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Originally Posted by Neil
The Paladium and fire station don't belong to the Council so how can they tidy them up. Do you think our council tax money should be used to renovate private property because the owners has let it decay?
I saw the plans for this work at the Area Council meeting and welcome most improvement work in our town.
Your post is typical of someone who is not interested in finding out what is really going on and just want to complain about everything the Council do.
Next you will be saying they should not put up 3 new cctv camera's in Ossy or that the Council should not have spent money renovating the pets corner in Rhyddings park.
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3 CCTV camera's and renovating the pets corner are worthwhile ventures which benefit the community and serve a specific purpose, I don't see how anyone could think otherwise.
Does the Co-op car park belong to the council? Or are they talking about sprucing up the 'garden' area around the front of the co-op which is full of overgrown shrubs & weeds? Cutting them back or making the car park more attractive unfortunately won't stop littering. As for the the war memorial although it may improve the aesthetic of the monument an ornate railing won't stop school children from sitting on it eating their lunch and leaving behind their rubbish!
I'm not saying I'm an expert in council matters, but sometimes it seems like the council throw good money after bad. They do have good intentions of improving the town, but unfortunately they cannot change the poor behaviour of those who have no respect for the war memorial or their town's pride by dropping litter.
We know that the Palladium & Fire Station are privately owned but surely either the Buildings Regulator or Environmental Health can take action over derelict buildings?
Sprucing up the town 'paints over the cracks' but isn't a long-term solution.