Wednesday 1 July 2009

Forest Fields CCTV


(Thanks to www.photofunia.com)

I'd previously blogged about the prospect of CCTV being installed in Forest Fields and that the idea wasn't universally popular. There were also suggestions that the methods of 'consultation' were a little flawed.

Today, Indymedia is reporting that the scheme has "has been approved by Councillor Jon Collins". The information apparently comes from a letter to the campaigners from NCC.

Presuming it's true, this doesn't say a lot about democracy or even the much vaunted 'area working' within NCC. The Area 4 Committee didn't even mention CCTV at their meeting on 21 May, despite the fact that campaigners had written to Berridge Ward Councillors raising further objections on 1 May, not to mention the public meeting on 23 April.

Still, JoCo wants it ergo it happens.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Love the picture. At first I thought it was 'Photoshopped' but, after some research, it appears that Putin is a big fan of JoCo's approach and the picture is genuine.