Object

Gypsy and Traveller Site Options

Representation ID: 54783

Received: 31/05/2013

Respondent: Julie Thornton

Representation Summary:

Proposal for Gyspy and Traveller sites is asking for trouble.
Travellers not paying taxes should travel.
Previous experience of Gypsies resulted in not wanting to be near them.
They do not want to integrate into society but want the same.

Full text:

I think the proposal for gypsie and traveller sites in the warwick district is the worst idea yet and just asking for trouble. If travellers want to travel and not pay taxes then let them travel. Ireland sent their gypsies packing for a reason, unfortunately they came here. My family grew up around those gypsies in particular and they are not the kind of people i want any where near to me and my family. Nobody wants them living anywhere near to them, hence the latest community stand in at Meriden.
They do not want to intergrate in to society but they want the same as the rest of society, i do not know of a poor traveller or gypsie do you?
There's plenty of room on the moores send them there