Barney Rubble, spokesperson for the local “Get the ruddy dam fixed” campaign has been in contact with The Burntwood Blog to point out that repairs to the Chasewater dam won’t actually cost that much.
“Are you all mental?”, said Barney, “Here’s the facts. It’s going to cost £2.5 million to fix the Chasewater dam. Right? That’s a fact. Here’s another fact – there’s 40,000 tax payers locally. Right? Fact. Do the maths. Go on. If we divide 40,000 people into the £2.5 million we need then it’s £62.50 each.”
We challenged Barney, suggesting that a further increase in council tax would not bode well with voters. He responded by saying…
“What would you rather have eh? The council tax usually increases each year anyway. An extra £62.50 per year is about £1.20 per week. I’d rather pay that and stop my house from flooding personally. Heck, round it up to £2 per week extra and we could even build a nice bowling alley behind Morrisons or something.”
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whooooa Barney , you must be mental pal , pay an extra £2 pr week to pay for dam repairs & with change build a bowling alley by Morrisons …
London & Cambridge , who own the land were gona build an alley & cinema for nothing ! nada ! NOWT ! ! but . . . LichDistCouncil wouldnt support planning !!!
we`ve only just been told of the section 106 money were entitled to with 3 mths to spend it !!! 5 yrs they`ve had it !
Burntwood will get the bare minimum from L.d.c. and no more !!
CouncilTax Bill arrived today !! £1250+ …and Burntwood gets £ 25.00 of it … take a look yourself !!
This is the killer…with 9000 homes thats £ 225,000 to Burnt Town Council…
Lichfield City Council …with 12000 homes gets ….£ 650,000
if the district picks up bill for ammenities,schools,waste. etc.
why does the LCC get nearly 3 times as much for only a third more houses ?????
Barney … the head of LDC lives in shenstone , 1st in line if dam breaks …
these facts are all available on the LDC web site ……and more….
Sense of irony to isle 3, please.
Bog off Barney !!! The council tax is enough already, I say let’s have a drop down barrier and ticket machines like at Birmingham airport, and the local residents ( if we’ve got to pay for repairs) should get a free swipe card to get in free, and, if I want to tow my semi-rigid inflatable at the back of my ‘Warrior’ over to the ‘Chase’ for a a mess about on the water on a Sunday I should be able to without having hassle off the knobby ‘boat-boys’ at the boat club. As for flooding, well if it gives I’ll be alright I live in Norton canes, but with a bit of luck the Tsunami will wash away the shops in Brownhills High Street ……. : )) …… ” BONUS ” !!
Hmm, seems like the moderator on here must be one of the knobby ‘ boat boys ‘ i referred to in a previous comment i posted on here and which has now been deleted, oh well ?