As one pound in every five goes to council pensions schemes i think this is another nasty piece of work to make sure they the council heads and their cronies don’t lose out on their pensions. You were warned:))

Get snouts out the tough party

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if the councils say its wardens are to keep the traffic flowing can they explain little lane only its a dead end

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The question which should be raised is ‘Blue Badge Parking’. There is an obvious abuse of this system which means that the genuine disabled person has difficulty finding a space.

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“The figures come from councils which have taken over responsibility for traffic wardens from police.”

So does that mean we’ll now get a poll tax rebate? Oh and for the record, I do hope that all procedures and protocols are accountable to the Council’s employer: the general public.

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Go on all you yellow backed fat cat councillors, admit it, It is just another way of generating more money for you lot to waste. In the case of West Bromwich perhaps more money to waste on the white elephant “The Public”.

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Nothing wrong with council pensions roy. They got to live on something when they retire cos its a fact our private and state pensions ain’t gonna keep us. So it’s subsidised- isn’t everything from the council in some form or other. The council tax we pay for services is heavily subsidised cos if we had to pay the true costs-house holders couldn’t afford it. Good luck to them as i’ve said before if you cant beat em-join em and stop your jealous whinging.

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Don’t park illegally = don’t get fined.

Not hard is it?

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If people parked legally then there’d be no need for traffic wardens.
Same as Speed Cameras.

Call it a tax on stupidity and it’s more realistic.

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If you don’t want to pay a fine, don’t park illegally. It’s very simple.

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In Walsall Area’s Such as Caldmore , Palfrey , Pleck Have Vehicles Every Day Parking on the Double Yellow Lines on the Footapaths , Preventing Members of Public Using the Footapths , People have to Push There Prams, Use Mobiltys Scooters on the Roads in Walsall as So Many Vehicles Park on the PAVEMENTS,
Even Vehicles Drive on the Pavements Every Day on the Caldmore Rd .
Yet Walsall Council have Done Nothing, we where told Enforcement Offciers where Going to Used and Been Seen in July 08 then Oct 08 , then NOV 08 , But Nothing has Been Told ,
Public Safety is Put at Risk Everyday in the Area’s Mentioned in Walsall .
in Fact over the Years lhave Gathered Photo’s of all Problems Mentioned Vehicles Parking on Pavements, Double Yellow Lines Etc and this Has been Going on for Years. With Many Meeting Held But No Action.
The Enforcement OFficers Walsall Council said they will use , will Make No Difference as these’s Enforcement Offciers have been Seen for a FEW Months in Walsall Town Centre in Carparks for Vehicles with NO Tax , or Out of Date Tax or People who have Overstayed there Welcome in Public Carparks.
In Fact l have Enforcement Traffic Offciers in Walsall Town Centre Go Past Vehicles pARKED ON pUBLIC footpaths and Double Yellows Lines in Walsall Town Centre ,
this Just Shows if the Enforcement Offciers Do Nothing With Vehicles On footpaths, Double Yellows Line in Walsall Town Centre they Certainlty will NOT do Anyhing When they Start Work in Other Parts of Walsall .
in FACT I CAN see these’s Enforcement Offciers Just Walking Around as they do Walsall Town Centre and be a Waste of Monies .
I beleive Only Residents that live in the Area’s Mentioned Where there are Trafic Problems are the Ones that Can Sort out these’s Problems , as the Police , PSCO Have Done Nothing so Far ove the Years as my Photo’s and Evdidenve Proves .
Walsall Council who Area Supposedly to Take uo the Powers of Parking , Trafic Problems Will do Nothing , there will bE TOO Much Talk and No Action .

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Mike Boyd – so parking fines are a tax on stupidity. Tell you what, why don’t we have a tax on smug, petty pompous know-alls? I’d love to see a few tickets issued to the “don’t park illegally, don’t get fined” brigade.
A few points:
(1) For several months this year, while the council switched from police to civil enforcement, there were no traffic wardens at all. The town did not grind to a standstill. Similarly, Bridgnorth went for a very long time without any traffic wardens, I don’t recall there being any serious problems.
(2) The small number of serious parking infringements, ie ones that either cause an obstruction or put safety at risk, can be dealt with by police – the only way to deal with these is to tow them away. Sticking a ticket on a car doesn’t remove the danger. But unless there is a real danger or obstruction, people should be allowed to park where they like. Sack all the traffic wardens and put more police on the beat.
(3) The main reason people park illegally in Dudley is because the idiotic council introduc ed parking charges in 1993. All public car parks should be free of charge – the public owns them, so why should we pay to use them?
(4) I would not be surprised if some of the “don’t park illegally” brigade turned out to be the mollycoddled public sector workers with the subsidised pensioners. They seem to display the smug attitudes which are the exclusive preserve of those who live ivory tower existences where the 40-minute appointment never turns out to be 1 hour 1 minute, where people don’t lose money because they had to stop and search for a parking space, where they work regular and flexible hours. And when things do go wrong, they then take time off with “stress”.

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I thought that the car park fine’s in Sandwell were used to pay the Binmen their Christmas bonuses.

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Miss Opinion, Fact Illegal immigrants have been found on several occasions to be working when they shouldn’t, and yes, that even includes HM Government establishments, in London, in various capacities not only as cleaners etc.

“The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith faced huge embarrassment last night after it emerged that an illegal immigrant had been caught working on the front desk at the Home Office”

“An illegal immigrant was able to work at the House of Commons using a fake identity pass in a serious breach of security”

“Five thousand illegal immigrants have been cleared to work as security guards at some of the UK’s most sensitive buildings”

“Better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt”
Jim of Bearwood

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I got a parking ticket after I parked in a disabled spot whilst out for a meal and it’s not something I would normally do but on this occasion the car park was full and it was getting late and none of the six disabled spaces had been used so common sense kicked in and I enjoyed the meal only to return to find I had a parking ticket from OPC.

OPCServices Parking consultancy (Pirates) have the registered address of The Studio, St Nicholas Close, Elstree, Hertfordshire WD6 3EW so any correspondents with them should be addressed to that address and not the postal address PO Box 956, St Albans AL1 9HJ and it’s worth using registered post so that OPService Parking can not claim to have not received any disputes to parking fines or better still send them a copy of your dispute to enquiries@observices.co.uk. The company registration number is 3182298 but I have been unable to find the address of the company directors (Please let me have them if you can get them). OPC sales department can also be contacted on Tel 0845 130 4230 Fax 0845 130 5430

Please note that a private parking ticket is issued under a breach of contract and it is the driver who is libel for any breach of contract and not the registered keeper of the car and the keeper is under no obligation to disclose who the driver was at the time of the alleged breach of contract so it’s a good job my other half owns the car.

I advise anyone that receives a private parking ticket to cut out the monkey and go after the organ grinder who allow these unscrupulous thugs to operate on their premises and point out to these corporations that we as consumers refuse to be treated like cattle and milked.

In my case the owner of the car park turned out to be the Norwich Union so remember that the next time your insurance comes up for renewal and boycott the Norwich Union.

Due to the actions of these thugs the Harvesters Restaurant at the Roaring Meg retail park in Stevenage have been deprived of future income from me and I am in the process of contacting any other company that use the service of OPCServices to avoid them as they are turning customers away and I will also be naming and shaming so if you have any names then please pass them on to me at Avenger0-0-7@Mail.com (take out the dashes)

It’s your public duty to stand up to these thugs as running away will only make maters worse in the long term and being a coward and letting others do the work is not very public spirited.

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