Time to fine landlords over rubbish problem
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The residents are losing the battle and the landlords are laughing all the way to the bank Margaret Harries Roath
I PAY my council tax and I try to do my best for the community but I am having to put up with food bins and refuse bins left in front of students’ houses – and left for months without being taken away.
The council has a list of landlords’ and agents’ names and addresses so why haven’t these landlords been fined a hefty amount to keep their fronts free from rubbish? If the residents didn’t pay their taxes the council would have us in jail.
If, as the council says, it is short of money there is an answer: a hefty fine.
We are now having to put up with a load of rats in our street; I saw seven running around the front, next door to me, as the students had left food in their food bin.
I have been ill with worry – and again, why do I have I to put up with it? I am afraid to open my doors, especially as it has been so warm. I am being victimised. Where is the landlord, I wonder. What has happened to this lovely street?
The residents are losing the battle and the landlords are laughing all the way to the bank. Margaret Harries Roath, Cardiff
Back words with action
SO Priti Patel, pictured, wants criminals to be terrified at the thought of breaking the law.
Strong words need to be backed up with strong action. May I make a suggestion? All foreign nationals who receive a prison sentence be deported to their home land – not imprisoned here.
There is an implied condition when you are accepted into another country that you will comply with their laws.
All people are welcome, if they add value. Over to you Priti. Ron Boyce
Cardiff
Much support for climate campaign
MAY I, through your pages, thank the residents of Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan who signed both our petition calling on the Vale of Glamorgan Council to call a “Climate Emergency” and our open letter asking local politicians to make more of an effort to avoid the extinction of numerous species of wildlife.
I would also like to pay tribute to the different environmental campaign groups who United to support our lobby of the Vale councillors outside the Civic Offices.
I am glad to report that the majority of councillors listened to our campaign and supported a motion declaring a “Climate Emergency” in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Our timing could not be more poignant with record temperatures being recorded in Germany, Holland, Belgium, France and now the UK. Add to this the widespread burning of the pine forests surrounding the Arctic and the destruction of the remaining rainforests of the Amazon.
This is just the start but it does allow future campaigners and coun
cillors the ability to refer to this declaration when deciding future policy.
But we fully realise that to effectively tackle climate change we must see coordinated action from the UN, Westminster government, Welsh government, local government and also us as individuals. Rob Curtis
Barry Action for Nature
Vainglorious Boris
FEW will praise plucky Boris for sticking it to the EU when his vainglorious posturing has wrecked their livelihoods. They will be enraged if he left the EU with no deal, with the best deal being to remain in the EU. Andrew Nutt, Bargoed
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