When is a Pothole NOT a Pothole??
Posted: Tuesday, 16 January 2007 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pothole
The state of the road on Jura is a JOKE.
After much lobbying of Argyll & Bute Council, they provided a roadman on Jura, he is a really nice guy but when the only tools given to him are 1. A vehicle. 2. A spade and 3. A rake. How can he be expected to maintain the road, he goes to Islay and picks up a load of cold tar and then comes back to Jura, throws it in one of the many potholes, using his spade and then tamps it down with his rake.
Along comes the first vehicle, drives over it and pulls out a bit of the cold tarmac, the next vehicle pulls out a bit more and so on, until the pothole re appears and in fact grows bigger as the new tar pulls out some of the old stuff around the edges of the hole, so by the next day, the pothole is back, only bigger.
The road on Jura was never designed to carry the number of HGV's that now use it. Why so many HGV's? Because of SEPA!
SEPA is part of the Organisation that Argyll and Bute Council belongs to, which is also part of the Organisation that collects the millions of pounds per year from Jura in various taxes ( VAT, Road Tax, Income Tax etc., ), yet why can they not put some of it back into the Island and give us a decent road?
I know I seem to be always moaning but we are treated as a third world country, well that's wrong because they receive millions in aid, we receive NIL or next to.
Why cannot Government and those further down the tree of power, look at area's like Jura, see how much they contribute to the Economy, and put some of it back into the local area to maintain the flow of funds?
I could go on and on but I think I have made point, I hope, if you can follow my ravings.
The state of the road on Jura is a JOKE.
After much lobbying of Argyll & Bute Council, they provided a roadman on Jura, he is a really nice guy but when the only tools given to him are 1. A vehicle. 2. A spade and 3. A rake. How can he be expected to maintain the road, he goes to Islay and picks up a load of cold tar and then comes back to Jura, throws it in one of the many potholes, using his spade and then tamps it down with his rake.
Along comes the first vehicle, drives over it and pulls out a bit of the cold tarmac, the next vehicle pulls out a bit more and so on, until the pothole re appears and in fact grows bigger as the new tar pulls out some of the old stuff around the edges of the hole, so by the next day, the pothole is back, only bigger.
The road on Jura was never designed to carry the number of HGV's that now use it. Why so many HGV's? Because of SEPA!
SEPA is part of the Organisation that Argyll and Bute Council belongs to, which is also part of the Organisation that collects the millions of pounds per year from Jura in various taxes ( VAT, Road Tax, Income Tax etc., ), yet why can they not put some of it back into the Island and give us a decent road?
I know I seem to be always moaning but we are treated as a third world country, well that's wrong because they receive millions in aid, we receive NIL or next to.
Why cannot Government and those further down the tree of power, look at area's like Jura, see how much they contribute to the Economy, and put some of it back into the local area to maintain the flow of funds?
I could go on and on but I think I have made point, I hope, if you can follow my ravings.
Posted on jurastores at 23:37
Global Warming - Yet another TAX
Posted: Saturday, 20 January 2007 |
This will be interesting!
My view, is that Global Warming is a 100% natural occurance that happens every so many thousand years, yes we may be, in a very, very small way, be contributing to it but nothing we do will stop it.
All the fuss about it, is being fuelled (No pun intended) by Governments around the world, so they can tax everyone to the enth degree because if a Government were to tell us all, that they are taxing us extra, we would all complain and may not re elect them but if they create loads of fuss and back the theory that we all need to cut emissions and if we don't, the world will end by 20 something then one of the ways to do this is to create 'Green Taxes' then we will all be sympathetic to this sort of tax.
It is all twaddle and no matter what anyone say's to me it is all about creating new taxes and stupidly titled jobs.
Anyone like to comment on my theory?
My view, is that Global Warming is a 100% natural occurance that happens every so many thousand years, yes we may be, in a very, very small way, be contributing to it but nothing we do will stop it.
All the fuss about it, is being fuelled (No pun intended) by Governments around the world, so they can tax everyone to the enth degree because if a Government were to tell us all, that they are taxing us extra, we would all complain and may not re elect them but if they create loads of fuss and back the theory that we all need to cut emissions and if we don't, the world will end by 20 something then one of the ways to do this is to create 'Green Taxes' then we will all be sympathetic to this sort of tax.
It is all twaddle and no matter what anyone say's to me it is all about creating new taxes and stupidly titled jobs.
Anyone like to comment on my theory?
Posted on jurastores at 15:24
Living on the Isle of Jura
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