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... Road ... They were removed since the benches were constantly being used by the street drinkers and I was getting regular complaints from local residents....
I'm tempted to make a complaint about intolerant local residents, who must be quite arrogant to think that drinkers have less of a right to use public...
... Does anyone know where I can get a list of dates for recycling collection in 2008? I cannot find one on the .gov website, but their search is a little ...
Here here! You mean Martin, that you were getting complaints from certain residents (the ones in big houses) that other local residents (the ones without big...
I remember this point being highlighted months ago by Martin and I think there was a letter from an elderly resident who very eloquently stated why the benches...
That's an interesting, pertinent question, given that these are public amenities. Could the benches on the village green be removed in the same manner? Or the...
Well there is currently a planning application in to change the loos in Kings Heath, so it does make you wonder: S/05895/07/FUL - Alcester Road South and...
... public ... same ... bench ... Should or ... cabal of ... As I said earlier, the decision to remove these benches was not taken lightly and I had resisted...
It was the decision of the Ward Committee, which consists of all three local Councillors. All three Councillors supported the removal of the benches, of which...
... Until we have benches every 50metres along every single road, then you can not sit on benches anywhere. Benches have their place in an urban setting,...
... We've had new blue (paper) boxes and green (recycling) boxes delivered in the last few days, together with a calendar of dates. Our dates won't be the same...
All the more reason to cherish and make work the few benches that are remaining. I think the point was made when this issue was first raised by you, in that...
That sounds right to me, although I'd go a bit farther and say that the decision to move people on from what is not even an AFZ is profoundly disrespectful of...
That bench along Queensbridge is near useless now, but I am sure it was once sited very appropriately, before the road became a high-speed thoroughfare. But I...
... are ... you, in ... but it ... by ... residents ... pavement? ... The AFZ is working very well - the street drinkers no longer congregate on the Village...
... was ... amenities, ... stop ... Queensbridge Road has ALWAYS been a high speed thoroughfare. As long as I can remember, I have never seen anyone sitting on...
... that the ... profoundly ... were ... mobile ... manner ... fine ... The graffiti taggers say that I'm infringing their civil rights. The people who have...
The taggers sound pretty clueless on that point, since it's probably illegal to spray paint on walls without the owner's permission. The park cruisers might...
Public benches fulfil a variety of purposes below is ten I can think off 1) A place where the elderly and sick can rest their weary feet 2) A place to sit and...
... park ... activity is ... drinkers ... If the street drinkers had been drinking a few yards closer to Moseley, then they would have been inside the AFZ and...
... [G - ] Considering the well documented anti-social activity that often goes hand in hand with binge drinking I think it only reasonable that those living...