Furore over beach hut and chalet site rental increases of 200% over the next two years:

Click to access the-knowledge-22-january-2016-issue-35.pdf

So, is it now time to revisit charging councillors and officers for parking at Knowle? This comes up most years but is always voted down.

Oh, and Owl hears they also get free parking in the district when out and about on ” council business”.

Let’s say, for the sake of easy maths, there are 60 councillors and 240 of the 400-plus officers parking there each week = 300 cars. If each car was charged £10 per week for 50 weeks of the year (let’s be generous and give them free weeks at Christmas and Easter) that would be an income of £150,000 per year. Then, when in council business, they could pay for their parking and claim it on expenses – where they would have to explain what business they were on.

Imagine the good things a council could do with £150,000 …

Are we likely to see this being discussed at an Asset Management Group – no – not least because we are not allowed to see the Asset Management Group at work.