Comments on: Fix my street http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/04/19/fix-my-street/ Thoughts of Antonia, Labour activist and feminist in Oxford Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jock http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/04/19/fix-my-street/#comment-363746 Jock Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:59:23 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/04/19/fix-my-street/#comment-363746 No - Oxfordshire CC does have a similar facility: http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/doitonline/reportitonline/forms ...but personally I prefer the idea of the fixmystreet one as others can see (and RSS feed as I have) the complaints and see when they were fixed or not and comment on them. It's better for holding them to account - in the same vein as theyworkfor you. No - Oxfordshire CC does have a similar facility:

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/doitonline/reportitonline/forms

…but personally I prefer the idea of the fixmystreet one as others can see (and RSS feed as I have) the complaints and see when they were fixed or not and comment on them. It’s better for holding them to account - in the same vein as theyworkfor you.

]]> By: Paul http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/04/19/fix-my-street/#comment-362584 Paul Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:04:59 +0000 http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/04/19/fix-my-street/#comment-362584 Interesting to see the 'They Work for you People' doing this, and fair play to them. Your entry seem to suggest Oxfordshire County Council has no online system itself for picking up this kind of thing, and that's what creates the need for this 'middle man'. Are they still in the IT dark ages? Lancashire County Council, for example, has its own well developed system - see http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/atoz/a_to_z/dirServices.asp?u_id=1345&strSL=P But then it's a Labour council, so maybe it's just further ahead. Interesting to see the ‘They Work for you People’ doing this, and fair play to them. Your entry seem to suggest Oxfordshire County Council has no online system itself for picking up this kind of thing, and that’s what creates the need for this ‘middle man’. Are they still in the IT dark ages?

Lancashire County Council, for example, has its own well developed system - see http://www3.lancashire.gov.uk/corporate/atoz/a_to_z/dirServices.asp?u_id=1345&strSL=P

But then it’s a Labour council, so maybe it’s just further ahead.

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