I was just about to write similar when your entry appearred!! I went to some meetings too and you are absolutely correct. Council officers promised it would never have increases of more than a few percent and only after five years and if inflation was high. That is not the case. Even now inflation has been low for 10 years. But for many salaries and pensions are either lower or being cut. These hikes are hugely out of proportion with reality and maybe LBE should take a close look at some CPZs first. Take Park Hill and Corfton Road for example. Barely a property there which does not have off street parking for at least 5 cars. Who buys a permit there? All is needed there is for driveways to be kept clear and maybe pay and display for all the other spaces - which would raise revenue. The CPZs were justified by LBE as it was fair for both car and non-car owners. So what's changed? Fair would be free visitor permits for the elderly and infirm and free permits for the over 70's who very often use thier cars helping others. Clearly this committee have no grasp of daily life but see things in purely fiscal means. And where was this in any party election manifesto? This will probably turn out to be challengable as too much on CPZs is on record. They would have been wholly unelectable. Prospective councillors take note Wholly unacceptable

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
CPZ permit hike	16/09/10 20:48:00	Oliver Gregan
Re:CPZ permit hike	16/09/10 21:03:00	Michael Brandt
Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	16/09/10 23:28:00	Marie Shelly
Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	16/09/10 23:40:00	Alan Brainsby
Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	17/09/10 00:28:00	Arthur Breens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	17/09/10 10:10:00	Oliver Gregan
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	17/09/10 11:02:00	Arthur Breens
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	17/09/10 11:14:00	Michael Brandt
Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	17/09/10 19:31:00	Marie Shelly
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	17/09/10 21:15:00	Alan Brainsby
Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike - slightly different subject	23/09/10 13:42:00	Emma Daniels
Re:CPZ permit hike	18/09/10 15:22:00	Richard Jennings
Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	18/09/10 16:39:00	Michael Brandt
Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	23/09/10 15:12:00	Andrew Jones
Re:CPZ permit hike	23/09/10 13:14:00	Margaret Noel
Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	23/09/10 14:35:00	Charles Campbell
Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	23/09/10 14:58:00	Margaret Noel
Re:CPZ permit hike	23/09/10 15:39:00	Peter Chadburn
Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	23/09/10 16:56:00	Andrew Jones
Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	23/09/10 22:31:00	Marie Shelly
Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	24/09/10 00:07:00	Margaret Noel
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	24/09/10 00:16:00	Michael Brandt
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ permit hike	24/09/10 22:33:00	Robert Darke
Re:CPZ permit hike	25/09/10 23:02:00	Colin Izzard

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