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Steve
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 Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 02:08:54
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Linda Haysey (EHC, CON, Hertford Rural South) is quoted in an article in The Daily Mail, defending a newly opened adventure playground for dogs, funded by the District Council.
Are they barking? Council blows £15,000 on adventure playground for dogs
Tory-run East Herts District Council paid £7,000 for the equipment. Installation costs and officers’ time more than doubled this.
Councillor Linda Haysey said: "The area has been designed to help dogs and their owners keep fit and active. It’s a wonderful way for dog owners to socialise."
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exiled_in_Reading
Full Member
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 03:17:44
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| Within 5 minutes the lot will no doubt be vandalised... |
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Billywindsock
Junior Member
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 08:40:15
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Did the Daily Mail say whether it was a cure or a cause of cancer?
They usually do. |
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Jo S
Full Member
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 09:14:31
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Originally posted by Billywindsock
Did the Daily Mail say whether it was a cure or a cause of cancer?
They usually do.
I think you'll find that's single mothers and immigrants |
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Leo Densian
Advanced Member
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 11:49:42
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| House values will undoubtedly suffer |
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Frenchie
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
1044 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 12:12:30
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| What does a WAG have to say about this ? |
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Ted Badger
Full Member
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 12:57:45
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Excellent!
It's about time there was a concession to the dog-owners in the community.
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dennismoore
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 12:59:04
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| This is clearly a result of an EU directive sent down from our lords and masters in Brussels giving asylum seekers the right to excercise their gay and lesbian pit bull terriers at tax payers expense in our already overcrowded parks and countryside. Political correctness gone mad! |
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Steve
Project Leader
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 13:07:59
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quote:
Originally posted by Ted Badger
Excellent!
It's about time there was a concession to the dog-owners in the community.
Paid for with public money? In this economic climate?
Surely the money would be better spent on retaining Saturday free parking at Hartham. |
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Arty
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 13:20:55
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Originally posted by dennismoore
This is clearly a result of an EU directive sent down from our lords and masters in Brussels giving asylum seekers the right to excercise their gay and lesbian pit bull terriers at tax payers expense in our already overcrowded parks and countryside. Political correctness gone mad!
How can you tell if a pit bull terrier is gay? Should you ask its owner? |
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newgirl
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 13:24:06
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Not if you want to live long and prosper  |
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Ted Badger
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 13:52:03
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Originally posted by Steve
quote:
Originally posted by Ted Badger
Excellent!
It's about time there was a concession to the dog-owners in the community.
Paid for with public money? In this economic climate?
Surely the money would be better spent on retaining Saturday free parking at Hartham.
Too right! But if it's the same money that pays for those odd little fenced-off things with a slide and a litter bin in, ie:
...then I want an adventure playground for my dog, with a fence around it to keep children out.
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Jo S
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 14:28:10
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Originally posted by dennismoore
This is clearly a result of an EU directive sent down from our lords and masters in Brussels giving asylum seekers the right to excercise their gay and lesbian pit bull terriers at tax payers expense in our already overcrowded parks and countryside. Political correctness gone mad!
Plus the dogs and owners will no doubt occupy 6 bedroom luxury council houses |
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thefair1973
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Niue
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 14:51:34
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| and that cost £15k???? HOW?? I'm sure some fencing, a bin, a bench, a see-saw and slide don't cost that much! Did they include the cost of the land in that price? |
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Ray_by_the_Beane
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 15:30:05
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Originally posted by thefair1973
and that cost £15k???? HOW?? I'm sure some fencing, a bin, a bench, a see-saw and slide don't cost that much! Did they include the cost of the land in that price?
The article says £7K for the equipment, the remainder being installation and "officers' time" (whatever that is)" costs. |
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thefair1973
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Niue
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Posted - 30 Jul 2010 : 16:13:38
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| but even so, 7 grand for that kit and another 8 grand to install it? Typical waste of resource in the public sector |
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Hertford Councillor in Daily Mail
