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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town
Posted by: David Lesniak
Date/Time: 04/08/20 07:51:00

Two things:

Good to know Michael is an investor in Brewdog. He benefits directly from promoting unhealthy drinking.

Tom, once again, skews his own references. Thanks to Adam for also picking up on this. And no, Adam and I are not related, don't know each other nor are we dating. I suspect, though, we share some Polish DNA somewhere along the line.

Wandsworth was far ahead of the curve with respect to letting traders access pavement. They waived fees entirely - no application fee, no usage fee.

Other boroughs adopted the draft guidance before it was enacted. They were completely pro-active. The guidance set a cap of £100 all inclusive.

Not so Hounslow.

Up until too recently, Hounslow wanted applicants to pay the £123 application fee (already 23% above the cap) with an additional usage fee based on £54/square meter used. That was 10 days ago, if that. Wandsworth had its initiative up and running in time for July 4th re-opening for hospitality.

Labour leader Steve Curran and the all-Labour cabinet failed businesses terribly by not getting out in front of the situation. It failed to follow the lead of other Labour councils. The online application portal did not work. Hopefully that is now resolved. As such, businesses in Chiswick are at least a month behind putting in place any new amenities to maximize trade let alone take advantage of the Eat Out scheme for hospitality venues. Businesses in Chiswick suffered needlessly as a direct result of Hounslow's tone-deaf policy, ignorance, lack of leadership and/or ineptitude. You pick.

In this case, the info Tom refers to is specific to COVID yet he tried to present it as specific to schemes pre-COVID for pedestrianizing. My grandfather (the Sanderson in me) used to say people can be too smart for their own good. Makes them stupid. He was a mechanic. Sold Jeeps. Quite possibly one of the smartest men I knew.


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New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 08:37:00 Simon Johnson
   Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 09:31:00 Loraine Pemberton
   Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 09:36:00 Jane Kay Etherington
      Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 10:00:00 Loraine Pemberton
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 10:56:00 Claire Moran
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 11:21:00 Loraine Pemberton
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 11:24:00 Philippa Bond
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 11:24:00 Sophie Atkinson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 11:34:00 Adam Pycz
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 11:44:00 Steve Taylor
   Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 11:48:00 Nick Jefferson
      Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 07:17:00 David Lesniak
      Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 15:04:00 Mike Chisholm
   Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 11:49:00 Nick Jefferson
      Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 11:57:00 Claire Moran
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 12:04:00 Peter Brown
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 00:25:00 Ruth Mayorcas
      Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 12:28:00 Adam Pycz
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 12:31:00 Steve Taylor
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 13:09:00 Philippa Bond
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 13:18:00 Victoria Lynch
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 13:25:00 Mike Firth
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 13:30:00 Peter Evans
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 13:33:00 Peter Brown
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 13:43:00 Bernard Allen
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 14:30:00 Mike Firth
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 14:38:00 Peter Brown
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 16:54:00 Bernard Allen
      Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 16:34:00 Justin Stephenson
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 20:28:00 Jennifer Selig
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 22:41:00 Carl Wynne
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town02/08/20 22:56:00 Nick Jefferson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 01:12:00 Brad Smith
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 05:57:00 Madeleine Hazard
   Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 12:07:00 Tom Pike
      Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 12:34:00 Adam Pycz
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 12:49:00 Tom Pike
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 13:22:00 Claire Moran
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 13:42:00 David Lesniak
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 13:58:00 Michael Robinson
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 14:12:00 Tom Pike
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 17:00:00 Mike Chisholm
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 07:51:00 David Lesniak
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 11:12:00 Tom Pike
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town05/08/20 07:06:00 David Lesniak
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town05/08/20 17:33:00 Tom Pike
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 12:52:00 Michael Robinson
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town05/08/20 07:09:00 David Lesniak
                        Re:Brewdog04/08/20 13:48:00 Richard Greenhough
                           Re:Re:Brewdog04/08/20 14:04:00 Matthew Swain
                              Re:Re:Re:Brewdog04/08/20 19:09:00 Ken Munn
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 14:00:00 Tom Pike
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 15:10:00 Richard Greenhough
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 16:28:00 Tom Pike
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 16:56:00 Mike Chisholm
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 17:26:00 Michael Robinson
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 17:54:00 Mike Chisholm
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 08:38:00 David Lesniak
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 09:07:00 Michael Robinson
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 09:13:00 Adam Pycz
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 09:20:00 Michael Robinson
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 13:58:00 Adam Pycz
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town05/08/20 07:12:00 David Lesniak
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 13:54:00 David Lesniak
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 16:13:00 Bernard Allen
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 11:47:00 Paul Jennings
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 13:54:00 Adam Pycz
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 14:04:00 Tony Smart
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 14:56:00 Ken Munn
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 15:30:00 Adam Pycz
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 23:54:00 Tony Smart
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 17:41:00 Adrian Irving
      Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 15:38:00 Adam Pycz
         Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 23:43:00 Tom Pike
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town03/08/20 23:53:00 Tony Smart
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 00:40:00 Jayne Thorburn
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 08:14:00 Tony Smart
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 08:17:00 John Hall
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 08:29:00 Ken Munn
            Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 09:08:00 Adam Pycz
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 09:36:00 Tom Pike
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 10:34:00 Matthew Swain
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 11:00:00 Sara Collins
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 11:12:00 Matthew Swain
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 13:56:00 Adam Pycz
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 18:19:00 Matthew Swain
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:New Traffic Measures are Harming Your Town04/08/20 19:00:00 Adam Pycz

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