The North Kelvin Meadow Campaign

Glasgow City Council threatens to bulldoze the Meadow – but forgets to
tell us 18 September 2009, 2:26 pm Filed under: News Meadow carrots:
Glasgow City Council plans to give them the chop, and we don't mean
julienne them

Meadow carrots: the Council plans to give them the chop - and we're not
talking about julienning

The North Kelvin Meadow Campaign has learnt that Glasgow City Council
has made plans to destroy the Meadow without informing the campaign
group. Destructive actions could be taken as early as Monday, 21
September 2009.

After the Council’s legal action against the campaign group in July
resulted only in two named individuals – Douglas Peacock, Campaign
chair, and Karen Chung, treasurer – being prevented from putting up bat
boxes and installing raised beds, it seems the Council went back to the
courts in order to obtain a ‘decree of ejection’ – but didn’t tell us.
Wrongly addressed

The matter has been handled most peculiarly. Although Karen is appealing
the interdict against her, and the Council obviously has her and
Douglas’ contact details, papers relating to the ‘decree of ejection’
were not sent to them, but were instead addressed to ‘North Kelvinside
Green Space, Clouston Street, Glasgow G20′ by the Sheriff Court –
presumably the address given to the Court by the Council. Had it not
been for the good offices of the enterprising Clouston Street postie –
who delivered the papers to a well-known local personality, who passed
them on to the campaign group – we might have known nothing about it.

Something is rotten in those marble-lined City Chambers, wethinks –
unless we are to assume there is no one at Glasgow City Council who
knows how to address an envelope properly. And it all doesn’t seem quite
in order from a legal point of view. Ms Chung’s lawyer has therefore
contacted the Council asking for clarification and that no eviction take
place until a meeting can be arranged between the campaign group and the
Council.

Watch this space!
http://northkelvinmeadow.com/