Some Councils Really Do Employ Muppet's!

like Poole Council,

the lane to the hut, belonging to the First Lilliput Sea Scouts in Poole, Dorset, has more than it's fair share of potholes, so after a lad on a bike head-butted the wall when his wheel went in one pothole, public spirited Roy Farnham decided at his own expense in materials and time he would fill the pot holes like the one above in, including one that was 5ft wide and 18ins deep,

enter the muppets from Poole Council, Roy said, 'two men from the council came down and spoke to me, they said: 'you put one brick in one hole, we’re going to do you for fly-tipping', Poole Council says it only has a responsibility to upkeep the lane as a bridle-way, 'I’m worried about the safety of the children who use it,' he commented, obviously the council is not,

highways officer Sophia O’Sullivan insisted that fixing the road was possible but would cost in the realm of £150,000, which she said was a 'ridiculous sum', Steve Tite, traffic manager, added that the council would 'welcome' investment from local business to resurface the path, I wonder if the two above would be making the same comments if one of their children fell in to one of the holes in the councils bridle path and was seriously injured? not that I wish it to happen, but it makes you think how quickly the council would find the money to repair the path then!