The Lancashire Evening Telegraph reports on the latest Blackburn blunder, this time involving 'failure to display.'Everyone in Blackburn in future who gets a Parking Ticket for a similar mistake simply print off the article and ask for the council to apply discretion.
Tax disc gaffe on mayor's limo
By Nafeesa Shan
PARKING protesters have accused council bosses of double standards after they forgot to replace the tax disc on the mayor's limousine.The tax disc on the black BMW expired on January 31 and was replaced for 12 days until the Lancashire Telegraph informed Blackburn with Darwen Council that it had expired.The car which has a registration CB1, used on official visits by the Mayor of Blackburn with Darwen Coun Maureen McGarvey, was driven on at least 11 occasions without displaying the correct disc.
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Friday, February 15, 2008
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Now its NOT the Mayor of Sunderland in a Parking row
... it was someone else.
After receiving a communication (and a Christmas Card) from Les the (Sunderland) Mayor we can now happily clarify the report which had appeared recently in the Keswick Reminder.
The report of a couple of weeks ago has been 'corrected' in the 7th December 2007 edition of the Keswick Reminder headed "Car Parking Issue Clarified" and the newspaper's Editor apologises profusely and unreservedly to Sunderland City Council and 'Les the Mayor' for any inconvenience and distress their newspaper report may have caused.
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The picture on the left is of a car as it appeared on the front page of the Keswick Reminder.
The newspaper had intimated in its report that the vehicle belonged to Sunderland City Council and that it was on Mayoral business.
As we blogged the report we asked for confirmation as to whether the report was correct and this has now arrived ... and that the car had been hired by Cumbria County Council for Chairman Alan Toole to travel to and from the Mayor of Allerdale's annual tour.
The driver has since apologised for his inconsiderate parking and states that he will ensure that it will not happen again.
Meanwhile, Les insists that as a pennance for reporting on the Keswick Reminder's error that I join him in the Boxing Day Dip ... and I will endeavour to do so. However, as I am due to go into hospital for ankle reconstruction surgery tomorrow movement way be a little restricted. Perhaps he can pick me up.
I will give Les a ring to ensure that he will hold my crutch but hats off to him for his continued work in his role as Mayor ... he has commanded a great deal of respect from many across the City who have commented on the way he has slipped so easily into the role.
After receiving a communication (and a Christmas Card) from Les the (Sunderland) Mayor we can now happily clarify the report which had appeared recently in the Keswick Reminder.
The report of a couple of weeks ago has been 'corrected' in the 7th December 2007 edition of the Keswick Reminder headed "Car Parking Issue Clarified" and the newspaper's Editor apologises profusely and unreservedly to Sunderland City Council and 'Les the Mayor' for any inconvenience and distress their newspaper report may have caused.
The picture on the left is of a car as it appeared on the front page of the Keswick Reminder.The newspaper had intimated in its report that the vehicle belonged to Sunderland City Council and that it was on Mayoral business.
As we blogged the report we asked for confirmation as to whether the report was correct and this has now arrived ... and that the car had been hired by Cumbria County Council for Chairman Alan Toole to travel to and from the Mayor of Allerdale's annual tour.
The driver has since apologised for his inconsiderate parking and states that he will ensure that it will not happen again.
Meanwhile, Les insists that as a pennance for reporting on the Keswick Reminder's error that I join him in the Boxing Day Dip ... and I will endeavour to do so. However, as I am due to go into hospital for ankle reconstruction surgery tomorrow movement way be a little restricted. Perhaps he can pick me up.
I will give Les a ring to ensure that he will hold my crutch but hats off to him for his continued work in his role as Mayor ... he has commanded a great deal of respect from many across the City who have commented on the way he has slipped so easily into the role.
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