Questions to be asked over gypsies
1. What right have they to occupy private land without the owners permission?
2. From where, and how, do they obtain supplies of gas, electricity and water?
3. What arrangements are made for sanitation, and by whom?
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Hide Ad4. Who is responsible for providing, and paying for, their medical and educational needs?
5. How do they earn a living?
6. Do they pay Community and other taxes?
7. Who provides the money to enable them to pay the legal fees required to fight eviction orders?
8. Why, when the Criminal Justice & Public Order act of 1994 removed the duty of UK local authorities to provide sites for Travellers, even giving them powers to close down existing ones, do RDC staff spend their time, and our money, on trying to accommodate them?
If RDC cannot provide answers to these questions via the Observer, perhaps a member of the Traveller community could oblige, in a democratic manner of course.
John Hill
Glengorse, Battle