Mr Mustard wonders if the stress on council budgets is so much worse than he realises when councils start falling out amongst themselves over £130 for what was clearly a trivial matter.
Enfield Council should be well aware of the legal doctrine of 'de minimis'
Enfield Council could easily have accepted the formal representations and suggested the Islington driver left a teensy weensy bit more room in future or one of the two parking managers could, after an amicable chat, have given way but instead we have council tax payer money being wasted in two councils whilst one side thrusts and the other parries and then Enfield throw another £30 down the drain to pay for the tribunal time and facilities.
Our low level functionaries aren't giving local government a great reputation by such behaviour.
Yours frugally
Mr Mustard
This sort of thing seems par for the course with councils nowadays !
ReplyDeleteDe Mickymouse approach to local government.
ReplyDeleteNot of course in the sense of the much loved and artfully drawn cartoon character.
But the slang expression used pejoratively to mean trivial, small-time, amateurish or of poor quality.