Both sides read 'your ad here', referencing Nottinghamshire County Council's plans to have businesses sponsor some banners to advertise across the county
, and a short walk from the University Boulevard tram stop has been ruined with black writing appearing to be painted or spray-painted on either side.
Both sides read 'your ad here', referencing Nottinghamshire County Council's plans to have businesses sponsor some banners to advertise across the county.last October, which involved hanging 164 flags on lampposts along Nottinghamshire roads.
These Union Flag banners have been slammed as a waste of taxpayer money by opposition members on the authority since the venture was announced, but Reform council leader Mick Barton has maintained they are aView 3 Images That month, banners outside the Jaguar Service Centre on Nottingham Road, near Chilwell, were left with 'sponsored by' and 'the taxpayer' painted on either of their sides.and Beeston on the County Council, told the LDRS on Tuesday the defaced Chilwell banners had not been taken down yet and said they were all making the Beeston area look "tatty". She said: "When people come to visit, what do they think?
We're a country of potholes and tatty flags... the are at entry points to the area, it just looks terrible.
"I'm not in favour of vandalism or graffiti – there's other ways of dealing with it. The thing it makes me feel is I think these banners are divisive and to upset people. " that Reform is making a claim the banners are being used to promote fostering – the banners for fostering are a separate banner, a new one on a different pole.
" She said the banners should be used to show a "proud" county, where some could have Robin Hood displayed on them, or some banners in Broxtowe could feature an image related to renowned writer D. H. Lawrence to mark Eastwood's heritage. Reform is hoping to bring in some money for the council by securing business-sponsored banners to advertise their services, potentially generating a return for the authority.
An FOI submitted by the Local Democracy Reporting Service in April had a response that there had been a "small number" of enquiries from businesses and no sponsorships had been confirmed by that month.spokesperson said: "It's disgusting that anyone would go out of their way to desecrate our national flag.
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