Thread: 'It's madness' - Margate shop manager fined for sweeping up cigarette butts
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Old 31-10-2016, 01:08   #2
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Re: Red Tape gone totally mad
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu View Post
http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/201...garette-butts/

Many years ago when l was a kid. You would go along the street, you would always local shops sweeping outside there shops. That's what l did, when l started working some 40 years ago.

Now we have these stupid Enforcement Job worthy officers giving out tickets for stupid things

This poor guy was fined for sweeping pavement, outside his store. And yet the council said 'because he made contact with the cigarette butts, he was breaking the law.

Grow up Councils
In fairness, this is just one incident at one council, not all of them.
Thanet argued the should should not have swept the rubbish into the road but collected it up.
The Council has probably been a bit extreme here, but I can see that Thanet needs to keep its roads clear of litter and not encourage lots of rubbish to be simply moved from the pavement into the road.
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