Disgraceful Rider

Should be renamed ‘Rip Off Those Who Can Pay Tax’ in our neck of the woods. This year it will be just over £1600 on Rider’s modest property. In fact Piggynap is just querying her Tax as her ‘Band’ is different to others which are exactly the same – hopefully she’ll get a reduction.  What do we get?  I’ll tell you. The piece of Council grass in front left uncut as Him Indoors had been doing it… only because the Council cutters do not pick up the cuttings which get strewn all over the drive.  Him Indoors now on strike needless to say.  We get litter all over the place left unpicked due to our ‘Lengthsman’ being off sick and there not being money to employ a standin.  We get bog standard streetlights in the village conservation area – thankfully the Parish Council has been able to pay for ‘heritage treatment’ with around a fifth coming indirectly from the city council. We get pavements resurfaced over 5 weeks which should have taken 5 days with men on site - on the days they were on site - for an average of 4 hours (finish lunchtime on Fridays of course).  We get a dangerous narrow pavement to a historic local attraction left as it is (not enough fatalities/money to do it). Well we get a lot for our Council Tax where I live…. do you?