So, did you claim your 10% discount – (Big deal) on the up-coming Brown Bin Tax – I’ve been questioned about my terminology on this subject – however ‘any’ monies I pay to either central or local government is a ‘tax’ in one form or another, taxes very rarely go down, and we have yet to ‘hear’ what FDC and CCC will clobber us with – in this next financial year…. watch this space.
You have until Tuesday January 10th to get your discount.
I’m not finished on this subject – although I accept Cllr Simon Kings explanation on this ‘history’ of ‘Garden Waste’.
I also accept that half the councils in England are either planning or are already imposing the ‘Tax’
My mobility is none to good – I don’t do any home or ‘urban’ gardening anymore.
My ‘small’ wife has little choice now when doing our small garden – she cannot be expected to hump stuff to the ‘Tip/Recycling Centre’ and remember it wasn’t so long ago Cambs CC was looking seriously at closing quite a few of these down.
I and many others campaigned vigorously to keep Whittlesey Recycling Centre open.
Next – when I came to pay my ‘New’ subscription – boy did I have issues getting it done – No fault of FDC (As they had probably out sourced the payment) but after a frustrating 5 attempts finally ‘we’ are subscribed to take in effect from April.
Finally remember that it going to ‘Cost’ FDC/Ratepayer/Me/Us/You to set this scheme up – They (FDC) hope to recover that money – again I’ll be very pleased to be informed when this happens – and will naturally give space for it.
As commented on last week, Whittlesey (+Villages) are expanding – along with the rest of the country. An interesting statistic came this week, that The New Queen Street Surgery (I am on the Patients Group) now have 10,153 registered patients in 2016 compared with 9,815 in 2015 – we have only two health centres and I don’t know the figures for the Jenner Health Centre.
Some complain, but I will say 99% of the time NQS do their best to see people in a timely way – yes one may have to stand outside at 07:45 in order to get a same day appointment – I have done this many times – and have always been successful.
Interesting for ever ongoing report on Fly-Tipping with Cambs – especially hot spots like Bretton – we had the ‘usual’ do-gooding person – (Radio Cambridgeshire) who wants to educate Fly Tippers before taking any further action – when will these people wake up – educating riff raff will make NO difference what-so-ever.
(above – A street scene within Whittlesey).
It costs FDC a considerable amount of our money to remove Fly-Tipping and kudos to the Rapid Response team of FDC for their dedication in removing this blight.
However we then go too – A Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) is issued when someone is rarely caught – FDC and their enforcement may have done their bit – do these blighters take any notice of FPN’s I doubt it very much – I witnessed last yeat some blighter who had ‘dozens’ of FPN’s was he/she bothered no…..stuck two fingers up to the magistrates?
There is a Whittlesey Town Council meeting this Wednesday 7:30pm at Grosvenor House.
Farwell this week from Sunnier Climates – Nice.
