The parking 'stealth tax' dam is starting to crack

Congratulations to Ellesmere Town Council … the penny has finally dropped that parking enforcement MUST NOT be about revenue raising, it must be fair, proportionate and applied with common sense … and with consideration for needs of businesses, customers and residents alike.

One council to be praised … the other 170+ operating decriminalised parking are too dependent on the revenue to apply common sense ... YET.

However, once their regimes start to run at a deficit as more and more people appeal against illegal tickets then we will see more of this.

The councils claim 'it is not about revenue raising' ... yet some who are starting to experience shortfalls are increasing the ticket prices ... let us see what happens when more and more, and bigger, deficits start to appear and more and more motorists and businesses start voting against this unaccountable, out of control stealth tax.

Read the report in the Shropshire Star here