Legal review launched over Colchester's High Street car ban (From Essex County Standard)
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Legal review launched over Colchester's High Street car ban
4:43pm Wednesday 20th March 2013 in News
A GROUP of disabled campaigners have launched a bid to try and secure a legal review of Colchester's High Street car ban.
Fair Access 2 Colchester has instructed Unity Law, which specialises in disability legislation, to commence Statutory Review proceedings against Essex County Council.
They say the trial restrictions, introduced on Sunday, are discriminating against disabled residents as they remove many Blue Badge holder spaces from Colchester High Street.
See Thursday's Gazette for the full report.
Comments(65)
blockpaver
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5:23pm Wed 20 Mar 13
# sitting in a restaurant on North Hill the other day a car parked opposite in the “disabled slot”, a young couple got out, took the pram from the boot, put the child in and walked to town, coming back an hour or so later and got back into the car;
# a middle aged couple parked in a” disabled slot” got out of the car and walked off to the shops “arm-in-arm”;
# a very young couple parked a “disabled slot” climbed out of the car and walked off looking all the world to be fitter that a large number of other folk in the town.
There are many other instances I could quote of similar abuses, regrettably I haven’t been about to see what would appear to be a really disabled person getting into or out of a parked vehicle.
Colonel Kurtz
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5:35pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Shambolic
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5:49pm Wed 20 Mar 13
25414nora
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6:06pm Wed 20 Mar 13
The hardship imposed: On the genuinely infirm by removing the blue badge facility in high street is an absolute disgrace.
No other town that has introduced a pedestrian zone has taken such extreme action against this group of people.
If there are some who are abusing the benefit, Then it's Essex County Council who need to get their house in order, by bringing in a foolproof method of Blue Badge Issue.
And not bulldoze their blanket ban down the throats of the genuinely disabled.
I am not a disabled person myself, but I am a carer for someone who is, and know 'first hand' the every day differculties that exist.
WivRes
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7:48pm Wed 20 Mar 13
blockpaver
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7:48pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Goonerboy
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7:51pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Get this sorted and ban all cars , taxis, buses , bikes from the centre , make head street and north hill one way pave over the high street , have lots of markets , gets some life into the town .
Deliveries can be made before 9am . Job done
jazabelle
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8:19pm Wed 20 Mar 13
At the end of the day if the badge is abused - it's the non-disabled doing it. The rules have tightened up around Blue Badges and much less people can get them now, but nothing will ever stop people without morals abusing their family members badge, but the genuine should not suffer due to this.
Colonel - Actually, 15% of Colchester has a disability or long-term condition, NOT 0.5%. This is a signficant number and decent access should be made to make life easier.
WivRes - Fair Access to Colchester has recieved contact from hundreds of disabled and older people due to this trial, and feel that being able to access their own town is imperative.
Goonerboy - the difference is in towns like Chelmsford and Ipswich is that other roads run alongside their main street, meaning there are alternative bays close by.
The group has put forward suggestion after suggestion of alternative parking spaces - including making better use of Culver Street West which closes at 11am. If this parking restriction was dropped, this would be an excellent alternative Monday - Thursday.
Sadly the council have ignored this every step of the way, despite being told in every meeting for the last 18 months legal action would be taken as they are breaking the law.
redcurls
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8:21pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Jess Jephcott wrote:Once again your uncaring attitude shows itself. I challenge you to meet me in any of the car parks surrounding the town centre, and I will bring a wheelchair that you can use to try to propel yourself to the High Street, so you can see how difficult it is, or do you just want to carry on sitting in your armchair making disparaging comments?
How ridiculous.
jeffbridges
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9:07pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Jess Jephcott wrote:Ok JJ,
How ridiculous.
in your own words, define ridiculous?
another persons definition of rediculous may well be different to your own,
for example, someone who dresses up in clothes to resemble a roman.
mummy250271
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9:09pm Wed 20 Mar 13
blockpaver wrote:I agree with you, it should be an all or nothing ban. I fail to see why they are only restricting certain vehicles and not others. I also believe your comments about the blue badge holders I used to be a carer looking after a "disabled blue badge holder" she was in her 20's and she could walk further than I could, even her parents were disgusted she was able to obtain a blue badge, they told me so!!
