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 Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: "City litter louts named and shamed" |
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WE warned you and today the Evening Times reveals the names of 500 of the first
louts caught littering Glasgow's streets.
Tomorrow we'll name and shame a further 500 and print a further 1000-plus names
throughout the week. All the names have been obtained from Glasgow City Council.
The home address offenders gave to litter wardens and where they were caught
dropping litter is also listed.
Every one of the people named this week has admitted their guilt by paying the
£50 fixed penalty fine slapped on them for dropping litter, discarding cigarette
ends, dog fouling or fly-tipping.
More than 6000 litterbugs have been caught and fined since the council's £4million
Clean Glasgow initiative was launched earlier this year.
And council bosses have pledged to publicly shame every one of them once their
details are fully processed.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/new...litter_louts_named_and_shamed.php
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Is it just me or is this not totally OTT? If these "litter louts" have paid the fine they
were charged with then who the fcuk are the Evening Times to then "name & shame"
these people? And, is this not dangerous legal territory? I'd love to see the ET and
GCC hauled over the coals for making a big-time arse of this...
That's not even mentioning the fact that the Litter Warden Nazis only patrol the
city centre. I'd like to see them try and fine some ned in Easterhouse or The
Drum who has just smashed his empty Buckie bottle off a wall...
James H
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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Does this go against human rights?
I have seen them patrol Victoria road and Brand Street (a 1 bin street with a scottish office building)
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james73
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Stuball wrote: | | Does this go against human rights? |
Surely if you've been caught, fined and then paid the fine that should be the end
of the matter? 
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glasgowken
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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I dropped an old bus ticket today, come and get me ya wanks  |
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Stuball
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What a load of pish
This is something that gets right on my tits these days. Things like 'calls for their resignation'. WHO??? No member of the general public cried out such demands and nobody could really give a sh!t! Opinion polls? How come I've never been polled once for anything at all? It is not an opinion poll until everyone is asked. Ask the REAL blue collar worker and they'll get a real poll to print in their shithawk paper along the lines of 'I don't give a fcuk'
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Stuball
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And what sad bastard phoned an opinion poll telephone line that charged a premium rate to vote 'I don't know'??? morons
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james73
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| glasgowken wrote: | | I dropped an old bus ticket today, come and get me ya wanks |
Aye, I make a point of dropping stuff when I'm in town these days tae...  
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Hugo Drax
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It is too easy for our lords and masters to tackle soft targets like this. How about a feature on Dodgy Donors Named and Shames complete with home addresses etc? I would be all for that. 
I should say that I do agree that it is wrong to litter the city but the people have paid their fines and this serves no useful purpose.
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| Hugo Drax wrote: | It is too easy for our lords and masters to tackle soft targets like this. How about a feature on Dodgy Donors Named and Shames complete with home addresses etc? I would be all for that.
I should say that I do agree that it is wrong to litter the city but the people have paid their fines and this serves no useful purpose. |
Yep, couldn't agree more. 
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