Local Council Official Gifts

'And people say we're anti-car...I LOVE cars!'

"Who's got the hammer?"

Quality Control

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

"Of course it's a stupid sign, but you wouldn't believe how much money it brings in for city hall!"

'I'm afraid the cuts are beginning to bite!'

Man from refuse department says: 'We'll send you a new wheelie bin, Mrs Trubshaw, there's really no need to 'orchestrate a mass Twitter campaign'.'

Danger Falling Leaves

'Welcome! You are now in Shambles!'

'Every year local authorities whinge on about needing more money to maintain services.'

'It's an idea whose time has come, Mr. Mayor -- 'drive-through traffic court'!'

"Ah, you'll be wanting our red tape department, third door on the left!"

"We've been campaigning for years to encourage central government to delegate more powers to local authorities..."

"Hard to believe this was all rain forest just fifteen years ago."

"It's come to my attention that our sister city has been borrowing our city's clothes without even asking."

'One day son, all this will be collected.'

Alderman shocked at a proposal to pull down Temple Bar

"Rudy, did you realize it's illegal for a boss to tell his minion how to vote?...And that therefore, I would never tell you to vote for my friend Patsy Marionette, for city council?"

The Mayor Alonzo Q. Furdweiller Pothole. Looks like the mayor and the city council are bickering again.

'He's put in a tender to run down public services.'

Sinalization.

At this exact location on May 23rd 1957, a bunch of people mounted this plaque to commemorate a surplus of funding for the Commemorative Plaque Society.

"They're spelt differently!"

Man at council planning offices can't get through door due to position of steps.

'So, you're a little Hitler? You're hired.'

'It's the council's flood defence system.'

Tombola Winner

Budget cuts were beginning to bite at the local council

Corruption Contest

"It doesn't mean you, Hickford!"

SF NO

'Here - The Royal Safety Council said you have to wear this.'

"No, this is the department for obfuscation, hindrance, confusion and prevarication...you want the department for sophistry, incomprehension, fudging and evasiveness!!"

'Okay, but for future reference; We never grit the ice in here.'

Roller skater see a sign: Nightmareville Pop. 5679 Beware Of Government Red Tape