tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post1195116602387770664..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Copeland Council underspends by £1.2 millionChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-72428188738355390422014-07-05T11:39:59.218+01:002014-07-05T11:39:59.218+01:00That's exactly the point Jim.
Times are hard ...That's exactly the point Jim.<br /><br />Times are hard but what Copeland have done, through incompetence, malice or both, is cut services harder than they needed to while blaming "government cuts," take more money off local residents in council tax and car parking charges than they needed to, and left the money in the bank.<br /><br />Possibly they hope to hand some of the money back next year to bribe people with their own money into voting Labour. <br /><br />Anyone stupid enough to fall for that and vote Labour deserves to experience the poor service and dreadful value for money that a Labour council or government provides, but the rest of us don't. Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-50809177844417132082014-07-04T18:49:31.764+01:002014-07-04T18:49:31.764+01:00^ give yourself a pat on the back Chris, well don...^ give yourself a pat on the back Chris, well done.<br /><br />It seems to me Copeland council have a far greater interest in cutting the things people actually want, and taking as much as they can in taxes and things like parking charges, only so they can blame "savage government cuts" it really does seem that way to me, they would rather have the government scapegoat than actually try to provide the things those paying the bills actually want.<br /><br />What would you say most people who pay the bills would like for their money? Perhaps an area that looks tidy, has facilities for use by the public, and has a weekly bin collection to prevent aging rubbish stinking the place out? as a bonus a town people would like to visit and a little incentive like an hours free parking here and there? - then look at copeland councils areas of cutbacks and increased charges, do we see a pattern here?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-29544987798926357412014-07-04T17:56:38.407+01:002014-07-04T17:56:38.407+01:00I have a great deal of sympathy for that view, tho...I have a great deal of sympathy for that view, though what ought to happen in a sane world would be that Copeland Council realises that it needs to take £1.2 million less from local residents in charges and taxes.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-4701630380435892332014-07-04T14:38:05.074+01:002014-07-04T14:38:05.074+01:00There is a simple solution - take another £1.2 mil...There is a simple solution - take another £1.2 million off Copeland BC<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com