Here we go again, nobody begrudges those who are misfortunate enough to have a genuine need to park close to the shops however, as a regular pedestrian in town I’ll recount a couple of my observations and leave the reader to draw their own conclusions:
# sitting in a restaurant on North Hill the other day a car parked opposite in the “disabled slot”, a young couple got out, took the pram from the boot, put the child in and walked to town, coming back an hour or so later and got back into the car;
# a middle aged couple parked in a” disabled slot” got out of the car and walked off to the shops “arm-in-arm”;
# a very young couple parked a “disabled slot” climbed out of the car and walked off looking all the world to be fitter that a large number of other folk in the town.
There are many other instances I could quote of similar abuses, regrettably I haven’t been about to see what would appear to be a really disabled person getting into or out of a parked vehicle.
redcurls
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9:23pm Wed 20 Mar 13
mummy250271 wrote:Oh well that must mean that every one with a blue badge has obtained it fraudently then, is that what you are saying?
blockpaver wrote: Here we go again, nobody begrudges those who are misfortunate enough to have a genuine need to park close to the shops however, as a regular pedestrian in town I’ll recount a couple of my observations and leave the reader to draw their own conclusions: # sitting in a restaurant on North Hill the other day a car parked opposite in the “disabled slot”, a young couple got out, took the pram from the boot, put the child in and walked to town, coming back an hour or so later and got back into the car; # a middle aged couple parked in a” disabled slot” got out of the car and walked off to the shops “arm-in-arm”; # a very young couple parked a “disabled slot” climbed out of the car and walked off looking all the world to be fitter that a large number of other folk in the town. There are many other instances I could quote of similar abuses, regrettably I haven’t been about to see what would appear to be a really disabled person getting into or out of a parked vehicle.I agree with you, it should be an all or nothing ban. I fail to see why they are only restricting certain vehicles and not others. I also believe your comments about the blue badge holders I used to be a carer looking after a "disabled blue badge holder" she was in her 20's and she could walk further than I could, even her parents were disgusted she was able to obtain a blue badge, they told me so!!
linton586
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9:58pm Wed 20 Mar 13
redcurls says...please take no notice of mr Jephcott- alias sdapeze, he is well known on here for celebrating other peoples misfortunes.
He owns his own small business 'you know? (as he frequently reminds us)
I suppose, Where ignorance is bliss...It's a folly to be wise.
mirokou
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10:14pm Wed 20 Mar 13
jazabelle
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10:22pm Wed 20 Mar 13
No money is being asked for, just a fair consultation and reasonable alternatives put in place. That's all.
Misski
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10:26pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Goonerboy wrote:I totally agree with u,..Ipswich is pedestrianised and so is Chelmsford...how do the disabled cope ere. It was lovely in town the other day..peaceful and no smelly fumes from tons of cars in traffic.PLEASE PLEASE keep it like this....beat idea yet
The stupidity is in not having a complete ban . A partial ban acheives nothing. How do the disabled cope in Chemsford which has had a pedestrianised high street for year?
Get this sorted and ban all cars , taxis, buses , bikes from the centre , make head street and north hill one way pave over the high street , have lots of markets , gets some life into the town .
Deliveries can be made before 9am . Job done
Misski
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10:32pm Wed 20 Mar 13
jazabelle
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10:53pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Misski wrote:Only 3% of people with disabilities are in a wheelchair.
Just want to know if anyone has anything positive to add...I for one think its a great idea..peaceful and as said before no stinky fumes affecting people's asthma....no traffic to dodge....just nice....I am not disabled so obviously do not know how this will affect the disabled..but surely people with wheelchairs can park in the multi storeys and get across..all have ramps especially Williams and griffins and st Mary's.....anyway I can't really comment as I have not been a position to need a wheelchair...but from my personal point if view I liked it!
