My friend tells me l've got a threatening letter from ERYC. They allegedly threaten to get an injunction against the blog if l don't remove the Civil Enforcement Officers (Traffic Warden) photo and names of council members. l haven't seen it yet because l'm no longer there so l'll wait till l get it. Why they posted it through his letterbox l have no idea because they know that isn't my address and l have that on record that ERYC know my current address!
Looks like l upset ERYC :)
I'm wondering if a reply referring them to the reply re Arkell v Pressdram would be appropiate? :)
UPDATE
Withernsea Police and their Traffic Wardens issued parking tickets for 19 years on double yellow lines that were unenforceable. ERYC put down double yellow lines 9 metres longer than they should have been. ERYC's planning shows quite clearly that the double yellow lines down High Brighton Street, Withernsea should've been only 15 metres long but ERYC made them 24 metres. ERYC planning only granted lines of 15 metres length.
In court it was stated that these double yellow lines were unenforceable and ERYC admitted that this was the case. l know personally of 28 parking tickets that were quashed. Since Nov 2011, the police and their traffic wardens no longer issue parking tickets as ERYC took over that responsibility with their new Civil Parking Enforcement Dept. They still issue parking tickets on these double yellow lines. The total (that l know of) number parking tickets quashed now stands at 36!
One wonders what the total number of parking tickets issued is and how many of these were paid simply because it's cheaper to pay than fight them? One also wonders how many other streets in Withernsea or indeed the whole of East Riding under ERYC have double yellow lines that have fallen foul of the planning regs?
Any ERYC Councillors (South East Holderness) out there willing to find out or will the silence be deafening? I did e-mail them all incl the Withernsea Town Council councillors.
Still don't have any letter from ERYC Legal Dept. One wonders why they sent this letter to an address that they knew l wasn't at ????
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Thanks to everyone who sent me e-mails etc and the support contained in them. lt really is appreciated. Also, part from the Streisand Effect it would seem there's a 'l am Spartacus' happening too.
Well we'll see where this all ends. As for me, it's time for me to get organised with other aspects of my life. Got a new venture that's high on the agenda :)
Kudos to you for standing up to them. Who was the muppet who sent you the threat? FFS! they don't understand the interwebby and never heard of the Streisand Effect! lmao
ReplyDeleteWell written blog sir, l like your style.
ReplyDeleteThanks guys, it's appreciated. You are correct anon, ever since l put up the post about being threatened by ERYC my traffic has gone up by 400% or more and is still rising. Thats in only 6 hrs mind. l couldn't have asked for better publicity and it's all thanks to ERYC! Blog was backed up and has been ever since l created it :)
ReplyDeleteI expect that you will be obedient, and remove this blog immediately.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, there does seem to be an element of, er, criticism in it.
Public servants, (masters), are above criticism or exposure.
As they never doing anything wrong, there is never any justification for publicizing their misdeeds.
You made your complaint through the proper procedure? It was fobbed off? That's it.
What more do you want?
It is in the public interest that we should obey our masters without question.
Apparently.
So the Council are justified in spending rate-payers money on legal action, maintaining the illusion that they are above reproach.
Obey, or take the consequences! :-)
Carry on upsetting the bastards mate. Bexley council pressured the police into issuing a harassment warning to the owner of Bexley-is-Bonkers blog. The warning had to be withdrawn and the officers involved are now the subject of an investigation by IPCC. If councils behaved in a responsible manner and served the community like they are supposed to, then bloggers would have nothing critical to say about them. just an idea.
ReplyDeleteFFS 19 years!!!! NOW l see why theyre trying to gag you. Whoever sent this letter has no frickin morals thats for sure.
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