Letters – Woodhouse Moor Online

MORE LETTERS ABOUT THE BARBEQUE PROPOSAL

August 9, 2009 Bill Comments 0 Comment

There have been several more letters complaining about the barbeque consultation. On the 28th July, there was a letter from Robin Melia and Shirley Graham giving numerous reasons why barbeques are a bad idea on the Moor and pointing out that the park is for everyone, and not just the selfish minority who abuse it. Robin and Shirley make clear in their letter that neither they nor anyone they know received a consultation form. Stanley Lewis had a letter published on the 3rd August charging the council with a lack of respect for residents and pointing out that it’s not just the byelaws that they’re not enforcing – they’re not enforcing the DPPO either. Then on the 6th August, there were letters from Mel Rose and Keith Wakefield. Mel was asking for some clear thinking on this issue and pointing out we already have a solution to the problem – the existing byelaws. Councillor Wakefield in his letter calls for strong leadership and enforcement of the byelaws.

READ ALL ABOUT IT

July 17, 2009 Bill Comments 0 Comment

There have been a number of letters recently in the Yorkshire Evening Post pointing out the flawed nature of the council’s consultation exercise. On June the 15th, there was a letter from Christopher Todd. Then this Monday there was a letter from John Hepworth and Susan Bayliss. And in Tuesday’s paper Anne White and Jan Furniss had letters published . Finally in today’s paper, there was an article by reporter Suzanne McTaggart about Wednesday’s deputation to the full council which also criticised the consultation exercise.

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THE WEEK’S LETTERS

June 14, 2009 Bill Comments 0 Comment

Once again, people have been busy at their computers. On Monday Josie Green of Headingley let everyone know how local residents were excluded from the multi agency meetings that took place in May, June and July of last year, meetings which included the student unions, and which came up with the proposal for barbeque areas. There were two letters in Wednesday’s paper. The first asked why the report submitted by Parks and Countryside last October to the Executive Board, didn’t contain any cost benefit analysis in support of the barbeque proposal. The second, from Ian Harker, highlighted the fact that the council’s refusal to enforce the byelaws is costing taxpayers over £100,000 per year in call outs of the fire brigade to the Moor to extinguish fires. And finally yesterday, Tony Green pointed out that whilst you can be fined for dropping a cigarette end in the city centre, and leaving your bin on the street in Headingley, our councillors will support you if you set fire to our local park.

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RECENT LETTERS

May 29, 2009 Bill Comments 0 Comment

On Thursday the 21st May, there was a letter from H Johnson pointing out that the council’s refusal to enforce the barbeque ban is undermining the hard work of the Moor’s gardener, John Egan MBE. Then on the 23rd May, Barbara Tyldesley from Cookridge wrote that allowing barbeques on the Moor doesn’t help the council’s environmental credentials. On the 25th May, there were letters from Ian Falkingham of Woodhouse, and Chris Webb of Headingley Hill. Ian feels that our only importance to the council, is as a source of council tax. Chris asks how long the council is going to allow this situation to carry on, and if it would be allowed on green space owned by the universities. Tony Green from North Hyde Park had a letter in on the 27th May asking if the council can’t properly manage the Moor, are they fit to be managing the rest of the city. On the 28th May, Ann Massa from North Hyde Park said that our councillors are letting us down, just as our MPs have let us down. And then today, Friday the 29th May, Richard Hellawell from Little Woodhouse accused the Lib Dem councillors of riding roughshod over voters.