For what seems like an eternity now, a developer has been building a block of town houses at the Perth Road end of Step Row in Dundee.
This has necessitated Step Row being closed to traffic on numerous occasions, sometimes for extended periods. On one occasion the carriageway was ripped up, reinstated and ripped up again just days later.
In addition to the advertised closures, there have been any number of unscheduled closures as delivery trucks etc block access.
In addition, there has been no reinstatement of the footpath, obliging pedestrians to continue to use the narrow, cobbled road.
Dundee City Council should impose time constraints when it grants permission to developers. — A. Walker, Step Row, Dundee.
Pampered teachers should pay up
Teachers and staff pampering themselves at a hotel leisure centre on an in-service day, paid for out of school funds, is a gross misuse of public money.
Not so long ago there were no in-service days and teachers turned out pupils every bit as good and sometimes better than today.
As for this being part of a health promotion, it sounds more like a junket. The teachers and staff concerned should be made to repay the costs. — B. C., Monifieth.
Too many holidays
Teacher’s mum says that parents look on school as a babysitting service.
But the law states that children must attend school.
I think teachers and children get too many holidays and I don’t see why training days can’t be part of these.
Teachers know what lies ahead when they go through their training and if they feel hard done by maybe they should reconsider their careers. — Full-Time Working Mum.
No excuse for appalling behaviour
Will the person (or persons) who constantly lets dog(s) foul the pavements in Marlee Road and Torridon Road, Dundee, do us all a favour and stand in the mess.
Better still take a child with you and let him or her stand in it, too.
Then go home and walk it all over your carpets, making your house smell so bad you’re nearly sick then walk into your back garden and dispose of your shoes and socks into a bag and then throw them into a bin.
Then have the added cost of getting your carpets deep cleaned.
There is absolutely no excuse for this appalling behaviour. There are red bins galore in this area.
If you can’t clean up after your dog, don’t have one. — Angry Resident.
Christmas all year round!
I read the letter praising Christmas lights in Balunie Crescent, Dundee.
These lights have been up all year (not lit) and many people think it is an eyesore for most of the year. — Christmas Cheers.
Busiest time
Angus Council has distributed a letter to its customers stating bins will not be emptied until January 3, after last collecting on Thursday, December 27. Considering the council only supply one bin to each household, this is probably the busiest time for bin use, and refuse collectors refuse to take rubbish not in a bin (unlike Dundee), I find the letter shocking.
This will cause grief to many a parent, whose bins will be overflowing. — Angry.
Cat died
My husband found an injured cat on Pitkerro Road next to Longhaugh Shopping Centre on Thursday around 8.30pm. It had been hit by a car.
Unfortunately the cat died shortly after.
It was fawn/tan colour with a pink collar with bells.
My husband took the cat to Parkside Vets on Kings Cross Road who can be contacted on 810777. — Mrs Fordyce.
Leon won fair and square
X Factor winner Leon will turn into a great singer with a wee bit of help.
The Welsh boy has had five years’ singing lessons and shouldn’t even have been on the show.
I too tried to phone on numerous occasions to vote and could not get through.
Leon, whether you are Scottish, English or Welsh, you won it fair and square.
It was not only voters for Rhydian who could not get through. I have no time for bad losers. — Barnhill Reader.
Youthful exuberance
Triumphant Leon Jackson’s When You Believe debut single is set to be a big hit. However, I was touched by his renditions of Beatles’ hits on X Factor.
These included Can’t Buy Me Love and The Long And Winding Road — the latter my all-time favourite McCartney classic.
Part of Leon’s charisma is that he encapsulates some of the youthful exuberance of Gareth Gates, whom I thought should have won a previous talent show. — J. I. Matthew.
Workmen praised
We have been residents of Longhaugh Terrace in Dundee for many years and contrary to the headlines in the Tele we have certainly not been prisoners in our homes and can’t go along with the complaints of the residents you featured.
We have nothing but praise for the workmen on the site and find them always helpful. — Happy Tenants.
Vindictive
What a vindictive act. The Darwins are condemned to spend Christmas imprisoned and kept apart for an alleged fraud amounting to less than £200,000.
This is a miniscule sum compared to the scores of £millions obtained every week from the customers of banks and building societies through high interest rates, overdraft penalties, etc.
And then, of course, there is the blatant rip-off of taxation. — R. L. S.
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