A Green and Pleasant Land

I was called twice this morning by different constituents who are having problems getting something done about a broken and dangerous manhole cover in the road. It seems that they have phoned KCC only to be told that it was Southern Water's problem/job so they phoned Southern Water only to be told that it was TDC's problem/job who in turn told them to phone KCC as it is a KCC issue, I bet you can see where this is going already !!
Anyway one phone call from yours truly and someone will attend within 24 hours, It's truly amazing what the word Councillor in front of your name will acheive, it shouldnt be like that but sadly it is. These jobsworths will only respond to someone who can make their life uncomfortable but seem unwilling to serve the majority people who help pay their wages !



Anyway while I was out with my camera I decided to do a Michael Child and take some random photos of the street scene near me and incidently something My Wife has been cracking on about for months.
I have headed this post as a green and pleasant land as it seems that we are surrounded by greenery everywhere I look, gardens, parks, gutters, pavements. Not just a few weeds growing but fully grown flowering plants everywhere you look. I dont know what the plan is maybe its just to let nature reclaim the land and then refuse to do anything about it as its a rare wildlife habitat and cant be disturbed. All these were taken in and around the St James Avenue area of Ramsgate if you have any of your area email them to me at cllr-mike.harrison@thanet.gov.uk and I will post them up.
Let us hope that Paul Carter is proud of his green credentials.