I cannot believe the council has been happy to go along with the findings of a ballot which drew a response from a miserly four in every 100 council tenants.

This decision is set to cost council tenants dear. Inflation-busting rent rises of £30 per week have been mooted, only to be denied.

Now we hear of rumours that council assets may have to be sold to raise funds to offset future rent rises.

A report from the Scottish Executive has assessed Dundee’s housing need as being as great as Edinburgh’s.

In not pursuing a stock transfer, council tenants may have lost in the region of £250 million in additional funding that would have been earmarked for much-needed repairs.

Dundee City Council should come clean as to why it is not prepared to sponsor a proper ballot of its tenants. — Democracy, Dundee.

THE DUNDEE Federation of Tenants Associations should distance itself, from Dundee City Council, and start campaigning for the right of tenants to ballot on stock transfer.

This organisation has been conned into believing it could have some influence in the council’s policies on housing.

For years it has participated while rents rise and services declined.

The council’s main concern is making money to pay off the debt it has accumulated. The council has also spent millions on double glazing and central heating systems in houses it demolished. — Tenant.

I THINK Dundee City Council has plans for the land on which stands the 3000 houses that it proposes to demolish. I also believe it has target dates for demolition.

The people, who will be most affected, will be the last to know. The council should come clean so their tenants can get on with rebuilding their lives, instead of living in a state of limbo. — T. D.

I am aware there have been numerous accidents on this road in the past.

I feel these planters are a tremendous distraction and a hazard because they reduce drivers’ visibility at junctions.

For those exiting Invergowrie, Perth Road or the technology park, and wanting to turn right or go straight through a junction, the planters have made crossing even more dangerous as the driver’s view is now obscured. — Carse Driver.

[A Dundee City Council spokesman said, “This is being checked out to ensure there are no problems.”]

I have seen this happen before and witnessed small children run across that very busy trunk road.

There used to be a lollipop person to guide the children across but the tunnel took over. Someone from the council should check this tunnel every time there is a downpour and, if needed, put a crossing patrol in place.

I hope the young lad involved in the accident is OK. — Angry.

This policy threatens the both wages and working conditions of Mr Devine’s members.

He also states he is in no way against foreign labour. What an insult to our youngsters, who cannot find apprenticeships, and the thousands of unemployed, who could be trained to fill skilled shortages.

The unions are putting political dogma before their members. — Ex-TGWU Shop Steward.

It tells of a Palestinian baker, whose house was demolished and wife killed by Israeli soldiers. Inevitably, after these events, Mohammed became a “terrorist” and blew himself up on a bus. As he lay dying, while being tended by an Israeli medic, he denied being a terrorist saying, “No. I am Mohammed the baker. — George Aimer, Kinghorne Road, Dundee.