Who should cover city’s fly-tipping bill?
‘FLY-TIPPING at highest ever level in Cov’ was front page news (Nov 21).
Sadly for many it has become the norm and fly-tipped rubbish has literally now become part of the furniture of this City of Culture.
Predictably, the worst areas affected never seem to change. No sooner have dumped items been cleared new items appear overnight.
Councillor Jayne Innes said: “Tackling fly-tipping is a high priority for the council”, yet Jayne and her council colleagues seem to have no idea what the cost to the taxpayer is. Apparently the cost of clearing up is no longer recorded. I do suspect that they do know the cost, but prefer to keep it from us mere taxpayers.
Back in August this year Independent Councillor Glenn Williams was ridiculed for proposing to replace the current local taxation system with something akin to the dreaded poll tax. For his efforts he was mocked and shouted down. Yet here we have a local problem predominately in the areas where the least council tax is collected, and yet the bill (supposedly unknown) is shouldered by all the tax payers from across the city. Suddenly Cllr William’s proposal does not seem such a bad idea. Brian Nathan-Partridge
Stivichall
Any support for new venue?
CHRIS Norman (Nov 17) is the latest in a long line of readers, including myself, who have voiced concerns that Coventry is the only city without a central venue for the shows we have to go elsewhere for. Of course if we had such a venue it would also attract people from a wide area, as did the Coventry Theatre to the benefit of city centre businesses (more so than persisting in trying to attract another shopping venue?)
My hopes were raised when we won City of Culture 2021 and leading Councillor Ed Ruane voiced similar concerns.
However since then Councillor Jim O’Boyle “where there is a will there is a way” has had a lot to say about the city centre, Councillor Ruane remaining silent on this topic and has not answered questions as to whether any other councillors support him and if the conversion of the listed swimming baths building could be considered. Barry Greener Green Lane
Remain voters muddy the waters
IN reply to Mr Lanagan’s letter (Nov 21), he seems to want to make the referendum on Brexit null and void due to so-called lies told to us leading up to it.
Would he be claiming same thing if the vote had been to stay I wonder?
On his basis why has he not said anything about making General Elections null and void also, because when candidates are up for election, they will tell us anything to get elected. Who believes what MPs tell us? I for one voted to leave purely on the state of the country at present and truly believe that we will be better out of the EU and are able to make our own decisions without the interference of European bureaucrats.
This conversation would not be happening if the vote had been to remain. The only people muddying the waters are remain voters who don’t want to accept the result.
If they got their way, then so much for democracy. Roy Frost Marton