Has Shine changed his tune on Highfields?

I was most interested to read the commentary by the Labor candidate. The very first thing he promised was “further development in Highfields”.

I WAS very interested to read in the Toowoomba Chronicle of October 30, the election promises of all the candidates for the forthcoming contest in the electorate of Toowoomba North.

More specifically as a resident of Highfields, I was most interested to read the commentary by the Labor candidate.

The very first thing he promised was “further development in Highfields”.

I found this both interesting and ironic for one reason. In the lead up to the electoral redistribution in May this year, he argued very strongly for Highfields to be removed from the electorate of Toowoomba North and instead be included in the electorate of Nanango so that we, the voters in Highfields, would be Deb Frecklington’s responsibility.

This is all on the public record.

What could have possibly happened in the five months since the electoral redistribution, to rekindle the Labor candidate’s interest in us, the voters of Highfields? — COLIN MCKAY, Charmaine Court, Kleinton

Water use

IT LOOKS like the water users in western suburbs and towns are going to have the finger pointed at them.

The only trouble with this statement is that whoever is pointing the finger does not seem to realise these areas do not get the benefit of high humidity.

This spills over the top of the range and gives the eastern suburbs of Toowoomba a climatic advantage that those in the western suburbs do not receive.

If a few thermos hydrographs were located in those areas, it would become evident. In other words, science would prove that this is a fact and the need for moisture is at a higher level in those locations when rainfall is sparse.

I have lived in my location for 77 years and we have not had trees die before. This time they did – so that tells the story of being drier than previous years. — BILL MARTIN, Wyreema

Tap water

HAVING read in a recent edition of The Chronicle about the amount of tap water used by residents in Glenvale, Torrington and Cotswold Hills, a simple way to reduce this usage – when new houses are being built, provision should be made for each residence to have a tank which holds an amount of water, much more than the small ones some houses have now.

The way these suburbs are growing, to save as much rainwater as possible with tanks, would be a wise idea. — A. HANSEN, Glenvale