Tesco Oakham Recycling thanks 75 kettles

Recycling has helped at Tesco Oakham over the last year this has resulted in reducing carbon by the equivalent of boiling 75 less kettles. I had not realised how little an impact recycling has but as Tesco says "every little helps"

Rutland County Council Council Tax Arrears enforcement Alice Taxi

Dear Mr R. Begy and Mr  R. Gale

To save repetition I am addressing both of you in this email.

I went to the Magistrates Court yesterday for Council Tax arrears and was interviewed by two of RCC officers unfortunately I do not recall their names under the stress of the situation.  After which I insisted that I attend the court hearing although normally few people do under the circumstances and I sensed they would prefer me not to. 

In court I was allowed considerable time to speak out;  I explained the direct connection between my inability to pay my council rates and the loss of my earnings since the termination of the taxi school contract by RCC.  I informed them of the inability to resolve my long standing grievances with RCC, and was currently dealing with the Ombudsman for a second time. I took the opportunity to tell the court about the chap who several years ago slept rough in Cutts Close and the other who had committed suicide when they had been unable to pay their council tax and had been evicted from their homes by the RCC. 

Today, I received a letter from RCC advising that a liability order had been made against me. Another example of more pressure tactics that are imposed on citizens when they are under enough pressure as it is.  It is not comforting to know that quite a number of other people in Rutland will have received a similar letter.

No doubt you are familiar with its contents. Here it is in in part.

i)) Instruct  Bailiffs to seize your goods....... the council can apply to the Magistrates

for a warrant committing you to prison.

iii) Present a petition to the Insolvency Service with a view to have you made bankrupt.

iv) Ask the County court to grant a Charging Order on your property etc.

None of these proceedings will be instituted if you pay your arrears (including court costs) in full within the next fourteen days.

.... It is a criminal offence not to provide the information requested and refusal to supply information.  A fine of up to £500 can be imposed etc etc.

This request for information requires personal income details etc etc.

I write for this reason:

In the current economic climate this system unfairly discriminates against people who have been affected by the recession. 

Is this a fair action to impose on a vulnerable citizen such as myself who has been directly affected by the incorrect actions of RCC members who have caused my current financial situation?

Therefore, I ask for your help in resolving this matter.

Kr

Joscelyne Orr

P.S.  I copy this email to Martin Brookes for him blog. Please inform any body who is having difficulty to get in contact with me. If anybody is experiencing problems of any sort about the way RCC deals with their issues. 

josie2112@hotmail.com

It may help your case, if you knew Rutland County Council take no action, when taxi driver Dave Burton publicly twitters insults about the child he runs to school and complains they don't tip!

They have also been aware of insults tweeted about all his customers since last year.

And his insult directed at me whilst working.

I hope you listened to my advice and made the court a offer to pay, an offer you can afford, they can not make you pay more than you can afford.

They will only use the enforcement order if you breach that agreement.

So only offer what you can afford.

Whatever you had said in court would have made no difference councils up and down the land do this, they are obliged by law to collect the tax.

If everyone did turn up at court it would most certainly clog up the system.

I am pleased the court allowed you a chance to speak.

Kind regards from Martin

Old British Legion Oakham free homes for artistic squatters

Old British Legion Oakham High Street, free homes for artistic squatters? Its been suggested this could be a perfect location for a arts centre in Rutland. Conservative Councillor Peter Jones is a keen supporter of the arts lives across the road, I am sure he would not object if a group of artists moved in and opened a Arts Center. If the building is use and maintained it would look better than this. Oakham High Street is slowly starting to look like a ghetto.  A description Oakham Town Council used when describing the proposed Stamford Homes development.

Uppingham Road Development Oakham Town Council and Oakham Action

At the last meeting of Oakham Town Council, members were asked to reconsider their comments relating to the proposed Uppinham Road development .

This was due to non-determination by Rutland County Council. The planning inspector will consider Jeakins Weir's appeal.

If Oakham Town Council spent less time bullying and looking after our town, they would have noticed there had been a change to consider. The proposed number of homes planed had been considerably dropped to 95.

The public were aware of this large reduction in numbers. Why was the council not aware of this?

Oakham Action and other members of the public were aware of this changes many days before the meeting.

This is another example of how out of touch the Town Couuncil is! 

Why did the Clerk not point this out to members, he is paid enough to do so.

Some of the Councillor are so busy bullying, they missed a very important change and made comments about the development as if there was no change.

Oakham Town Council is an expensive ineffective waste of money.

All those ex Councillors who blamed me for the ex mayors illness are you mad? she said it was cervical cancer, how could I have caused that illness?

Oakham Action Says:

You will be pleased to hear that yesterday evening the Development Control Committee of Rutland County Council  voted by majority to refuse the application to build 96 houses on land to the west of Uppingham Road.

We are all very pleased with the result and thank you all for your support.

Unfortunately this is not the end of the matter, since the developer has lodged an appeal for non-determination with the Planning Inspectorate.   This means that the Inspector has the final decision on this application.    The Inspector will receive copies of all the objection letters and other correspondence, but if you wish to add any further planning objections you can write to the Inspector before 22^nd February 2011.   The hearing will be sometime in May and we will keep you informed in case there is need for further representations by Oakham Action.

Once again many thanks for your support and particularly to those who attended the meeting yesterday.

Regards

Judy