tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post6110091615981799545..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: Counting carsFlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-58157561240034687602010-10-05T16:23:23.237+01:002010-10-05T16:23:23.237+01:00I counted 15 this afternoon; assuming the maximum ...I counted 15 this afternoon; assuming the maximum rate that's a whopping £61.50; whoo-hoo that'll offset everyone who isn't coming into town any more.<br /><br />As for revenue lost, that's uncountable. The council get the same money in rates regardless of the business making money or even existing as liability starts for the owner after 3 months of the property being empty.<br /><br />If Stourport ends up a ghost-town they'll just raise the domestic rates to compensate for the loss.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-20620672778187255742010-10-05T15:16:02.033+01:002010-10-05T15:16:02.033+01:00Seriously though the number of cars NOT there is a...Seriously though the number of cars NOT there is a count of the revenue Stourport is LOSING. Consider the comments from the <a href="http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/8410396.Car_park_charges_will_mean____a_great_decline____for_town/" rel="nofollow">Worcester News article on the parking can-of-worms</a>. You can see there that people outside the district will now no longer bother coming to the district!Tavhttp://www.wfa.org.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-41949325789200954982010-10-05T15:06:29.971+01:002010-10-05T15:06:29.971+01:00"So the council have gone to having no revenu..."<i>So the council have gone to having no revenue generated by Vale Road to having no revenue generated by Vale Road.</i>"<br /><br />That made me laugh. That's progress for you!Tavhttp://www.wfa.org.uknoreply@blogger.com