Tuesday 24 November 2015
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| Cllr Warren Morgan - Labour Council Leader |
As the leader of Brighton’s Labour
Party and as such, the leader of the Council, I wish to bring to your
attention an injustice and moral atrocity which I pray you can
resolve for me.
I’ve been forced to pay £719.00 to
get our family car returned; towed away because I hadn’t obtained
the necessary parking permit.
Please allow me to put what happened
into perspective. The family car, (a silver Renault Scenic
Registration No' LV03 RYM) which is registered in my name but used by
my ex-partner, is yearly insured, MOT’d and whose car tax of £260
is paid yearly.
A few years ago I received a letter
asking for my opinion of parking permits being issued across the
Moulsecoomb area in light of the vehicle congestion of Brighton and
Hove Albion fans parking in residential streets on match days.
I replied, “No,” that I’m not in
favour, but my opinion was evidently dismissed because weeks later it
was degreed by Brighton & Hove City Council that all resident’s in
Moulsecoomb must get parking permits.
I filled out the necessary form and
took it down to my local resident’s office to get the necessary
parking permit.
It was explained that I never had the
appropriate paper and that I must obtain a V50 to complete the
requirements and get the permit.
I confess I didn't understand what they
required and got back to life. Earning a living, raising children,
maintaining the house, keeping healthy and doing the other 101 things
people do necessary to lead a law abiding existence.
So you can imagine my surprise when
within weeks I got a parking ticket on my vehicle, when it was parked
outside my home, fully insured, MOT’d and taxed.
I wrote to the parking enforcement team
in Brighton explaining the circumstances and they deemed my
circumstances reasonable and dismissed the parking charge forthwith.
Again, a few weeks later another
parking ticket was issued against me.
Intent in resolving the matter I
contacted the parking department by phone and letter explaining my
difficultly in understanding what paperwork was required.
Perhaps it's because I’m dyslexic or
perhaps it's because I’m mentally ill, but I simply didn't
understand what a V50 was and having asked for help, none was
forth-coming.
I begged my ex-partner for assistance
but she said “no” with the excuse, “Everything to do with the
car is your problem.”
I begged officials from Brighton’s
parking enforcement team to come to my home and help me find the
necessary paperwork, but they instead insisted I must visit their
offices at Hove Town Hall on the weekend to resolve the matter.
I simply didn't have time to do so.
- I was in the middle of a parliamentary political campaign as the prospective MP for Brighton Kemptown and was under considerable stress and strain having been attacked at my election office in Peacehaven, and arrested by Sussex Police when I called for help.
- I was under stress and strain from my ex-partner as our relationship steadily deteriorated.
- I was under stress and strain with an impending mental illness manifesting in the belief that our Government are out to kill us through false flag events such as 7/7 and the Woolwich terrorist attacks.
READ MORE: SUSSEX POLICE ARE THE CRIMINALS.
All this was confounded further by the
regular issuing of parking tickets upon a vehicle which was legally
parked outside my property, fully insured, MOT’d and taxed.
The continuing harassment I was
receiving made my feel suicidal. On one night in particular I walked
to a cliff’s edge in Peacehaven with the intent of ending my life.
It was only for the love of my children that I stepped back from the
edge.
I am a law abiding citizen who works my
hardest to provide for my children. I maintain the family car,
ensuring it’s MOT’d, insured and taxed and all I got in return
was a parking ticket every match day.
Before I knew it I was drowning in
bureaucracy. I had nowhere to turn. My ex-partner said it was my
problem and the parking enforcement office simply carried on issuing
the tickets without understanding my predicament.
I simply didn't understand what a V50
was and how to get it. Suffice to say I eventually took it onto
myself and rang the DVLA. They didn't know what a V50 was either but
explained a V5 was a document which declared who the owner of the
vehicle was. I explained that I hadn't got a V5 and asked for a
replacement. They confirmed the vehicle was registered in my name and
that a replacement V5 would cost £20.
I had reached the end of my tether.
Unable to afford £20 and unable to afford or address the mounting
balance of the parking charges against me, I fell into depression
which continues today.
Bringing the situation up to the
present, I was forced to return to the family home because the campaign
office in Peacehaven in which I was living, was fraudulently occupied
by criminals in partnership with the local authority and Sussex
Police.
READ MORE: I'M BROKE, HOMELESS AND PISSED OFF.
The family home is a
council house registered in my name but like the family vehicle, is
predominately used by my ex-partner and children. I tried to get the tenancy
signed over to my ex-partner but was unable to because doing so would
make me ’intentionally homeless’ and unable to be housed by the
Council.
My ex-partner is desperate for me to
move out and to eventually sign over the tenancy to her, allowing her
to get on with her life without any disruption to the children's life
and schooling.
The £719.00 which I was forced to pay
to get our car back was ear-marked for a deposit for a new flat for
myself and sister, Emma Taylor.
Emma Taylor was made homeless in 2013
following a fire at 3 Widdicoombe Road in Mouslecoomb. Police
originally accused her of arson which meant she was evicted by the
Housing Association, becoming intentionally homeless and forced to
sleep on the streets.
Since then Emma was housed at St
Patrick’s hostel but has since been evicted and has been homeless
and sleeping rough since July 2015.
The £719.00 was ear-marked for getting
a flat in which my sister and I could share. Its worthy of note that
we are both Brightonian, born and breed.
I now find myself back to square one,
through no fault of my own.
- My sister’s girlfriend froze to death while sleeping rough on a shop’s doorway on Boxing Day 2013.
- My sister is presently sleeping rough in doorways now and I fear she is liable to die due to the cold weather we are presently experiencing.
Through no fault of my own I have been forced to spend £719.00 to recover a vehicle which is fully insured, MOT’d and car taxed, legally parked outside my front door.
I had no notice that I had broken any
laws by not having a parking permit... What law have I broken by not
having a parking permit?
I took all reasonably steps to acquire
the necessary parking permit. I made numerous telephone calls at my
own expense and time and I wrote a number of letters explaining my
situation and difficulties in understanding what was required.
I explained my situation at every turn
and on a number of occasions those parking tickets were dismissed in
light of the difficulties I was experiencing.
I feel gravely aggrieved and harassed
by Brighton & Hove's City Council’s parking enforcement team. I feel
suicidal and depressed that I’ve been forced to spend my savings paying for a fraudulent charge which on moral grounds is null and
void.
What laws have I broken and what notice
was I given that my vehicle was to be towed away? Where is the court
judgement which justifies this?
Nothing has been stated in Law and as
such I consider the action of towing away the vehicle and impounding
it, unlawful, illegal and immoral.
- My sister is sleeping rough on the streets.
- My ex-partner is in distress because I am living at the family home.
- My children are in distress having to experience the tension between their warring parents.
- And I’m depressed and suicidal because I am back to square one, having worked so hard to save money to get a flat for myself and sister.
Warren Morgan, I am applying to you
directly to resolve this matter.
I am making you directly responsible to
resolve this matter by either refunding the £719.00 spent on
recovering the family car or alternatively I’m making you directly
responsible to resolve this matter by providing a two bedroom council
flat for my sister and I.
This is deadly serious Sir. I am at the
end of my tether and while jumping over the edge of the cliff is no longer an
option, knocking on the asylum’s front door is.
In the same manner you publicised an
open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, I too am making this
letter public, demonstrating my desperation to resolve this matter
with urgency.
Please refund the £719.00 or
provide a two bedroom council flat for my sister and I....
Yours Sincerely,
Matthew Taylor
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