[madaxe_again]

They hadn’t been paying since 2008, hence it was all derelict trash - they don’t even have the budget to maintain the roads or keep the school open, never mind monitor river levels.

My interest was not drowning, rather than pecuniary.

[cechmaster]

so what are they doing?

[madaxe_again]

Care and education, and whatever they can manage with whatever’s left over. Same as pretty much every council everywhere.