tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post8521777574042922850..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Let Cllr Stopp know how fly-tipping affects you and what Brent should do about itUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-55462375610135702212015-07-28T00:21:03.479+01:002015-07-28T00:21:03.479+01:00Exactly this Anon 14.52. They know what the proble...Exactly this Anon 14.52. They know what the problem is, it's up to them to sort out a solution, that's what they are paid for. Go away and do it Sam and stop trying to get residents to do your job for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-39150298743575259692015-07-27T23:38:10.267+01:002015-07-27T23:38:10.267+01:00If Councillor Stopp wants to cut down on rubbish h...If Councillor Stopp wants to cut down on rubbish he should try keeping his mouth shut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-55081645170210862882015-07-27T16:30:11.690+01:002015-07-27T16:30:11.690+01:00Back in the day, I remember good old Bridie who wo...Back in the day, I remember good old Bridie who would take the time to listen to residents concerns and delve deep into heaps of rubbish to ensure repeated offenders were found and prosecuted. Today it's almost impossible to have a conversation with Viola or indeed anyone at Brent Council. Everyone passes the rubbish and no one wants to take responsibility which they regard beyond their remit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-90279823399843212462015-07-27T12:36:32.842+01:002015-07-27T12:36:32.842+01:00Very very true. We had a terrific Streetcare offic...Very very true. We had a terrific Streetcare officer - Jaci Brown - who I'd known for over a decade. She knew Dollis Hill like the back of the prroverbial and was proactive in the extreme. The one remaining person is none of these thngs. All those good officers went to Veolia, many have now left there, too. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-39582425267995246192015-07-27T05:16:34.947+01:002015-07-27T05:16:34.947+01:00The fly-tipping problem almost disappeared when th...The fly-tipping problem almost disappeared when the Council had a Street Care Team - properly funded and with empowered staff, plus a competent Head of Service.. Then the Corporate Policy "team" interfered, meddled and undermined them. Sadly one of the CP Team is still employed at a six figure sum per annum, and a fat pension to look forward to. Then, and still now, the biggest waste of scant resources in the Council.<br /><br />Shocking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-87097758930962823282015-07-26T22:40:23.129+01:002015-07-26T22:40:23.129+01:00I think it's positive that they're willing...I think it's positive that they're willing to listen. Stopp is a bit full of himself but he can be effective.<br /><br />Let's wait and see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-27022260876488250932015-07-26T20:43:39.072+01:002015-07-26T20:43:39.072+01:00It is both patronising and ignorant to make the ab...It is both patronising and ignorant to make the above remarks - this person must wear blinkers not to see the problems from a wider perspctive. Our streets have never been so dirty - it not surprising rats and the urban foxes are on the increase, not to mention an increase in rough sleepers and associated rubbish that's left behind. S/he should move along our streets and open spaces with open eyes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-11512754992450250022015-07-26T20:10:18.553+01:002015-07-26T20:10:18.553+01:00Yes, everyone who owns a mobile phone can be a dep...Yes, everyone who owns a mobile phone can be a deputy with Brent's clean streets AP. But residents are also aware that the rubbish the offenders dump usually get removed within 24 hours of reporting it. On the other hand, it may take 24 hours to get through to Brent using their user unfriendly automated service, to make a simple request to the Council to remove items that our too big for the bin, only to get a response to say they cant remove them for ten days or two weeks. Residents are therfore probably aware that flytippers get the best service. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-54692936701524229592015-07-26T14:52:39.474+01:002015-07-26T14:52:39.474+01:00There's a difference between showboating, whic...There's a difference between showboating, which us what this is, to actually listening. The whole thing is nonsense - Cllr Stopp wants to know what the impact of flytipping is on residents lives and how to tackle it. Answer - residents hate living in filthy streets and we want the council to 1) catch people doing it and take proper action against them, and 2) clear it up more quickly.<br /><br />We've told councillors this for years, so what exactly is a "task force" going to achieve other than present the above as some new and radical thinking and be a point on Severus's CV?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-7669310032457291792015-07-26T14:34:41.849+01:002015-07-26T14:34:41.849+01:00More rubbish ..........More rubbish ..........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-60217732915875542752015-07-26T12:31:31.007+01:002015-07-26T12:31:31.007+01:00Damned if he does listen, damned if he doesn't...Damned if he does listen, damned if he doesn't...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-47598600987469959732015-07-26T12:13:24.045+01:002015-07-26T12:13:24.045+01:00The problem is the public, not Veolia and certainl...The problem is the public, not Veolia and certainly not the council. After all they developed the cleaner brent app which means we can all be Veolia deputies. Everything is fine with outsourcing - move along. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-30693352932804840102015-07-26T11:55:34.078+01:002015-07-26T11:55:34.078+01:00What gets me is that EVERY time one of this lot an...What gets me is that EVERY time one of this lot announces some New Improved Scheme to stamp out fly tipping, the language is as though it's a new problem, that they've suddenly stumbled over to their IMMENSE surprise and consternation. Do none of the beggars ever actually walk round looking at what's been happening for years? Mashari announced a clampdown in 2010 or whenever. Butt had photos taken (!) holding a broom. Perrins said he'd fix it. So did Powney - the man who let WLWA get away with breathtaking incompetence. Same old, same old. <br /><br />Fly tipping is increasing, yet again, and that's not just based on the figures but observation. And it doesn't seem as though this lot ever bother reporting it in their own wards: I deliberately left a pile unreported. Took three weeks for it to go, and it was the road sweeper who got it cleared. :( Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-38269854313613261522015-07-26T11:05:04.106+01:002015-07-26T11:05:04.106+01:00Yes, lots of green waste dumped in and around Frye...Yes, lots of green waste dumped in and around Fryent Country Park & indeed spotted in the road that Cllr Pavey lives. Hope he gets on board with Cllr Stopp to stop such flytipping in his ward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-23521766165709839052015-07-26T02:49:17.821+01:002015-07-26T02:49:17.821+01:00This says the council is out of ideas about how to...This says the council is out of ideas about how to tackle flytipping. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-26779167900856497542015-07-26T00:35:32.208+01:002015-07-26T00:35:32.208+01:00Lots of Green waste dumped. To fix this end the ga...Lots of Green waste dumped. To fix this end the garden bin tax. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-66174980246472998492015-07-25T21:16:49.345+01:002015-07-25T21:16:49.345+01:00Good to see Cllr Stopp recognising that this blog ...Good to see Cllr Stopp recognising that this blog is a far better way of reaching residents than his own tedious little offering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com