if it's on public land then it's a donated bench now owned by the council, that anybody is free to use. there's no suggestion that it was on their property, which would be a different matter entirely
This is really scraping the bottom of the Barrel of Outrage™,even for you
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 24 Jul 2020, 1:52,
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No, not true
Remembrance bench upkeep is down to the council who do it on behalf of the people who requested and paid for the bench. They should be removing the plaque themselves. You are just making it up, Cumquat. But I am sure you know this
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The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Fri 24 Jul 2020, 3:31,
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here's the very first reference I googled:
"All memorials placed on Council owned or managed land are deemed to be assets of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council and managed in accordance with Council’s policies and procedures"
www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/files/assets/public/new-website-documents/about-us/meetings-amp-minutes/2017/attachments-2017/171010ca_att_314_1.pdf
so, it's clear these people complaining have no property rights to whatever they've dumped on the council ledger to make every other citizen part of what should have been private family grieving. It's not managed "on behalf of the people that requested it", they have no ownership of it whatsoever. And they have no more right than any other passer-by to use it, and the text indicates they put the bench there themselves rather than paying the council to do it. And the next lot of people who put their plaque had just as much right to put there asset on Council owned land or property as the first mob, but at least theirs was discreet and not bringing everybody down . I mean, let's all just plaster the landscape every time somebody carks it, reminding total strangers that somebody who they've never heard of died. It's not like we haven't got a specific place already for that in cemeteries. Oh no, that's not enough! everyone needs to know about my uncle bob and how he loved this place and probably preyed on unaccompanied minors while he was there. And it's not just some massively selfish bit of family egotism, it's now a sacred site, and anyone infringing from making it about all me, me, me, by putting their own sentiments near mine is awful and needs libellous news articles to blacken their names!
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 24 Jul 2020, 4:42,
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the same principle applies for all councils. people don't go around owning permanent fixtures on public land merely because they've dumped it there. the idea is absurd
as usual, these threads are generally a litany of the other person being wrong. Wrong about the plaque being replaced or covered. Wrong about it not being council furniture. wrong about property rights and who pays for the ongoing management. Yet do I ever get thanks for taking the time to refute all these baseless claims and scurrilous imputations? Ah well. Adversus solem ne loquitor
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 24 Jul 2020, 5:57,
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Let’s hope someone doesnt screw a plaque near your own name on your gravestone. Apparently that would also be fine
My issue is with the ethics and morals of someone who believes doing it is okay
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The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Fri 24 Jul 2020, 18:15,
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