Wishy washy DDC
- 18 May 2015 17:30282668Caught bang to rights, photographic evidence and they let him off!!
http://www.dover-express.co.uk/Got-River-Dour-dumper-caught-help-Express-readers/story-26524312-detail/story.html - Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
18 May 2015 18:04282670The shameful DDC reaction simply illustrates that dropping a single cigarette butt is deemed more serious than tipping several bags of rubbish into the River Dour.
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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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- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,321
18 May 2015 18:26282672Name and shame. So who's got the guts to name him? If I knew I would.
TerryQuis custodiet ipsos custodes? - 18 May 2015 18:40282674I thought he was named in the Dover Express after many people identified him, local businessman I seem to remember.
- 18 May 2015 18:46282676Probably fell in to the too hard to do box, whereas merely writing a ticket for a dropped cigarette end keeps the money rolling in!Audere est facere.
- 18 May 2015 19:27282680We have had various photo calls from Councillor Kenton on the subject of littering, fly tipping an d dog mess. Firstly we had the "We listened and are taking action" message followed by the crowing about zero tolerance when the first oiks dropped fag ends in town. Nothing as far as I know on dog mess, now we have 100% tolerance of a serial fly tipper. To have calmly unloaded 5 large sacks then emptying them into the river says to me that his confidence has grown over time.
- 18 May 2015 22:26282690This is a disgrace. I don't know who was responsible for this decision - an officer or the members of the Cabinet.
He should have been named and shamed and fined heavily; I can't imagine why he was let off so lightly.
Roger - Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
19 May 2015 15:19282716I see on the father sherred fly tipping story(Dover express last week) a council spokesman said "We would stress that fly-tipping is a criminal offence and DDC will always take appropriate enforcement action where there is sufficient evidence to identify the culprit. "
We now know what appropriate action means!
I see no one from the council has bothered to comment yet!
http://m.dover-express.co.uk/Priest-calling-zero-tolerance-flytippers/story-26493351-detail/story.htmlArte et Marte - 19 May 2015 16:52282718I've emailed relevant councillors making my views known (and contacts at the EA), I suggest anyone concerned does the same.