Last autumn, we found ourselves coming out of a very tough year. Our 3rd wedding anniversary was an opportunity to celebrate the fact that we’d somehow got through it all. As it’s a bit of a tradition to spend our anniversary somewhere in the UK, I took my wife to one of my favourite cities: York.
UPDATE: The final addendum to this post is that we’ve had a personal email from Mr Dennison, offering a full and sincere apology – which we have, of course, accepted. Whilst we still have issues with how the council go about major works, the incident on Twitter is finished.
If you’ve read any recent posts, you’ll know that I’m unhappy not only about the extortionate bills from the council, but also their single-minded righteousness and refusal to enter a meaningful discussion.
The middle-management gnome at the centre of this was one Mark Dennison, who just sent me the following tweet:
mark_dennison (Mark Dennison)
@electroweb you will be glad to know i have left the Council now so you can moan to someone else……have fun
6:51 PM Jan 7th via web
Good to know that the concerns and feelings of residents and taxpayers are taken seriously by council employees. What a warm feeling to know that those whose wages we pay, through tax and the charges on my property, hold us on such high regard. What wonders this does for the level of trust between leaseholders and council!
Update: Mr Dennison deleted his tweet almost immediately. He’s clearly a man who stands by his words.
Update 2: By the morning following this tweet, Mr Dennison’s entire Twitter account had been deleted. To be clear, although many people got in touch with him in support of us, there was no hounding or abuse and everyone was polite.
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