SO that York council, who could not manage a free booze-up in a brewery, can justify ten per cent increase in council tax, they have, at quite an expense, sent out cards with three increases to tick - but not a box with no increase.

Would the Evening Press arrange with the council to be an independent counter of these returned cards?

I do not trust the council to give the rate payers the truth about the returned cards.

We will be told that all cards returned show a caring people that they would like a ten per cent increase in council tax.

Yes, at this time of the year pigs do fly.

B Macey,

Millfield Avenue,

Hull Road, York.

Updated: 11:19 Tuesday, December 21, 2004