Taking a stand against beggars
There was once a Labour MP called Hattersley. He was useless and dribbled down his chin when he spoke. Therefore I never expected to praise anyone with that surname but today I am very happy to say that a York businessman, David Hattersley, has finally had enough at the woeful inaction of City of York Council and the police to tackle the issue of York’s streets being plagued by drug and alcohol addicted beggars. After reading the full details of Mr Hattersley’s anger and frustration and what he is doing about it, one cannot help but wonder why someone like him is not leading our council instead of that useless crook Galloway. Mr Hattersley is bang on with his concerns and dead right in saying that CoYC are doing nothing about it. Galloway is in fact exacerbating the problem by supporting the building of the new “Homeless Hilton” on Clarence Street which will attract even more of this human waste to our city. Surely the money could be better spent on a simple chemical weapon to get rid of the lot of them?
I look forward to following the progress of this story as I am sure Mr Hattersley is going to make life very uncomfortable for certain people in positions of power. And about time too.
See you soon…
April 28th, 2008 at 05:32 pm
I also await with interest the outcome, but I’m not optimistic Mr Hattersley will get the support from the courts he deserves.
Successfully suing the police for failing to do their duty would really open the floodgates, but even before that this will really hurt -
“A request to see “relevant extracts of police officers’ notebooks, files and documents that relate to the apprehension and detention of vagrants” has also been lodged under Freedom of Information Act.”
Best of luck Mr Hattersley, go for it.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
A good blog but why spoil it with hyperbole;
Quote, “Surely the money could be better spent on a simple chemical weapon to get rid of the lot of them?”
Surely the money could be better spent on certifying them and putting them in a secure hospital with no access to their poison for a few weeks. Now that would make them think about things.
April 28th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Because my “hyperbole” as you call it is probably the only answer to this problem.