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I have to say I've been helping a friend with their lotty space since last year and its been lovely but there is something special about having your own space as well and I was offered a lotty space about a month ago, so now I welcome myself to lotty politics 
Its amazing how many people seem to "know" all about you before you even step foot onto your lotty space
Its amazing to me how gardening should be a joy and a release for many and yet there are such blatent attempts from our towns allotment "leaders" to run people rough- shot. Some lotty owners even fear these leaders because if they get on there wrong side they know there will be things to pay for it, even getting run off your lotty space for bogus charges of not upkeeping or being to old to take care of the space etc. I mean if your paying the fee of the lotty space and its obvious you do use it WHY do some lotty leaders treat some who are not living up to some unofficial standard? And these are the same leaders who have SEVERAL lotty spaces when there is a waiting list. (Our area supposedly has a strict no more than 1 lotty space per person rule according ot our council, along with no sheds bigger than an 8'x6' even though there are those who have double that size)
I understand that maybe people werent as big on lotty spaces as they are now but I feel if you've got more than one and there is a list why cant some of the plots be returned to those on the waiting list? There are no trees or permanent plantings just veggies and flower beds- so what is the harm in downsizing those that have excessive spaces?
There is defiently a double standard in the air but I'll do my best to stay out of range and carry on my own space. Gosh how do you all deal with lotty politics, it just seems a bit nutty to me that people seem to have nothing better to do with themselves or is it just me?
Its amazing how many people seem to "know" all about you before you even step foot onto your lotty space
Its amazing to me how gardening should be a joy and a release for many and yet there are such blatent attempts from our towns allotment "leaders" to run people rough- shot. Some lotty owners even fear these leaders because if they get on there wrong side they know there will be things to pay for it, even getting run off your lotty space for bogus charges of not upkeeping or being to old to take care of the space etc. I mean if your paying the fee of the lotty space and its obvious you do use it WHY do some lotty leaders treat some who are not living up to some unofficial standard? And these are the same leaders who have SEVERAL lotty spaces when there is a waiting list. (Our area supposedly has a strict no more than 1 lotty space per person rule according ot our council, along with no sheds bigger than an 8'x6' even though there are those who have double that size)
I understand that maybe people werent as big on lotty spaces as they are now but I feel if you've got more than one and there is a list why cant some of the plots be returned to those on the waiting list? There are no trees or permanent plantings just veggies and flower beds- so what is the harm in downsizing those that have excessive spaces?
There is defiently a double standard in the air but I'll do my best to stay out of range and carry on my own space.
Gosh how do you all deal with lotty politics, it just seems a bit nutty to me that people seem to have nothing better to do with themselves or is it just me?
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