As an electric wheelchair user I'm impacted less than other people with disabilities. I have a limited battery life, so parking closer generally helps, and I get tired and in pain really quickly - so being near my car is a bonus in case my body gives up and I need to go home.
People on manual wheelchairs will be very much impacted by the great distances and hills from parking in the car parks at the other side of town.
The vast majority of disabled people will be walking. They'll have chronic pain, breathlessness, heart issues or similar. They'll be impacted the most by the great distance and the hills.
The distance the nearest alternative space has been put in is more than double the maximum distance a blue badge holder can walk.
Then there is the fact that almost half the alternative spaces have been put into a car park where the lift breaks down more than regularly. Or the doors in the indoor car parks are so heavy wheelchair holders have said they can't open them themselves.
There is so much more to it that's really hard to understand unless you have a similar issue yourself, or live with someone who does.
Hamiltonandy
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11:12pm Wed 20 Mar 13
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And how can a trial last eighteen months? This is so dishonest. Yet another disaster in the making by our elected dictatorship.
Youngone85
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11:14pm Wed 20 Mar 13
jazabelle
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11:24pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Youngone85 wrote:Shopmobility is now behind the town hall, just off the High Street...
My nan and grandad are blue badge holders. They have never parked on the high street, they park in st Mary's as its free for two hours and the shop mobility is there, as my nan says if you are truly that disabled get a wheelchair to get to where your going, your dignity is not lost you can just do more. What is the problem with this ban I don't understand it.
Wheelchair users are struggling with the ban too - particularly those in a manual wheelchair.
St Mary's is one of the better car parks for wheelchair users, but it is already used extensively - so everyone previously using the 36 spaces in Head Street and High Street can't all use it as well. It's too far for those that can't walk far, and they DO NOT have to use a wheelchair to be "truly disabled."
Reginald47
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11:40pm Wed 20 Mar 13
Misski
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7:31am Thu 21 Mar 13
TheCaptain
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9:00am Thu 21 Mar 13
johnny64
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1:25pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Hartsock91
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1:36pm Thu 21 Mar 13
G.Speel
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1:51pm Thu 21 Mar 13
ireallymeanthis2
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2:14pm Thu 21 Mar 13
disabled people aren't being asked to be treated the same, they're asking for assistance to try to make up for the disadvantages they face.
ireallymeanthis2
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2:29pm Thu 21 Mar 13
jut1972
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4:45pm Thu 21 Mar 13
G.Speel wrote:Because in other towns the parking spaces are near the main shopping streets.
A full ban should have been made not just a partial one. Disabled drivers cope in other pedestrianised towns e.g Chelmsford so why is Colchester any different?
If CBC make it more difficult for disabled shoppers to go into town they will go elsewhere. This isnt just about the disabled, this affects the livelihoods of the shops they frequent.
If 15% of the population say thats it I have had enough and dont go near to town there wont be many shops left. How many companies can take a 15% hit in revenue?
Answer virtually none.
Boughton2510
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7:17pm Thu 21 Mar 13
mummy250271
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8:23pm Thu 21 Mar 13
redcurls wrote:I have not said that "anywhere" in my comment (you obviously know more about it than I do if that's the case) I am merely agreeing with the above facts that not all blue badge holders are incapable of walking a short distance.
mummy250271 wrote:Oh well that must mean that every one with a blue badge has obtained it fraudently then, is that what you are saying?
blockpaver wrote: Here we go again, nobody begrudges those who are misfortunate enough to have a genuine need to park close to the shops however, as a regular pedestrian in town I’ll recount a couple of my observations and leave the reader to draw their own conclusions: # sitting in a restaurant on North Hill the other day a car parked opposite in the “disabled slot”, a young couple got out, took the pram from the boot, put the child in and walked to town, coming back an hour or so later and got back into the car; # a middle aged couple parked in a” disabled slot” got out of the car and walked off to the shops “arm-in-arm”; # a very young couple parked a “disabled slot” climbed out of the car and walked off looking all the world to be fitter that a large number of other folk in the town. There are many other instances I could quote of similar abuses, regrettably I haven’t been about to see what would appear to be a really disabled person getting into or out of a parked vehicle.I agree with you, it should be an all or nothing ban. I fail to see why they are only restricting certain vehicles and not others. I also believe your comments about the blue badge holders I used to be a carer looking after a "disabled blue badge holder" she was in her 20's and she could walk further than I could, even her parents were disgusted she was able to obtain a blue badge, they told me so!!
jazabelle
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8:50pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Hartsock91 wrote:Actually, that's a misunderstanding of Equality Legislation. Equality is NOT about treating everyone the same. It's about putting steps in place that level the playing field, even if the step is seen as an advantage.
