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• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  19 December 2011     21:46143345
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  interesting piece on there this evening about littering and how much it costs us all as well as it being an eyesore.
  
  they centred on two northern councils bolton and doncaster that had enforcement officers cracking down on miscreants and issuing on the spot fines.
  
  they also covered middlesborough where officials did not issue fines but instructed people to pick up their rubbish and dispose of it properly.
  
  i didn't really see the point of the latter as the litterer would then do it somewhere else where in the first 2 they might think twice after having to shell out dosh.
• Guest 651

  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  19 December 2011     22:12143346
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  I have a relative that got a £75 on the spot fine in Medway today !
  Been nice knowing you :)
• Guest 710

  • Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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  19 December 2011     22:44143347
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  Ah, yes Paul. There is nothing like a family whip-round at this time of year.
  Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
• Guest 653

  • Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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  20 December 2011     08:22143353
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  I am pleased to hear there is an instant fine for littering; this would more than pay for any training or increased pay (if that were necessary) awarded.
  
  I read in the Kent Policing magazine that PCSOs are to be given greater powers for issuing on-the-spot fines - great news, very pleased to hear that.
  We'll need more of them though - and our own enforcement officers too of course, no point in allowing them to issue fines, if there's no one around to do so.
  
  
  
  Roger
• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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  20 December 2011     10:44143402
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  one chap in doncaster that got fined insisted that it was just a ploy by governmnent to get more revenue.
  
  i don't think it occurred to him that if he didn't drop litter he might not have to pay the government.
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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  20 December 2011     11:56143415
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  there again he might just be right on that subject.
  
  remember king john and the sherrif of nottingham,the only trouble now is robin hood hasent apeard yet.
• Guest 699

  • Registered: 3 Jun 2010
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  20 December 2011     18:31143472
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  the first piece was on the m5 bonfire night accident due to mixture of fog and smoke
  i have said a month ago our worst place for fog is the old road through capel and this must have the cat eyes replaced as soon as possible other the result could be same as m5
  the main a20 is excellent with the new digital cat eyes