Tin monstrosities and other extravagances
Is it just me or does the thought of Hull Council spending £200,000 on fibreglass toads to commemorate the death of Philip Larkin stick severely in the throat?
Am not a fan of local governments in general, but surely this particular madness out does most?
Here we are in a world full of appalling poverty with companies seriously struggling in a recession – and yet the profligate local officials sit on their ample backsides and make decisions such as these and then wonder why people are sickened, depressed and apathetic.
As I driving to work this morning, I view with the usual horror our own local monstrosity. Supposedly "adorning" the entrance to the town is a metal spiral that reminds me of a tin someone has peeled with an apple peeler, and then festooned with neon blue Christmas lights. I'm not privy to the exact – but known to be exorbitant – price of this piece of folly, but what I do know was that it was constructed by a company owned by someone with a seat on the right committees.
I suspect that it is unlikely be any different in Hull; an obscene extravagance between old boy’s networks, which makes a mockery of any semblance of sensible government.