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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Porsche Update On Con Charge Judicial Review Process Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:47:28 -0700 (PDT) Lines: 64 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.105.158.197 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1215542848 17573 127.0.0.1 (8 Jul 2008 18:47:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:47:28 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com; posting-host=88.105.158.197; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 3969 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:655909

I thought the trolls might like to cry into their troll-juice as they read this. What contortions are the motorist-haters going to go through to arrive at the conclusion that they supported the =A325 charge, but they don't hate motorists? Let's see. They can't use "the environment" as an excuse to support the =A325 charge, because research shows that CO2 (which isn't a pollutant anyway) emissions would have increased, rather than decreased, under the proposed charging changes. So, I wonder what excuse they will use for their support of the new charge, and just how vague they'll have to be for their stance to make the slightest sense? It's going to be a tough one, that's for sure.

Hey, I know what they could do. They could just admit that they hate motorists, just like Ken Livingstone and Jenny Jones, and *that's* why they supported the =A325 charge. Sorry, how silly of me. urc trolls being honest about hating motorists? Pull the other one.

PORSCHE UPDATE ON JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCESS

July 2008

Legal campaign update - Porsche wins victory in congestion charge challenge

Thank you very much for your support as we challenged Mayor Livingstone's proposed =A325 congestion charge in London. As you saw for yourself, the congestion charge was a major issue in the mayoral campaign and the candidate who opposed this extension, Boris Johnson, was elected Mayor.

I am pleased to inform you that, today, the Administrative Court in London has approved a consent order quashing the increase to the charge. The new Mayor's legal team accepted that the previous Mayoral administration should have taken into account research from King's College which showed that the new charge would actually increase CO2 emissions in Greater London and, consequently that the new charge could, in fact, be unlawful.

Porsche has always been confident that the legal case was right and now we are proud to have played a decisive role in striking down such a blatantly political tax targeting motorists.

It is expected that significant legal costs will be awarded and Porsche has decided to donate those costs to a fantastic charity called Skidz, which takes at-risk young people and trains them in motor vehicle maintenance and mechanics. This gives them the tools and confidence they need to find gainful employment and avoid a life of crime.

The support from Porsche will allow Skidz to open a facility in Hillingdon, providing this opportunity to young Londoners for the first time.

If you have any further comments or questions, you can contact Porsche directly by e-mail at judicial.review@porsche.co.uk or telephone 08457 911 911.

Thank you again for your support which was tremendously encouraging and important to the challenge.

Yours sincerely,

Andy Goss Managing Director