down the pub.