Praise where it’s due

Although parking is plentiful with two disable parking bays, (DPBS) it is always full, as it is free and some garage owners parking their cars with “For Sale” manifest notices, using these spaces as rent-free sales room.
Recently DPBS were blocked, perhaps by an abandoned car. Although it was issued with “Parking Offence Notice and Clamped” it was not removed for days, thus causing immense hardship to disable people.
In desperation, after unable to visit these shops for a week, I contacted Harrow Cllr. Barry Kendler (Edgware Ward) requesting his assistance to free DPBS. His response within hours came as pleasant surprise, promising swift action.
Not only offending car was towed away but illegally parked cars received notices, some clamped, with a promise that Council will soon install metered parking with regular visits by Traffic Wardens. No wonder parking is now easier, trade picking up, to the delight of local shop-keepers. But unless it is patrolled regularly, it will slip back to bad old ways.
I feel it is my duty to thank these three Labour Councillors, Kendler, Amadi and Parekh who work as a team, as politicians in general and Councillors, MPs in particular receive bad publicity, from fiduciary press and maligned by their fellow politicians for cheap electioneering purpose.
Bhupendra M Gandhi
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