Sinister anti-CPZ posters in shop windows

[KidKruger]

Hear, hear !!

[Penguin68]

Parking permits made them ?3.6m last year

Pay and display another ?3.7m

Penalty Charge Notices a whopping ?6.2m

And remember, none of these charges (like the garden bin tax) are covered by the same increase limits that the Council Tax is - these charges fall outside any central government caps on tax increases. Over time the Council will move to generate all the revenue that needs to spend on area such as roads to direct, uncapped, 'taxation' allowing them to divert monies that should have been spent in these areas to their pet projects. Just because a revenue source is hypothecated does not mean that monies which would otherwise be spent in this area need to be, it's a way of diverting capped funds elsewhere.

[Rockets]

And Penguin68 to that point the report is very revealing as well....

From the ?6m surplus made last year ?5.8m of that was spent on road maintenance. And since 2011/2012 road maintenance costs have risen from ?1.7m in 2011/2012 to last year's ?5.8m figure.

[dbboy]

Someone is getting very well remunerated for road repairs/replacement, step forward Conway et al, now you know where the money goes. The rich get richer and the poor become poorer or are driven out of area because they can no longer afford council stealth taxes. So is it any wonder the traders have taken the fight on directly rather than rolling over like pussies. Good on you LL traders, keep the fight up.

And at the same time a minority bang on about what they want rather than considering what benefits the area. It is said that by 2014 all petrol and diesel vehicles will no longer be permitted and only electric vehicles will be able to use the roads. For that the authorities will need to produce more electricity to charge up the vehicles. NOW I ask, WHERE does that power come from, oh yes gas and coal etc. so as much as people will no longer be able to use internal combustion engines, the green lobby are hypocritical.

Look what happened with plastic, it was cheap to produce and use, then the green lobby opposed plastic and it is gradually (very gradually) being eliminated. And what are we returning to, PAPER, just like was used nearly 80 years ago. It is funny that what fell out of favour is returning because in makes environmental sense. And had we not been diverted to plastic the oceans and its creatures would not be contaminated with the stuff. Rant over.

[Robbie]

edanna Wrote:

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> I think it?s exorbitant rents that are the biggest

> risk to independents.

Business rates too, something that I can help reduce.