As far as I'm aware Colchester Council are not discriminating. The disabled are being treated the same as everybody else and that is what people with disabilities want don't they? Just because it's not in their favor doesn't mean they need to go to court about it.
i.e. If the aim is accessing a town, everyone parking in the same car park may be seen as treating everyone the same, but if those people cannot walk the distance to the town, then equality has not been achieved. Parking provided closer to the town so people CAN reach the town provides the equality.
It's a hard thing for everyone to understand, because people do get drummed with 'treating everyone the same' being a positive notion. It's not! Not if it causes a disadvantage.
daveygravey
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8:53pm Thu 21 Mar 13
jazabelle
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9:26pm Thu 21 Mar 13
daveygravey wrote:To qualify for a blue badge you need to be able to walk no more than 80m, in pain, with breathlessness or similar.
There are lots of carparks in the town with disabled spaces and Lion walk car park has it's own lift up into the town where the shops are so how much more room do you need
Vineyard Street car park is 250m from the High St, and Priory 250m. They're the two car parks they've put the alternative spaces in. Not only does the distance make life difficult, but it's an uphill walk. The distance from the parking spaces under Culver Square - just to get to the lift and up into the square is 90m, before you've gone anywhere!
Someone else said people don't need to go to the High Street/Head St area. Actually, that's not true. There are lots of services based there - the council customer service centre, post office, Job Centre, cinema, banks, churches, GP surgery and shops.
There is still limited parking at St Marys, Castle Bailey, etc, but they were already heavily used before the trial, so it's not like everyone can just head there instead.
I am more than willing to meet anyone here with a manual wheelchair, and ask you to get yourself around the town. It's not easy to understand until you're in that position, feeling the strain of those hills and distances and particularly because most disabled people have pain on top of it, making life even more difficult.
Hamiltonandy
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10:10pm Thu 21 Mar 13
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Colchester Council is the unacceptable face of public service. They are destroying Colchester and not one councillor says anything. Staff at a government department said, off the record, that they regard Colchester Council as a basketcase. You really despair as this incompetent bureacracy goes smoothly from one disaster to another.
daveygravey
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10:26pm Thu 21 Mar 13
daveygravey
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10:26pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Assimilation
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11:12pm Thu 21 Mar 13
johnny64 wrote:jazabelle says...
some people are saying all deliverys can be made before 9am rubbish. i deliver medical to your chemist twice a day . i just hope you dont need urgent medical because we cant get to your chemists. why dont your very caring council issue special permits so essential supplys are allowed in like cambridge instead of gary boy bikers!!!
"Someone else said people don't need to go to the High Street/Head St area. Actually, that's not true. There are lots of services based there - the council customer service centre, post office, Job Centre, cinema, banks, churches, GP surgery and shops."
This is about the High Street only so
unless I have got the wrong town, where is the Cinema, Church, Post Office and GP Surgery in the High Street ? And also the Chemists that need urgent medical deliveries ?
Misski
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11:46pm Thu 21 Mar 13
Assimilation wrote:I thought that when the guy said about deliveries for chemist..there aren't any in high st....they r in boots which is nowhere near a main road and then down crouch st which is not affected at all.... I go back to less pollution now as less traffic...it's soo much nicer..isn't there disabled parking round where jacks used to be...near coop?
johnny64 wrote:jazabelle says...
some people are saying all deliverys can be made before 9am rubbish. i deliver medical to your chemist twice a day . i just hope you dont need urgent medical because we cant get to your chemists. why dont your very caring council issue special permits so essential supplys are allowed in like cambridge instead of gary boy bikers!!!
