tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5971083249894700582011-04-21T18:57:24.802-07:00Countering Nottingham City Council propagandaGarethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938393067063972014noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597108324989470058.post-88442199696200912952009-05-14T03:31:00.000-07:002009-05-14T03:36:37.861-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">NEW! Update from the Lenton fly-tip</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pfzvsk7fX10&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pfzvsk7fX10&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />A <span style="font-style: italic;">de facto</span> rubbish tip in a residential street, just yards from a key cycle route and in a street where children play. The Council's response? So far, NOTHING.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/597108324989470058-8844219969620091295?l=nottinghamcity.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938393067063972014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-597108324989470058.post-49649988485280228572009-05-10T04:33:00.000-07:002009-05-10T08:06:14.625-07:00<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9Y9nnU7QJ94&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9Y9nnU7QJ94&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Big Spring Clean is NONSENSE</span><br /><br />Nottingham City Council is legally required to remove rubbish, fly-tipping and graffiti <span style="font-style: italic;">promptly</span>, all year round.<br /><br />So why the need for the 'Big Spring Clean' campaign every year? Can't the council simply meet its legal obligations, and keep the city clean?<br /><br />Many of us are active volunteers, looking after our city by litter-picking, helping with tree-planting, and reporting problems to the council.<br /><br />But, as our film above shows, serious fly-tipping in working class areas is routinely ignored - in spring, and in every other season, too!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Quiz: council propaganda versus lived reality</span><br /><br />Can <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> work out which of these photos are featured on the City Council website, and which show the more enduring reality outside your front door?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbTiFpwkHI/AAAAAAAADXw/ZpuQdKX4xeg/s1600-h/wasteandrecycling_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbTiFpwkHI/AAAAAAAADXw/ZpuQdKX4xeg/s200/wasteandrecycling_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334183391253270642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHGPuPII/AAAAAAAADX4/FxCACGsyI5o/s1600-h/NEAT_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHGPuPII/AAAAAAAADX4/FxCACGsyI5o/s200/NEAT_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334184027067661442" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHo-26rI/AAAAAAAADYQ/msDSxe4FMus/s1600-h/reportparks_1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHo-26rI/AAAAAAAADYQ/msDSxe4FMus/s200/reportparks_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334184036392168114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: the Market Square and a city street being swept, and the Arboretum looking nice in the sun...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHXXFc9I/AAAAAAAADYA/7dC-t_9GK8U/s1600-h/dumped+tyres.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 122px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHXXFc9I/AAAAAAAADYA/7dC-t_9GK8U/s200/dumped+tyres.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334184031661945810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHgrKpoI/AAAAAAAADYY/mcOblkVFFg0/s1600-h/Nottingham+City+Council+vandalism.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHgrKpoI/AAAAAAAADYY/mcOblkVFFg0/s200/Nottingham+City+Council+vandalism.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334184034162091650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHdnempI/AAAAAAAADYI/ZUDWWGXP-Qg/s1600-h/Bloodstained+clothing+detail.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 122px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9EDb9OJ83jo/SgbUHdnempI/AAAAAAAADYI/ZUDWWGXP-Qg/s200/Bloodstained+clothing+detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334184033341315730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Above: tyres dumped on a Lenton pavement, a vandalised sign outside a Wollaton school, and blood-stained clothing left in a never-swept pedestrian underpass.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/597108324989470058-4964998848528022857?l=nottinghamcity.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05938393067063972014noreply@blogger.com0