No To the Bike Parking Tax

In this email:

• On this eve of protest. We bring you an update.
• Westminster issue a "report" (Toilet paper) before the scrutiny meeting.
• Announcement, we are now officially members of the TaxPayers’ Alliance.
• Cllr Danny Chalkley on video saying things like "ludicrous", see his face if you dare!
• Adorn you bike with No To the Bike Parking Tax logos!

The eve before the protest. Welcome, articles, articles, press and Susie.

Again we want to send out a quick welcome to all the hundreds of new campaigners signed up to this mailing list, we salute you for taking a stand, now down to business. This week has been a busy week with the campaign mentioned on numerous websites, please do leave comments wherever you go and read about us, comments get read by others and the more we can get under each article adds oomph to the campaign, it shows that we are not just a handful of campaigners! We know Westminster have received over 3,000 objections. Here is a quick list for you to read over and participate in:

• Mark Wallace: Westminster council has abandoned its common sense, low tax principles and even good manners in introducing a bike parking tax.
• Westminster motorbike parking charges campaign goes global.
• TaxPayers’ Alliance issue a "Call to arms" to their members. Please comment.
• Councillor urges ‘responsible’ motorbike protest. (Yeh right Cllr Chalkley.. A Message to you.. SCRAP THE TAX.)
  
• West End Extra, 27th March 2009 – "Letters to the editor" PDF.
• West End Extra, 27th March 2009 – "War of words on two wheels" PDF.
• Tory woman councillor accused of "sexist" email. (We asked you previously to leave comments to this article, it was swamped! Thank you ALL that responded, it has the desired effect.)
  
• Motorbikers deny ‘parking hate campaign’. (Thank you for the hundreds of comments!)

Westminster pre-scrutiny meeting report, what a load of toilet rubbish.

Westminster have issued an 18 page report of the bike parking tax [Download PDF] ahead of the meeting tomorrow, where the scrutiny committee are supposed to do just that, scrutinise the report and the experimental bike parking tax. In the meeting tomorrow the campaign will be presenting 6 speakers all of which will be refuting the report, and the experimental parking charge and will be saying everything you guys have wanted to say to Westminster directly, let us hope they listen and are not foolish enough to continue the experiment, or make it permanent for that matter. In the report they do offer suggestions for compromise… which we are having none off, the report itself is full of errors, they cannot even add up their own figures.

• Download the report by none other than "One size Fitsall" (Keiran Fitsall).

TaxPayers’ Alliance – Spreading the campaign to a wider audience.

We are glad to announce that the campaign is now officially a member of the TaxPayers’ Alliance. TPA supporters will be joining us at tomorrow’s protest, and this is a great way for us to really hit hard against the bike tax. There are plenty of people out there who are sick of stealth taxes, and if we can get them on board despite them not being bike or scooter riders it will all add to our oomph. You can read more about the TaxPayers’ Alliance support for our campaign here (We ask you to please leave a comment below the article) and sign up to receive their free weekly email bulletin here.

Ever wondered what Cllr Danny Chalkley looked or even sounded like… watch this video.

If you ever wondered what Cllr Danny Chalkley looked like or sounded like, you may see him here in an interview with the BBC telling the Department of Transport that they are "stuck in the dark ages" and that they are "ludicrous" for telling him and Westminster Council that they need to turn off their CCTV network as of midnight tomorrow, haha.. what a shame they cannot hand out more tickets!

Adorn your bike.

We have plenty of posters, logos and downloads which you can print off here and stick all over your bike ready for tomorrows demonstration, we want to show to the public and passers-by what we are protesting about, so please cover your bike! Download section here.

See you all tomorrow for the MEGA DEMO!

The weather is looking good, the day is going to be fantastic, whenever you are joining us [Full details here as a reminder], wherever you are coming from, thank you for your support, united we can defeat this tax.

– No To the Bike Parking Tax Committee [Profiles].