To the point

GENERALLY I try to accept price rises philosophically, but — last year $115, this $169.99. My red 80litre bin now costs $55 extra. ‘‘Why?’’, I asked.

Reply: they are handing on the increase the DCC landfill is charging. Really?

How can a solo beneficiary on a fixed income cope?

David Fraser

Mosgiel

AS Ian Taylor bathed in the afterglow of the Pink show at the stadium (ODT, 6.9.18 ), and praised former mayor Peter Chin, he appears to have bypassed the ever increasing red glow emanating from the stadium — an indication of the debt that has put this city in a deeper shade of red, ably assisted by the approximately $20 million annually paid just to service the debt. Brian Miller

East Taieri

BEN Knowles’ nonsensical assertion (ODT letters, 31.8.18) that the Dunedin City Council is somehow guilty of selective racism by not enshrining an obscure rapper on a city wall should be seen for what it is — paranoid drivel! L. McConnell

Dunedin

IN responce to the poster ‘‘it’s OK to be white’’, I ask who says it’s ‘‘not’’ OK to be white or black or whatever hue for that matter. Can someone inform us please.

Dave Crooks

St Clair

THE wellmeant but hopeless efforts of wouldbe whale rescuers (ODT, 6.8.18) filled this seaman with sadness. Wet sand acts as a viscous liquid and surf pushed the whales inshore to hightide level. They were doomed when they hit the beach. R. Clough

St Leonards

YOU can’t beat City Hall! Nor the Remuneration Authority. Clarke Isaacs

Sunshine