tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949957000552123437.post5583766450197567859..comments2023-05-06T08:08:21.025-07:00Comments on Pilion Trust: The Borough of HackneyThe Pilion Trusthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11278567539003115061noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949957000552123437.post-52992023923733198082010-08-28T03:54:52.737-07:002010-08-28T03:54:52.737-07:00Hackney Council often finances free breakfasts for...Hackney Council often finances <b>free breakfasts</b> for the yuppy luvvies who are cycling through leafy London Fields, etc. on their way to their well-paid jobs in the City and West End.<br />https://www.hackney.gov.uk/xc-news-june07-beat-the-bike-thieves.htm<br /><br />Meanwhile people in Hackney who are vulnerable are left homeless and hungry.<br />http://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2010/07/06/charity-for-the-homeless-faces-eviction-with-sleeping-rough-set-to-soar/<br /><br />But if you are caught criticising Hackney Council, regardless of your policial affiliation (or none), your name is mud.swimmer6foot4https://www.blogger.com/profile/06475660619477715151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949957000552123437.post-27038162862229834692010-08-27T13:16:15.425-07:002010-08-27T13:16:15.425-07:00I can only agree with Andrew's comment.
Howeve...I can only agree with Andrew's comment.<br />However, it is possible to make a difference and there are still good, highly motivated people fighting the sometimes rather closed minds in the centre (who seem only to want to protect their own interests).<br />Too often though it is a straight fight to try and get a bad decision changed, when there should an acceptance that a decision should be looked at again, especially in the light of new or further evidence.David Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03768656809477506801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-949957000552123437.post-3767895764496319862010-08-23T03:25:00.337-07:002010-08-23T03:25:00.337-07:00I'm afraid you have encountered top-down Hackn...I'm afraid you have encountered top-down Hackney. Some very good staff are demotivated by a culture, driven from the centre, that distrusts efforts that aren't from its own ranks. If they can't control it - they're not interested.Andrew Boffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882947902215585507noreply@blogger.com