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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Esler swats council

Go Lloyd!
Harranged by his own council, Cr Lloyd Esler for the Invercargill City Council dealt swiftly with news that his non-permitted roadside plantings would be investigated by his own council.
"If they have an issue with that they can let me know" Cr Esler said to the Southland Times on Saturday.
That's the spirit Lloyd! Should rankle with the small-minded, that response but they'll have a point (one rule for them, one for us they'll clamour.)
Council roading manager charged with deciding whether Cr Esler and his trees should be taken to task is named Tom Greenwood.
Poetry.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

What did he plant?

robertguyton said...

Native shrubs. Hebe I'm guessing.

Shunda barunda said...

I am going to further plant my frontage in an act of solidarity.

I

robertguyton said...

And I! (though it's fully planted as it is).
Revolution on the street front!

Lloydites!

Anonymous said...

I had a read up on Stuff. It sounds like your council will take a constructive approach and permit plantings that aren't dangerous. Unlike here where they don't even bother to tell people to remove them, they get the contractors to spray and slash them :-(

robertguyton said...

Troglodytes!
Can you nail up 'no spraying' signs and would they work?