Western Telegraph | Letters

Facelift required

9:43am Wednesday 16th May 2012

Dear Editor:- Bridge Street – Bridge Street needs a facelift. With the exception of a few shops, it is generally drab. The shop fronts need painting to look attractive and inviting. Flowers always enhance and are appealing.

Counting sheep

9:41am Wednesday 16th May 2012

So the canvassing is over, the results are in, some new faces, many resident features quite a few returned and undeserving.

Kids of today

9:40am Wednesday 16th May 2012

I have to agree with everything that Tim McMahon says in 8th May edition of the Western Telegraph. The kids of today don't know what they are missing.

Empty pension pots

9:39am Wednesday 16th May 2012

Dear Editor:- The recently published salaries for civil servants once again bags the question ‘Can the British taxpayer afford this level of largesse’?, in view of the present economic situation and the constraints on private sector pay with high levels of unemployment. The answer must be ‘No’ and this is also a reply which should haven been made during the ‘Thatcher’ period when senior civil servants in Whitehall started to plan their own strategy for increasing their salaries and allowances. This strategy of largesse and generous annual increases above inflation gradually filtered down, within a few years, to district, county and town councils. This was also the time when the civil service associations and unions managed to get their inflation proof pensions, with the cooperation of senior cabinet ministers and front bench politicians. Then they introduced new titles eg Chief Executive, Director, Line Manage etc, for senior members of departments and these are the personnel that are not directly responsible to the taxpayer, only the elected members and councillors in local government.

Magical night

10:04am Wednesday 9th May 2012

Dear Editor:- On Thursday April 20th I went with friends to a concert at Rhosygilwen, Cardigan. What a magical night.

Badger damage

10:03am Wednesday 9th May 2012

Dear Editor, Mr Michael Sharratt, of Badger Watch and Rescue, wrote a scathing letter this week, about the Pembrokeshire farmers and their hired "badger shooter".

Difficult selection

10:02am Wednesday 9th May 2012

Polling time has come again, time to select a suitable councilor for the ward.

Greed may outweigh logic

10:01am Wednesday 9th May 2012

Pembrokeshire County Council Planning Committee (PCCPC) are expected to convene this month and debate the cumulative impact of large scale wind turbines in our communities. This meeting has arisen due to the large numbers of planning applications submitted for individual, industrial sized wind turbines; the type commonly associated with wind farms.

Rethink salaries

9:58am Wednesday 9th May 2012

I read with disgust in the Western Telegraph last week the high earnings of the County Council's chief executive's salary.

Voices raised

9:56am Wednesday 9th May 2012

From a social economic and environmental view point turbines mean disaster for the beautiful South Pembrokeshire landscape.The scarring of the countryside for generations to come will be a high price to pay whilst flying in the face of the Welsh Government's aim for sustainable development, whilst meeting the needs of our communities without compromising future generations.