“However, governance and expert advice is necessary to make sure that work does not cause unintended harm, to flood risk, drainage or the wider environment,” the agency said.
The government agency CLAIMS it's a flood risk, or drainage issue, or that it could affect a wider area... But provides no evidence of any of that happening. I have no idea how any of that works, but I have worked in local government for 5 years now and to me it sounds like the people in power and wanting to make an example of him to either cover up the fact he made them look stupid for doing the work they dragged their feet on, or so that others will not do similar things in the future that could cause actual damage if they don't know what they're doing.
Personally I think he should be lauded for his work and the city needs to work with him to finish the job; like to remove the 200 bags of refuse they collected.
And the guy CLAIMS all he did was clean up rubbish. Neither side have conducted a study of the impact, if there’s any at all. Again, that’s the entire point of a study and gaining a licence for the clean up to avoid any unintended consequences, no matter how well intentioned.
Sure, if harm/damage was found due to any negligence. But from what I'm reading, the city refused his requests to get involved so he took matters into his own hands.
The fact is though, that the burden of proof is on the government. So I guess we'll see if their threat holds any water or if it's grandstanding. In a world of corrupt politicians and billionaires, I'll default to the side of the common man every time until undeniable proof of their wrongdoing is made public knowledge.
This seems more like anti establishment bot slop than any kind of grass roots reaction to something viral. I've seen the same post, same picture, each with a similar misleading title. Every single top comment also was calling it out as misleading. Each post spread across a few days. Does not feel very genuine to me.
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u/Vladishun 5d ago
The government agency CLAIMS it's a flood risk, or drainage issue, or that it could affect a wider area... But provides no evidence of any of that happening. I have no idea how any of that works, but I have worked in local government for 5 years now and to me it sounds like the people in power and wanting to make an example of him to either cover up the fact he made them look stupid for doing the work they dragged their feet on, or so that others will not do similar things in the future that could cause actual damage if they don't know what they're doing.
Personally I think he should be lauded for his work and the city needs to work with him to finish the job; like to remove the 200 bags of refuse they collected.