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News and Comment December 2020

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31 December (Part 1) - Not all bad

Early on in the little Twitter debate to which there was a reference yesterday three named Councillors and the Mayor came in for a certain amount of criticism and I was somehow drawn in to saying that James Hunt was “one of the good guys” which inevitably drew responses along the lines of just how bad are the others.

In my opinion three of the four named are among the best of Bexley’s Councillors, always willing to help when they can. One even shook my hand - remember when that was a thing? - in public in the bad old days of 2011 and 2012. A time when other Councillors were lying to the police in the hope that inquisitive residents might end up in jail. (One did for 24 hours.)

Contrary to what some would like to believe I am on reasonably good terms with several Councillors, there were two calls on Christmas Eve.

Seasons Greetings of course but one is always interested in my well being cooped up with, for the most part, just four walls and a computer for company and calls often. He is a genuinely nice and very modest Conservative and ‘he’ is the only identification clue there will ever be.

Bad parking Coptefield DriveA week ago he was pulling my leg that there have been no blocked drive pictures recently so this one, taken last night, is specially for him.

Murphy’s Law obviously but I have not been completely blocked in since registering my dropped kerb with Bexley Council. Frequently a bit awkward but no complete block.

The problem arises because there are two single dropped kerbs, mine to the left on the satellite view and another occupying the top left corner. There’s a double one going around the bottom left corner all at the end of an area designated as a turning circle on the original 1986 plans.

Cars can park end on opposite my dropped kerb just one drive width away. Long vehicles hem me in and any vehicle at all prevents acceptance of a delivery vehicle for example.

A near neighbour is occasionally affected but not usually as badly - until last night that is.

RK10 WMV was blocking his double drive all evening. Goodness knows why as there was no shortage of nearby parking space. It is not a car I have seen here before so probably it was not driven by someone’s support bubble so the driver would be breaking Tier 4 visiting rules too. Some people just don’t care.

  

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