Saturday 22 January 2011

Free Parking on Barnet Streets

Great news - Barnet Council has a fantastic scheme where you can park free of charge in designated parking spaces all over the Borough. There is even better news. The scheme is available to all, you don't need any special talents to qualify, you just get the permit and it's valid for four years. Doesn't cost you a penny.

Sounds great doesn't it? Sadly the scheme is limited to 63 people and they only let you enter into it every four years (unless one of the lucky 63 dies, emigrates or meets some other sad mishap). The good news is that it is one of the few things we all get to choose. All you have to do is put your name forward and if enough people think you are marvellous you get the permit. I tried myself, but the good people of Mill Hill think I'm a W*nk*r so I failed.

Yes, the free permits are for Barnet Councillors. How do they fund it? By hiking up the charges to the rest of us. Strangely enough, I didn't stand for council to get a free permit, or a huge allowance. I didn't even know I'd get one. I'd give them a free Bus pass (most of the Tories have one of those anyway). If you are sick of this troughing, please sign the petition in the left hand sidebar.

Councillor Lynne Hillan outrageously claimed that "we are all in it together". She can prove it by abolishing the "permits to trough" and paying for her parking like the rest of us.

5 comments:

Mrs Angry said...

I think you are being completely unfair. Not all councillors take advantage of these permits.

Some travel everywhere by taxi, instead, and send the bill to the local tax payer.

Kerrching!

baarnett said...

This can be easily solved.

Whenever one of the Cabinet is in the unfortunate position of not owning a property in their ward, they should be allowed to claim for a second home.

Real home - Ward - Hendon Town Hall - North London Business Park.

That's everywhere sorted; where else would they want to go?

Mrs Angry said...

That's a brilliant idea, Barnet, except, according to the councillors' register of interests, so many of our councillors are without any home at all, and presumably live on a bench, or in a cardboard box. Or maybe they sleep in their cars, hence the need for free permits, I suppose ... yes, it all makes sense now ...

baarnett said...

B-AA-rnet, Mrs. A, B-AA-rnet.

Because we're all treated like a load of sheep.

baarnett said...

(which, I know, doesn't explain the fish.)