Time to show parking chiefs what we think
Ham & High 24
editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
20 April 2006
Following the taxi drivers' protest outside the town hall last Thursday, it is now up to us, the voters of Camden, to show what we think of the council's parking and traffic enforcement practises, many of which would not be out of place in a totalitarian state.
For example; I am sure from the experiences of a member of my own family and, from the stories that we regularly read in the local press, that the council has a deliberate policy of driving disabled people out of the borough.
Could this have anything to do with saving money on social services?
I have no particular political affiliation but may I urge through the pages of your newspaper, all of Camden's voters to use their vote on May 4. We cannot survive another Labour administration elected by a minority of residents.
Peter Wilson I am very sorry for the elderly disabled lady who was visited by bailiffs (Ticket bailiffs raid disabled pensioner, H&H April 14). It does sound rather heavy-handed. However her daughter's explanation that the parking rules are "too complicated for her to understand" begs the question of whether someone who is so confused should be driving at all, particularly in London where it is vital to have your wits about you at all times.Dorothy Macedo
editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
20 April 2006
Following the taxi drivers' protest outside the town hall last Thursday, it is now up to us, the voters of Camden, to show what we think of the council's parking and traffic enforcement practises, many of which would not be out of place in a totalitarian state.
For example; I am sure from the experiences of a member of my own family and, from the stories that we regularly read in the local press, that the council has a deliberate policy of driving disabled people out of the borough.
Could this have anything to do with saving money on social services?
I have no particular political affiliation but may I urge through the pages of your newspaper, all of Camden's voters to use their vote on May 4. We cannot survive another Labour administration elected by a minority of residents.
Peter Wilson I am very sorry for the elderly disabled lady who was visited by bailiffs (Ticket bailiffs raid disabled pensioner, H&H April 14). It does sound rather heavy-handed. However her daughter's explanation that the parking rules are "too complicated for her to understand" begs the question of whether someone who is so confused should be driving at all, particularly in London where it is vital to have your wits about you at all times.Dorothy Macedo
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