"Someone else said people don't need to go to the High Street/Head St area. Actually, that's not true. There are lots of services based there - the council customer service centre, post office, Job Centre, cinema, banks, churches, GP surgery and shops."
This is about the High Street only so
unless I have got the wrong town, where is the Cinema, Church, Post Office and GP Surgery in the High Street ? And also the Chemists that need urgent medical deliveries ?
Boris
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1:35am Fri 22 Mar 13
The cinema is in Head St, close by.
Vans are not allowed to stop outside these buildings.
So Johnny64 makes a good point.
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Cambridge is far in advance of Colchester in its traffic management, but for our councillors it is too far away to be relevant. So it would be good to hear a bit more about how their scheme for essential delivery permits works in practice.
Jess Jephcott
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10:53am Fri 22 Mar 13
redcurls wrote:This coward hides behind a pseudonym to attack me. Get used to the fact that the council has made this decision. It is a trial. Hopefully it will be permanent. Either do your shopping before 11 or do what other people with disabilities so easily do. Better still, why not do something positive for your town instead of thinking of yourself?
Jess Jephcott wrote:Once again your uncaring attitude shows itself. I challenge you to meet me in any of the car parks surrounding the town centre, and I will bring a wheelchair that you can use to try to propel yourself to the High Street, so you can see how difficult it is, or do you just want to carry on sitting in your armchair making disparaging comments?
How ridiculous.
jazabelle
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10:55am Fri 22 Mar 13
Assimilation wrote:It's absolutely not just about the High Street.
johnny64 wrote:jazabelle says...
some people are saying all deliverys can be made before 9am rubbish. i deliver medical to your chemist twice a day . i just hope you dont need urgent medical because we cant get to your chemists. why dont your very caring council issue special permits so essential supplys are allowed in like cambridge instead of gary boy bikers!!!
"Someone else said people don't need to go to the High Street/Head St area. Actually, that's not true. There are lots of services based there - the council customer service centre, post office, Job Centre, cinema, banks, churches, GP surgery and shops."
This is about the High Street only so
unless I have got the wrong town, where is the Cinema, Church, Post Office and GP Surgery in the High Street ? And also the Chemists that need urgent medical deliveries ?
As part of the plans the 11 Blue Badge spaces on Head Street were replaced with a taxi rank.
Comments from taxi drivers were that they didn't want or need it, but it may be handy in the evening to pick up pub/club goers.
Due to the use of the taxi rank only being in the evening, one suggestion we made was the use of dual-bays like they have in Ipswich. Blue badge spaces during the day, taxi rank spaces at night. This suggestion was ignored.
So far only two taxis have been spotted in the rank - baring in mind before they extended the rank, there was already a taxi rank on Head Street for up to two taxis - it was just never used.
So in total 11 spaces were removed on Head Street, and 26 spaces restricted on High Street.
Shambolic
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7:41pm Fri 22 Mar 13
redcurls
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8:43pm Fri 22 Mar 13
Jess Jephcott wrote:Funnily enough I am not disabled but I have the compassion to see it from other people's point of view.
redcurls wrote:This coward hides behind a pseudonym to attack me. Get used to the fact that the council has made this decision. It is a trial. Hopefully it will be permanent. Either do your shopping before 11 or do what other people with disabilities so easily do. Better still, why not do something positive for your town instead of thinking of yourself?Jess Jephcott wrote: How ridiculous.Once again your uncaring attitude shows itself. I challenge you to meet me in any of the car parks surrounding the town centre, and I will bring a wheelchair that you can use to try to propel yourself to the High Street, so you can see how difficult it is, or do you just want to carry on sitting in your armchair making disparaging comments?
I notice you didn't take me up on my offer of trying a manual wheelchair from any of the car parks?
Shambolic has stated the facts that even he/she as a wheelchair user hadn't realised before. And if the lift hadn't been working, he/she wouldn't even have been able to try the trip they found hellish.
But you won't accept my challenge will you Jess Jephcott, because you are too smug sitting ably bodied in your ivory tower.
