tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post3607136290844497069..comments2023-10-26T00:08:26.205+01:00Comments on The Boiling Frog: Deadly Switch OffTheBoilingFroghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-91016869405983504482012-02-16T13:37:20.357+00:002012-02-16T13:37:20.357+00:00@Weekend Yachtsman I have no objection per se, jus...@Weekend Yachtsman I have no objection <i>per se</i>, just that the council's decision was made arbitrarily, on spurious grounds, despite local concerns which were subsequently proved right.TheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-73230120779298959572012-02-16T13:28:23.254+00:002012-02-16T13:28:23.254+00:00Years ago the street lights used to go out at midn...Years ago the street lights used to go out at midnight. I remember trying to stay awake to see it, aged maybe four or five.<br /><br />Plenty of posh little towns in the Cotswolds have few or no street lights in their High Streets, because that's how they like it.<br /><br />Can't see the problem myself.Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-77549168528060831122012-02-15T22:46:03.801+00:002012-02-15T22:46:03.801+00:00@Dinero: if only it was just a Daily Mash article
...@Dinero: if only it was just a Daily Mash article<br /><br />@WfW amazingly the scheme was apparently supposed to save money, but now that the lights have to be turned back on it will cost even more money than before! Work that one out...<br /><br />@anon, thanksTheBoilingFroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791961503315586243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-63787312794666269792012-02-15T22:26:36.523+00:002012-02-15T22:26:36.523+00:00Cooncil see
http://www.muirmatters.co.uk/Cooncil see<br />http://www.muirmatters.co.uk/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-45696808972912619122012-02-15T20:40:21.244+00:002012-02-15T20:40:21.244+00:00Once a month, TBF, I take the ladies of Aston vill...Once a month, TBF, I take the ladies of Aston village- those elderly and mobility-challenged - to ASDA in Swindon, passing the short stretch of road twixt the A420 and the A419 I continually see a sign that states that that bit of road (must be all of 400 yards) has had the street light turned off to conserve energy - and each time I smile to myself.<br /><br />This subject, which in effect is a local matter should be subject to a decision made by local people - not their elected 'unrepresentatives'. What better case could be made for the instigation of direct democracy?<br /><br />Perhaps this example could be used to 'throw a little light' on the benefits of a system of democracy known as direct democracy?WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693950082152211516.post-46123844545893712292012-02-15T20:21:07.833+00:002012-02-15T20:21:07.833+00:00"carbont footprint" ?? what???? the lig..."carbont footprint" ?? what???? the lights are either usefull or not. save £20K when the head of a county councils get paid simmallar to the USA President. It sounds like a Daily Mash article.Dineronoreply@blogger.com