Part 4. The 'evasive' John Skidmore

John Skidmore and 2 Civil Enforcement Officers for 1 vehicle :)

l wrote to John Skidmore on the 17th Aug 2012. ln the correspondence l complained about YE07 and the involvement of the 'Neighbours from Hell' along with the ongoing issues with the double yellow lines that were deemed wrong in magistrates court. lt was a friendly letter and l hoped John Skidmore would respond positively and show how residents and the council can work together to resolve issues.  John Skidmore acted magnanimously and resolved everything!  .... sorry, l was dreaming there for a moment :)

With John Skidmore you have to look at what he doesn't say and the questions he ignores rather than what he does say. l don't say he lies, he's just somewhat conservative with the truth shall we say.

Amongst the numerous correspondence between John Skidmore and myself he had said at the beginning in his first response of 23rd Aug 2012 that the complaint against YE07 would be addressed. (Note.... a lot of the content of our correspondence got side-tracked onto the legalities of the double yellow lines down High Brighton Street. That being so, l'll leave that out for moment whilst we deal with the parking ticket. We shall do a section on this at a later date).

By the 27th Sept, l had still heard nothing about the complaint regarding YE07 so l wrote to him again :-

To: John.Skidmore@****************

Sent: Thursday, 27 September 2012, 22:37

Subject: Re: Car Parking Complaint Withernsea

Dear Mr Skidmore,

                           are you saying they've lost PCN ******** informal appeal? l shall dig out the recorded delivery receipt. However none of this invalidates my complaint regarding the PCN and YE07 that l sent to you. l have still heard nothing about this. What is going on?

[text removed re personal details]

l did say l would not publish about all this and have tried very hard to keep all this amicable. lt would seem there are those that see my past actions as a sign of weakness. l can assure you that this is far from the truth.

To begin with, l would like a response to my formal complaint about the actions of YE07.

Yours,

          * **********

On the 15th Oct l finally got a response to my complaint about YE07. However 95% of John Skidmore's response had nothing to do with YE07. All there was one short paragraph and so l responded thus. l've removed the actual address of the 'Neighbours from Hell' and replaced it with the afore mentioned.

To: John.Skidmore@*******************

Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 13:30

Subject: Re: Car Parking Complaint Withernsea

Dear Mr Skidmore,

                                   l refer you to :-

'Your complaint about Civil Enforcement Officer (CEO) YE07 has been investigated and CEO YE07 has been interviewed regarding the issue. The interview process confirmed the conversation that was held between yourself and CEO YE07 prior to the serving of the PCN on your vehicle. It also confirmed that CEO YEO07 did not visit [Neighbours from Hell], Withernsea, to discuss the situation with the residents.

I hope this clarifies the situation and completes the response to your complaint.'' (John Skidmore, 15th Oct 2012)

It certainly does not clarify the situation and neither does it complete the response to my complaint.

YE07 wrongly issued a parking ticket and l want it sorting. Your own procedures regarding broken down vehicles has been blatantly ignored along with the unethical practice of YE07.

Also for your information, l never said that YE07 called at [Neighbours from Hell], l said 'reported to'. There is a distinct difference.

As stated before, l have witnesses who will corroborate my complaint. Do you really intend to drag this out and waste more time and expense with tribunals and the like?

[text removed re personal details]

l shall not comment at this time regarding the legality of the double yellow lines despite your intentional avoidance of my specific questions. l want this wrongly issued parking ticket by YE07 sorted.

Yours,

          * *********

So that one short paragraph was all there was regarding my complaint about YE07 ... and of course, the very poor attempt to deny any involvement from the 'Neighbours from Hell'. 

You remember at the beginning of this post l said it's what John Skidmore 'doesn't say' that is important? Well now we shall see in the next post what he kept back. This is now the nitty gritty and involves YE07's actual statement, copies of her electronic and written notebook and ERYC official data. This is what they sent to the Parking Tribunal of the 19th Feb 2013. lt contains false accusations against me of criminal damage and threatening abusive behaviour. None of this was reported to the police by ERYC though. l found this out when l reported it to the police!

There's also the little matter of photographic evidence that proves beyond doubt that YE07 is not averse to fairytales.

Next post  YE07's  actual 'evidence'  :)