On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:44:49 -0000, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:



You could take up arms on behalf of the lady if you felt so strongly about
it.

I think that she can probably manage, but I may well drop her an
email.



So it is possible to stop this ridiculous abuse of power. It's a
matter of having the will and presenting the case properly.
Also, a way for the jobsworths to save face is helpful.

Has it ever occurred to you that some people might be calling YOU a
'jobsworth'? It all depends on where you're standing.

Possibly. i think more in terms of "who is the customer here?" Who
is paying these people's salaries?




The council didn't *have* to make an issue out of it, but could have
acted with common sense and a degree of compassion.

And done the same for all the other abuses in the area? A line has to be
drawn - and kept to.

How many people do you know with post Polio syndrome who spend most of
their time in a wheelchair? I now know two.




I firmly believe that, on the whole, planning is going the right way.
Nothing will ever be perfect and some individuals might not like
restrictions but they have a choice, they can move to a nice new estate.


I think that it presents too much of an opportunity for abuse of power
by unelected, faceless public sector employees.


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..andy