There is an old saying: "You get what you pay for." Why are we paying expenses to councillors who vote for "painting plants"? I find that unbelievable.

Offering "computers to all children" will end up with their being even more innumerate.

Without their calculators and computers they are at a complete loss. For goodness sake teach them basic reading, writing and spelling.

Why not spend our hard earned rates money on things which are really necessary?

R Rowland,

Carr Lane,

York.

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