I Belong To Glasgow (2)

Lots of reaction to my post about fly-tipping and rubbish dumping across Glasgow.

Not an easy problem to resolve, but the fact that the City Council's 'Dumb Dumpers' hotline hasn't been working for months, perhaps years, tells you that local politicians are not taking the issue very seriously. 

 




 


Glasgow's Fly-Tipping Hotline

Glasgow 'Dumb Dumpers' hotline continues to be a source of embarrassment to the City Council.

I wrote to my three local councillors on the subject who, in turn, asked council officials for an explanation - here's the reply they received and passed on to me. 


MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF GARY WALKER, HEAD OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND REGULATORY SERVICES 

NEIGHBOURHOODS, REGENERATION AND SUSTAINABILITY 

Dear Councillor

Thank you for contacting Environmental Health in relation to the Dumb Dumpers signage and informing us of your constituents’ comments regarding the discontinued telephone number. 

I can confirm that the number on the signage is a national telephone number which is not operated by Glasgow City Council. 

Over the coming months, officers will be refreshing these signs with updated contact details, including more interactive ways to report concerns. 

I will ask an officer to update you on timescales and provide you with an updated copy of the signage when this becomes available.

In effect, the City Council's hotline has not been operating for months, perhaps years, yet know one is asking tough  questions of senior elected councillors and council officials. 

No wonder Glasgow in such a sorry state. 
 

Dumb Dumpers, Dumb Hotlines and Glasgow Council ()


When I discovered the Glasgow Council's 'dumb dumpers' hotline didn't work the thought that went through my head was - how come one of the city's senior councillors didn't realise this was all phoney and complete waste of time?

I mean to say, surely someone within the city council was  monitoring the system and asking pointed questions such as:

1) How many reports have we received this month/year?

2) How many 'dumb dumpers' have we brought to book and prosecuted?

3) How are we sharing news of the council's 'success' in cleaning up Glasgow and encouraging more local people to get involved?

 

Glasgow - Gets Tough With The Fly-Tippers (July 26, 2022)

I say SNP led Glasgow Council is in denial over the filthy state of the city's streets and public spaces.

If publicly spirited citizens (like me) spot fly-tippers, or 'dumb dumpers' as GCC calls them, we're urged to call the following 24/7 hotline number - 0845 230 4090

Thing is when you ring the Council hotline you get a recorded message which says:

"You've dialled an incorrect number, please check the number and try again."

So has the Council put its very best people on the job or is the SNP leadership just having a laugh?



 

Glasgow City Council - A Poor Show (June 07, 2022)

Glasgow City Council is all bark and no bite when it comes to fly-tipping, as this recent photo from Elderslie Street shows.

The 'No Fly Tipping' warning is not taken seriously because similar scenes occur all across Glasgow on a daily basis.

What's needed is imagination, leadership, resources and an all-party, city-wide campaign to help clean up the city.

Yet after the latest Scottish Government spending review Glasgow faces a barrage of year-on-year cuts to the city council's already overstretched budget. 

Council Services Bear The Brunt (June 06, 2022)

Torcuil Crichton's tweet highlights just how bad things are for Scotland's local council's after the SNP's 2022 spending review.

Council services and jobs face enormous cuts with zero growth in Scottish government grant funding, against a background of very high inflation.  

ScotGov spending on health and welfare benefits has increased significantly since 2020 and ministers intend to  protect these areas going forwards.

Interestingly, SNP ministers are not proposing to use the Scottish Parliament's tax raising powers to bridge the spending gap.      Image

 

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