Boris
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12:13am Sat 23 Mar 13
redcurls wrote:She's got you there, Jess. Accept her challenge. You call other people "cowards", but let's see you in a manual wheelchair as redcurls suggests. Try and prove you aren't the big coward that you appear to be.
Jess Jephcott wrote:Funnily enough I am not disabled but I have the compassion to see it from other people's point of view.
redcurls wrote:This coward hides behind a pseudonym to attack me. Get used to the fact that the council has made this decision. It is a trial. Hopefully it will be permanent. Either do your shopping before 11 or do what other people with disabilities so easily do. Better still, why not do something positive for your town instead of thinking of yourself?Jess Jephcott wrote: How ridiculous.Once again your uncaring attitude shows itself. I challenge you to meet me in any of the car parks surrounding the town centre, and I will bring a wheelchair that you can use to try to propel yourself to the High Street, so you can see how difficult it is, or do you just want to carry on sitting in your armchair making disparaging comments?
I notice you didn't take me up on my offer of trying a manual wheelchair from any of the car parks?
Shambolic has stated the facts that even he/she as a wheelchair user hadn't realised before. And if the lift hadn't been working, he/she wouldn't even have been able to try the trip they found hellish.
But you won't accept my challenge will you Jess Jephcott, because you are too smug sitting ably bodied in your ivory tower.
Assimilation
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12:57am Sat 23 Mar 13
Jess Jephcott
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9:31pm Sat 23 Mar 13
Hamiltonandy
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4:07pm Sun 24 Mar 13
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Colchester councillors were elected to represent the public and not to ignore it. If only there had been a proper consultation and public meetings before the elected dictatorship acted. Does anyone believe these tin pot tyrants will take any notice of the protests? They do not care. I cannot remember one of the sixty councillors expressing concern for those disadvantaged including the delivery drivers.
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Colchester Council will not listen and ignores protests. Therefore they cannot complain when action is taken to obstruct or block their proposals. Already the council has lost two restructuring grants and is regarded by one government department as a basketcase. It will only get worse if this arrogant bureacracy continues to destroy Colchester.
Reginald47
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12:01am Mon 25 Mar 13
Reginald47
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12:01am Mon 25 Mar 13
Reginald47
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12:02am Mon 25 Mar 13
pidgee
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8:41am Mon 25 Mar 13
The bigger issue is not the road being closed but the amount of rubbish shops we have in Colchester and it is getting worse. I shopped for 10 years in Colchester but it is so expensive to park and nothing in the shops that are there that i now go to Chelmsford which is doing so well. I would like to see Colchester back is it was but it will take some time.
Justice79
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1:46pm Mon 25 Mar 13
Jess Jephcott wrote:For someone who until very recently posted under an assumed name you are very quick to call people cowards. You do know that just because you dress up like a centurion it doesn't actually make you one.
Hadn't realised that RedCurls was a woman. So I back down completely. Furthermore I have no interest in her challenge. It's none of my business. This is council business. We voted for the council and they have a mandate to do this. I also have two disabled members of my family - it used to be four. Two have died. My nephew died only last week and the funeral will be soon. They all had/have spina bifida. That's what I call disabled. I know about disability and don't need any lessons from cowards.
I'd have thought that someone who has such experiences of disability may have just a touch more humility. Still, I'd be keen to come and watch you show us all how easily you can get around town in a wheelchair I'm sure a such a fine specimen of health as you will find it a doddle.
jeffbridges
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8:43pm Mon 25 Mar 13
Boris wrote:SAd to report this gazette story of a woman in a wheelchair hit by a bus in a shared road in Southend.
