York Press | Letters

Council tip plan is a load of rubbish

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:02:03 +0000

WHAT a load of rubbish. Does City of York Council really believe that closing Beckfield Lane tip will save £130,000? If so they should try living in the real world!

Grotesque feature

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:16 +0000

I AM so pleased to read of plans (Soapbox, February 6) to demolish the grotesque feature of the “splash palace”.

On the brink over Iran

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:48 +0000

DEREK MARTIN (Letters, February 7) seems unable to see the world except in terms of “goodies” and “baddies”.

Sizing up British jobs

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:01:33 +0000

I AGREE with the suggestion that we could save jobs by buying British (Letters, February 1).

Hospital gratitude

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:58:45 +0000

I WOULD like to express my appreciation to the doctors, sisters, nurses and staff of ward 33 at York Hospital.

Lords should go

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:59:06 +0000

I READ with interest the letter from Anthony Cox in The Press of February 6.

Point of view

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:59:52 +0000

WHEN the “splash palace” has gone could the no-man’s land that is Parliament Street provide a suitable location for the next incarnation of the big wheel?

Differing views on value of tourist tax

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:49:58 +0000

I SUPPORT the Fairness Commission’s proposal to levy a tourist tax (The Press, February 7).

Green energy won’t keep us warm

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:45:07 +0000

RUSSIA’S main gas provider, Gazprom, failed to meet Europe’s needs last weekend as blizzards blew across the continent, leaving hundreds dead. So how well did Britain’s wind turbines offset this Russian energy deficit? Most people recognise that wind turbines have a limited use, so may be an economic luxury.

Wrong sort of light

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:45:33 +0000

PM BATEY draws attention to the removal of the original street lights in Minster Yard opposite York Minster (Letters, January 25).

Restored my faith

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:45:53 +0000

ON MY many journeys around York by bus, I have encountered, good, bad and sometimes ugly bus drivers; no doubt they could feel the same way regarding their passengers.

Different views...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:46:32 +0000

GOOD old Archbishop Sentamu is at it again, with his comments over gay marriage.

Red Champagne

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:46:58 +0000

THERE are good and bad in all walks of life, but in my varied and interesting span on earth, the type that annoys me most is the champagne socialist.

’Ave you ’eard it?

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:47:19 +0000

CATCHING a local bus, I was surprised to see a sign near the door saying: ’Ave You Left Anything?

Covenant concerns

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:48:17 +0000

IT WAS amusing to read that council leader James Alexander believes he has many skills (Letters, February 5).

Stadium’s a big boost

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:48:51 +0000

AS A son of York marooned on the wrong side of the Pennines, I’ve been following the Monks Cross story with interest.

Council tax: the argument begins

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:00:03 +0000

SINCE the Tory-led Government started its extreme cuts to public expenditure in 2010, I have campaigned against these measures and gone on marches calling on alternatives to cuts. As we face the likelihood of going into another recession, it is clear these savage cuts have stifled growth and increased unemployment.

The day I ate the school’s pork pie

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:03:22 +0000

WITH reference to the reminiscences of Mr Elsegood (The Press, February 6), I too was a Blue Coat Boy.

Seeking any Dunkirk memories

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:53:21 +0000

I WOULD be pleased to hear from any Dunkirk Veteran or their families who would be willing to share any memories of the Dunkirk evacuation of May to June 1940.

Making free...

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:49 +0000

I DO not pretend to be an enthusiast for the edifice entitled Splash Palace, but I have felt thoroughly cheated as a council tax payer since it closed.

We must keep NHS

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:56:17 +0000

I HAVE just returned from York Hospital after having an operation. I was very well treated during my stay.

Riccall is just tops

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:56:39 +0000

I HAVE lived in several areas of England but never in a village with such an excellent parish council as Riccall.

Making it legal

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:57:07 +0000

AN ARTICLE in The Press of January 28 headlined “500k cheat jailed” said the subject was a legal executive who had no formal training.

She’s a snow angel

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:03:47 +0000

I WOULD like to nominate Aleia, age seven, of Fishergate Bar area, as the first snow angel of the year.

It’s a failed policy

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:04:53 +0000

When is a policy not a policy? Answer: when it has failed because then it was never really a policy, just a target.