As ever, the Green led council down of the sarf coast manages to make a mockery of itself by imposing petty and arbitrary rules and regulations based on Nanny's mantra of "health and safety".
This time Brighton and Hove council, in its infinite "wisdom", has decreed that two small ornamental fountains in a couple of sheltered housing schemes pose a risk of legionnaires' disease.
The council's solution?
Fill them in!
One fountain in Elwyn Jones Court in South Woodlands, London Road, Brighton was paid for out of the bingo winnings of one of the residents (Joyce Hutson) and installed by
THE COUNCIL a year ago.
Now the council wants to fill it in, even though it was
THE COUNCIL that installed it!
Elderly residents of Laburnum Grove sheltered complex in the Hollingdean area of Brighton were also told by the council that their fountain might have to be filled in.
Mrs Hutson has told
The Argus that residents will sit around the fountain if the council tries to disconnect it.
The council said no decisions have been taken and that a report will be produced once risk assessments have been carried out.
The risk assessment will be carried out by someone with a clipboard ticking off all sorts of inane "what if?" scenarios, that have as much chance of occurring as the fountain being a source of ebola.
Oddly though, the council has also said the action only concerns water features in housing schemes and not public fountains.
Why is this odd?
Answer: because Brighton has at least one farking large fountain that, during the summer, spews water droplets (which can carry legionnaires' disease) all over the place.
Why isn't the council doing a risk assessment on its own fountains?
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