| Letters - 10 June 2004 |
| Recycling packed out |
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| I READ the article about Perth man Mike Murray storing recyclable waste in his garage at home. I agree with his sentiments. |
| Since visiting the recycling centre at Marchbanks, in Dundee, to recycle as much waste as possible, our bin has only been half filled each week instead of filled to overflowing.
However, I have been disappointed and angered to discover all the cardboard waste I had collected during past weeks could not be accommodated in the recycling bin as it was overflowing each weekend.
There have been instructions next to this recycling bin to dump my cardboard in the rubbish skip instead. This would mean all my cardboard intended for recycling would just end up in some landfill site and that is exactly what I was doing my best to avoid. Come on, Dundee, pull up your socks.
Let’s have two cardboard recycling bins at Marchbanks. It is obviously needed.
Let’s not discourage Dundonians from developing the recycling habit. — Trying To Be Greener.
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| Not for young ones |
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The playpark at Fountainbleau Drive.
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| I WAS at the newly-built park on Fountainbleau Drive, Dundee, but would say it was only suitable for children over the age of 10.
The council issued me with a letter saying a new park was being built for children, aged three to 10, at the back of Lismore Terrace where they took down some flats.
However, they then decided to extend the car park. When will we get a park for our young children? — Angry Mother. |
| Fife’s cheaper councillors |
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| I FOUND it interesting to compare two sets of figures recently — Fife Council paying out just over £1 million in expenses for 78 councillors, an average of around £13,600 a head, and Dundee City Council paying out half a million for just 29 councillors, an average of £17,500 per head.
What I am wondering is are things cheaper in Fife?
Do Fife councillors get less to eat and drink, or do we in Dundee somehow get £4000- worth more out of our councillors?
If the latter is the case, what extra are we are getting? — Dundee Reader.
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| Deadline missed D-Day |
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| BACK IN May I replied to an invitation from a lottery community fund to seek information about revisiting a war zone after 60 years.
A couple of telephone calls assured me I qualified. I got a letter, sent on May 17 and received on the 24th, which said my application was being processed and that if I hadn’t heard from them within six weeks not to hesitate to contact them.
I wrote back to point out that six weeks from May 24 was July 5, more than four weeks after the anniversary of D-Day, June 6.
Thank goodness we were better organised 60 years ago. I will remember my fallen colleagues in a quiet way and wish those who made the trips all the best. — W. W. McCormack, Symers Street, Dundee.
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| Disabled housing |
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| I WAS sorry to read of Mr Culloch’s housing problem, his wife claiming he had been unable to leave his bedroom for nearly a year because their home has no wheelchair access. Housing for the disabled is almost non-existent. This is not the fault of the local council, it is the responsibility of central government.
There is no mention of housing for disabled people in the manifesto of any of the political parties for the coming election. — Housebound, Dundee.
I READ about the man who wasn’t out of his room for eight months. I felt sorry for him. Hasn’t he got family who could lift him and put him in his wheelchair and take him out for a walk? Surely they could help. If not, what about a carer? — Concerned, Forfar.
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| False claims |
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| I AM sick to the back teeth about the benefit fraud system.
Many a time I have reported a person who is claiming under false pretences, such as having a partner self-employed and making big money.
The benefit fraud people say they do their best to catch them but they only need to be told a pack of lies and that is the end of it.
Sometimes I wonder if you can’t beat them you may as well join them, then we will all be rich. — Honest Tax-paying Citizen.
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| Soldier incident play |
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| I READ the letter about the shooting dead of the soldier at Tay Bridge Station. He was said to have gone absent to watch Lochee Harp play Violet in a cup final.
Frank Gilfeather did a play about that same incident. It was on the Rep and was a marvellous success. I went to see it. All the players from the Harp and the Violet were there. If I remember correctly, Harp were the victors in the final and the winning goal was scored by Emilio Pacione. — Lochee Harp Supporter.
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| Dove left alone |
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| ABOUT A year ago two little grey doves appeared in my garden. Every morning they came to be fed and they became quite tame.
Last week, I went into the garden and found a handful of grey feathers.
Since then I have just seen one little dove all by herself. She just sits there. If she were human she would be sobbing. — Saddened.
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