Council budget

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  2 February 2012     13:19151049
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  the headline is dramatic but the nuts and bolts of the story do not bear it out.
  
  
  
  
  http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Price-hikes-face-cuts/story-15108230-detail/story.html
• Paul Watkins

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 9 Nov 2011
  • Posts: 2,226
  2 February 2012     13:40151052
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  It is also wrong on car parking charges.
  
  Premium car parks i.e. Stembrook, Dover, Middle St. Deal are not increasing . They are being held at current rates . We recognise the current difficulties of Town Centres.
  
  There are some adjustments to peripheral car parks & the low rate parks remain the same.
  
  Watty
• Jan Higgins

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 5 Jul 2010
  • Posts: 13,895
  2 February 2012     14:53151058
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  Tabloid press springs to mind
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  I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 5,673
  2 February 2012     15:35151063
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  Was going to post this as a topic myself, seems a very back understanding of council finances in the papers today, to start with uncollected council tax is always going to happen - people move away, die, go awol, don't have money to pay. It is all budgetted for an included within the calculations and there is little that can be done about a lot of it...
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  2 February 2012     17:11151076
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  I believe it was a mistake - or misunderstanding on the reporter's behalf.
  
  PaulW is right (of course), I was always jumping up and down about car-parking charges, but now feel (several years later) that DDC hav been very thoughtful /
  careful, on their approach this year.
  There is a scheme that could be introduced that would reduce/alleviate the cost of parking to the shopper, but it needs someone to co-ordinate it - hence my continued stance on a Town Centre Manager type of person.
  
  Dover District Council must be one of the leanest and most efficient councils in Kent.
  
  
  
  
  Roger
• Guest 698

  • Registered: 28 May 2010
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  2 February 2012     17:37151086
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  Agreed Roger. On all points.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 653

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  2 February 2012     22:48151158
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  Thank You Peter
• Guest 698

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  2 February 2012     22:55151160
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  Doesn't mean that there aren't serious issues still to be addressed.
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Guest 653

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  2 February 2012     23:15151162
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  I agree Peter, many serious issues.
  
  
  
  Roger