For the most part, most dog owners clean up after their pets, but there are some that either don’t do it while walking them, or actually just let their dogs wander about in the street, leaving the front gate open in their garden.

It had caused me a great deal of inconvenience, and it was disgusting having to clean it from both of my shoes and also under my desk at work.

I can only imagine that I got it on my foot from an area of grass near Balgowan Avenue, Helmsdale Place and Balgowan Square in Kirkton, Dundee, while I was on my way to work.

If you can’t clean up after your dogs, do us all a favour and stop owning them.

Either that, or just stop being lazy and clean up after them.

Why should I have to watch where I’m walking? Why should I have to clean it from my feet? Those little red bins aren’t there purely for decoration. — Disgruntled.

I first raised this issue with the police and the community wardens in September of last year, following a complaint and felt that there was an improvement in the situation.

However, I’ve noticed it becoming a problem again recently and contacted the police and wardens once again on July 14 to advise them of this and to ask for appropriate action to be taken. I will be monitoring the situation and would ask that anyone who sees drinking taking place at this location to contact the police or community wardens at that time.

I will be liaising closely with them and I’m sure that we can put an end to this anti-social behaviour.— Cllr Ken Lynn, Maryfield Ward.

I’ve been in touch with councillors many times about the parking in Crescent Lane/Street, but nobody listens. What they forget is many householders in Crescent Lane also have a back door on Crescent Street and the amount of cars that park in the street is unbelievable. The same ones day after day dump their cars then walk into town to work.

That means the street is full of cars from 8am till 5.30 Monday to Friday. The council many years ago put barriers up at the playpark to stop cars speeding. This playpark is hardly used now. Something has to be done with Crescent Lane, etc, as it is going downhill fast.— Another Angry Resident.

I lived in a town house in what I thought was a quiet street about a 10-minute walk from the town centre. Each evening, though, I would see prostitutes hanging around Albert Street, Craigie Street and on the Arbroath Road,

I contacted the police a number of times, who were not particularly helpful.

This is a real problem in Dundee and something needs to be done. Support should be in place to get these women off the streets, on to a programme where they can seek help and get their lives back on track. — Daryl.

However, I have been unable to find out the view the painting is of or anything about the artist. Can any readers help? — Mary Spence.

The strategy is to bring all these areas up to a standard that gives a quality of life to owners and tenants alike.

As this work progress occurs, some areas may look worse than others, for example older houses against brand-new builds.

Cllr Tom Ferguson has often commented on this situation, stating he does not wish planners or developers to inadvertently create areas of apparent deprivation while this programme proceeds.

Cllr Ferguson has always said that Lochee is a “work is progress” and has always pushed for the quality of living that ALL of Lochee deserves, as he was responding to statements regarding certain areas in Lochee.

In my estimation he was not defining these areas but merely trying to encourage upgrading housing stock in need of renovation. In Lochee we have never heard Cllr Ferguson criticise this area as he is proud to be a part of the Lochee community.— Dundee Reader.

Cllr Ferguson is one of the few elected representatives in the Lochee area who actually listens to what his constituents have to say and acts accordingly.

I fail to see how the asking prices, or rental rates, of local property can be taken as indicators of the quality of life in an area; nor can I quite grasp the notion that the number of 4x4s parked on the main roads is a sign of a desirable area in which to live.

Personally, I’d like to see safe play areas for children, safe streets where young and old alike feel secure and have a sense of belonging to a caring community where people look out for each other and especially the vulnerable in our midst. — Lochee Born and Bred.