England. He had the job of organising a Time Trial; part of a cycle race. Along with other colleagues it was decided to close-off a small housing estate that lent itself to forming a race track. As part of turning the event into a 'fun-day' races were to be organised prior to the main event so that local children could enter, with suitable prizes for all ages.
A Public Meeting was called so that people would know what was proposed and any objections heard. There were only two questions asked: What would happen if there was an emergency on the day? The answer given was that the police would stop the event and emergency vehicles would be given total priority. What was to be done about litter? The audience was told a litter pick would be organised using council workmen to cleanup after the event.
The meeting voted that the event should go ahead as planned. My friend also had the job of being interviewed by the local newspaper. A lady reporter spent some time with him and the gist of the newspaper article was agreed. He expected it to be favourable to the council with praise for the pleasure the day was expected to bring.
When the article appeared in the newspaper it was headed "Residents object to road closure" and the rest of the article was anything but complimentary. He telephoned the lady reporter and asked why she had written this. She replied that she hadn't, her editor had not liked her work and had substituted words of his own.
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