http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/ Evesham Journal /news/letters/ en-gb Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:01 +0000 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:01 +0000 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/resources/images/1000818/?type=rsslogo http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/ http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5055907.Repair_as_new___/?ref=rss walking from the Post Office towards LloydsTSB bank yesterday, along the pavement, outside the Pretty Raj Indian restaurant, I espied a new inspection/junction box cover. The lovely paving stones had been ripped up to enable a new cable, I should think, to be laid there to a point back towards the Post Office. Right down the middle of the pavement! What’s wrong with that, you may ask? Well, instead of relaying the paving stones, which had been painstakingly laid by an earlier council, at goodness knows what cost to us council taxpayers, the telecom company had poured in black asphalt, which now lies like a black snake all along the middle of said stretch of paving. An absolute eyesore that drew my attention to it by its awfulness! After that, I noticed many more of these money-saving, quick-fix repairs after work had been carried out, round all sorts of companies’ covers. Workman Bridge in particular. Some bigger and uglier than others. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:23:19 +0000 99e14145ec0dcf7eb0ca8abe041bcf4c http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5055926.Waste_of_paper/?ref=rss Cut the paper waste. All councils are facing cuts as a result of the credit crunch and we know that many of their efforts are unpopular with the general public but I bet there is one area that would get the wholehearted support of the people in this area. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:27:09 +0000 5275f030d8345e8c359bbe729729203c http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5055899.Right_the_road/?ref=rss I am writing regarding your article in the Cotswold Journal Thursday, March 4, 2010 “estate will be ruined by traffic”. Please let me appraise you of the facts. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:22:16 +0000 d91b7094d4b08d37ceea1e1e8d7180e8 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5055916.On_the_Port_side/?ref=rss Pride of Port Street! Through your newspaper, I would like to thank several traders of Port Street, Evesham, for their generous donations of cash, goods and vouchers, to enable me to run an office auction in aid of the Prince’s Trust Programme (Bromsgrove 132). Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:25:05 +0000 1099bc0c2e656791b7e7fa5ff3fd1a23 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5055890.A_shortcoming_of_grants_to_arts/?ref=rss May I, through your pages, express my disappointment at the decision of Evesham Town Council not to provide any funding for the Arts Festival this year. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:21:19 +0000 f3035585926acff2de952a9fea8d4d83 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5055846.Stop_this____infernal_noise___/?ref=rss RE Mr Michael T Parker’s polemic last week in favour of local windfarms (which way the wind blows). This must be making him even more popular with his friends and neighbours down there in sleepy Sedgeberrow. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:14:06 +0000 e0a5d56e9adbd56a749fdecd9819c2f7 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5041192.Production_error/?ref=rss The BBC widely-announced cut-backs, appear to have already started! Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:05:53 +0000 c5b0e47c244ba2da010820783abd279e http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5041181.Short_on_ideas_and_policy/?ref=rss I am a volunteer advisor at Wychavon CAB and attended the Wychavon District Council meeting last Tuesday, February 23 at which the council passed a budget cutting £30,000 from our funding. This decision means that this CAB is likely to cease functioning as from May 2011 (a fact known to the council before this meeting), leaving local people without access to specialist benefit, employment, housing and debt advice as well as the other information we provide. The Council failed to answer two questions (correctly tabled) asking what measures they would take to replace the services presently offered by the CAB. I can only think this failure was because they knew that to provide even only two full-time members of staff required to deal with benefits alone, will cost them more than £30,000, let alone any staff needed for debt or housing advice! Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:03:08 +0000 99420234cb6c5145a7a1fe9e2f02359c http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5041187.Which_way_the_wind_blows___/?ref=rss We now know from your article on February 18 that the “Advertising Standards Authority” (ASA) recently ruled that some of the claims about wind turbines made by the “Vale Villagers against Scottish Power” (VVASP) cannot be substantiated. This came as no surprise to anyone who knows anything about wind power. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:04:24 +0000 000d4e49269ff78203fbe60c217415c6 http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/letters/5041189.She_knows_best_/?ref=rss The fourth Sunday in Lent is not Mother’s Day but Mothering Sunday. Traditionally, this was the day when girls in domestic service, often some way from home, were allowed time off to visit their homes. On the walk they picked wild flowers to present to their mothers. Somewhat different from the commercialism of today! Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:05:13 +0000 2ef185243e69eca0d793ac90efd2313a