redcurls wrote:She's got you there, Jess. Accept her challenge. You call other people "cowards", but let's see you in a manual wheelchair as redcurls suggests. Try and prove you aren't the big coward that you appear to be.Jess Jephcott wrote:Funnily enough I am not disabled but I have the compassion to see it from other people's point of view. I notice you didn't take me up on my offer of trying a manual wheelchair from any of the car parks? Shambolic has stated the facts that even he/she as a wheelchair user hadn't realised before. And if the lift hadn't been working, he/she wouldn't even have been able to try the trip they found hellish. But you won't accept my challenge will you Jess Jephcott, because you are too smug sitting ably bodied in your ivory tower.redcurls wrote:This coward hides behind a pseudonym to attack me. Get used to the fact that the council has made this decision. It is a trial. Hopefully it will be permanent. Either do your shopping before 11 or do what other people with disabilities so easily do. Better still, why not do something positive for your town instead of thinking of yourself?Jess Jephcott wrote: How ridiculous.Once again your uncaring attitude shows itself. I challenge you to meet me in any of the car parks surrounding the town centre, and I will bring a wheelchair that you can use to try to propel yourself to the High Street, so you can see how difficult it is, or do you just want to carry on sitting in your armchair making disparaging comments?
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JJ, try Southend in a wheelchair if you cant face Colchester.
Reginald47
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11:11pm Mon 25 Mar 13
Boris
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11:35pm Mon 25 Mar 13
As others have said, you have no right to go calling other people cowards. I am sorry I descended to your level by calling you one. You have clearly bottled out of redcurls's challenge, and jeffbridges's alternative challenge.
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Like everyone, I am very sorry to hear about the disabilities and deaths among your family members. But just remember that many of us have tragic situations in our own families, but we don't use them as sticks to beat other people with.
Justice79
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8:32am Tue 26 Mar 13
Boris wrote:I wouldn't waste your words Boris the "man" is nothing more than a childish bully who gets in a strop when things don't go his way.
Jess Jephcott, I believe that is your real name, but not everybody does. They may think your name is just another alias, like jeffbridges or whatever.
As others have said, you have no right to go calling other people cowards. I am sorry I descended to your level by calling you one. You have clearly bottled out of redcurls's challenge, and jeffbridges's alternative challenge.
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Like everyone, I am very sorry to hear about the disabilities and deaths among your family members. But just remember that many of us have tragic situations in our own families, but we don't use them as sticks to beat other people with.
Jess Jephcott
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11:13am Tue 26 Mar 13
jeffbridges
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12:35pm Tue 26 Mar 13
if you wish to self promote yourself for whatever reason thinkable, then use your given names upon media filled with trolls such as the gazette comments pages.
If you want others to "use" your given names for whatever reason Imaginable, then use it openly but suffer the consequences afterwards for ever.
I have trolls, on here
(think you know just what troll I refer too)
that's option in life is to attack others/me.
one such troll HAS taken my given name and used it Illegally,
while even "Boris" (real or Japanese given name), has on occasion used in speaking, my name - Is that legal Boris ?? within replies on these comments sections.
I thought these comments were just that comments, not an advertising agency to be a medium that broadcasts a name or other "personal Items" of others.
Stick to comments, points of view, or even arguments, but in no way bring personal attitudes or attacks into the comments, as it spirals downwards into a pre school playground for trolls.
thank you.
Justice79
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1:27pm Tue 26 Mar 13
Jess Jephcott wrote:So what you are saying is that you used to be a coward when you posted your views under an assumed name (sdapeze) but now you are a big brave boy so you decided to put your name to your inflammatory/argumen
Anybody that has a need to hide behind a pseudonym and malign others, to my mind, is a coward and a troll. If you were confident with your views then you would make your true identities known, as do I.
t seeking posts. Seriously you are almost as much of a joke as that poorly put together collection of clipart and textures you call a website.
Jess Jephcott
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1:55pm Tue 26 Mar 13
romantic
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2:22pm Tue 26 Mar 13
I am also surprised that the bollards are up all the time blocking off the Dutch Quarter, and that the bus lane from High St onto Queen St is also 24 hour. Both seem to create long detours while serving little purpose.
The people running this should not be afraid to make small changes along the way, rather than clinging dogmatically to their way being the only possible way. But at the same time, the main principle does need to be given a proper trial period.
Acejax
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2:50pm Tue 26 Mar 13
Either have it one way or the other!
Jess Jephcott says...
5:22pm Wed 20 Mar 13