Monthly Archive for March, 2007

Yuku Development “On Track” - O RLY?

Published
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RHM
on 30 March 2007
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Which track is that? Well, despite the continued absence of “Silent Rob” Labatt, ezboard, Inc. CEO - or is he? - there are some strange goings-on over on Yuku and indeed ezboard. We’ll take ezboard first. If you take a look at the ezboard Wikipedia entry you’ll see that the current version, version 7.32, was released  two [...]

Council Tax

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RHM
on 20 March 2007
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So according to our Council Tax Demand Notice 2007/2008 from South Norfolk District Council, our council tax bill will rise this year by 4.8% despite all the new housing stock in the area that will obviously be adding to the local taxation income.

4.8% despite inflation being higher than targetted but still only 2.8%.

But as is always the case in our area, the stand-out percentage increase comes from Norfolk Police Authority who will be increasing our tax bill by 6.9%. Yes, every year it seems this bunch of jokers demand - and receive - increases at far more than the rate of inflation. Why? I can only assume it’s mismanagement of their funds. After all, their wonderful PFI-financed Norfolk Constabulary Headquarters (complete with inadequate parking…) involved a land swap with the contractors so that the 12 (I think) locations in and around Norwich were given to the developers as part of this fabulous money-saving scheme. Except we’ve had to endure rises well above inflation which were sometimes blamed on premises costs…

Council Tax

Published
by
RHM
on 20 March 2007
in Syndicated
. Closed
So according to our Council Tax Demand Notice 2007/2008 from South Norfolk District Council, our council tax bill will rise this year by 4.8% despite all the new housing stock in the area that will obviously be adding to the local taxation income. 4.8% despite inflation being higher than targetted but still only 2.8%. But as is [...]
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