Thursday - February 25, 2010

RULES ON TRAVELLERS RESTRICT US, SAYS CITY COUNCIL

There is no link to the story that I could find, and so I am only copying the relevent things from the article.

It highlights, you might say, the problems posed by a people called Travelers.  I posted something on the subject yesterday, but this appeared in a local weekly paper today and concerns itself with news from our county, which is Hampshire. In terms of ID for those of you reading this in America, Hampshire could be thought of as a state. In actual fact though, in England it’s a shire. A large one and not a cheap one either.
The photo here is taken from the web and was taken in the eastern part of Hampshire called The Meon Valley.  A place of great beauty and many villages I could be happy in for a short time.  It really is a choice spot so I guess bad as they are, travelers have some amount of taste. Or at least appreciation for pretty countrysides.  (re the spelling. Travelers apparently is spelled two ways and both accepted. )

The headline read as follows:

RULES ON TRAVELLERS RESTRICT US, SAYS COUNCIL
Hampshire Chronicle
Feb. 25, 2010

SHORTFALLS in the law are hampering the city council’s ability to move on travellers, members have been told.
Winchester City Council viewed a list of all known camps in the district - legal or not - at a meeting last Thursday.

There were seven illegal plots that were all in The Meon Valley.
The city council is frustrated because it doesn’t have the appropreiate powers to deal with illegal sites. “It’s not because of inadequacies among the officers, but inadequacies in the law.

Posted by peiper     on 02/25/2010 at 10:08 AM   
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