Hastings and St. Leonards Observer - Letters Feed

Disgust over rise in parking charges

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:06:43 GMT

I WAS absolutely disgusted upon visiting the country park to see that within 15 months the council has doubled the car parking fee.

MP working on a real problem

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:04:30 GMT

AS someone who lives and works in Central St Leonards I am writing to respond to the criticism levied at our MP Amber Rudd for referring to the out of town drug dealers in our area.

Promenade chaos beggared belief

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:08 GMT

I DO not doubt the good intentions behind the five-mile race on Sunday (May 12) but the organization and management of this event was both stupid and dangerous.

We don’t want to lose these events

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:58:54 GMT

I FEEL the view expressed by Mr Roscoe (Letters, May 10) needs to be challenged, despite his aversion to ‘ping pong’.

Council has given up on tourism

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:55:29 GMT

ONCE again, your readers have lost sight of the council’s vision of the future for Hastings.

A shame if town lost this bar

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:54:02 GMT

REGARDING the objections to the JD Bar becoming a lap-dancing club, while I have no wish to see such a club in town, I cannot help but feel for the current owners.

Haven’t we had enough of spin?

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:52:19 GMT

THANK you for your editorial regarding Ms Amber Rudd’s interview with the FT saying that our MP should ‘talk up’ the Hastings image, a phrase which under Mr Blair used to be called ‘spin’ (Observer, May 3).

Ritual spoiled by small stage

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:47:31 GMT

THE May Day ritual was sadly diminished by its performance in a small cordoned off space, thronged by clamorous camera wavers.

A great way to herald summer

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:46:15 GMT

MAY I thank the people of Hastings for their support and participation in this year’s Hastings Traditional Jack-in-the-Green.

Amount given to charity was wrong

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:05:40 GMT

WHILE I do not wish to engage in correspondence ‘ping pong’ with Mr Smith I feel he has missed the point of my letter.

What was so revealing about MP?

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:04:59 GMT

I REFER to your attack on our town’s MP following the article by Elizabeth Rigby published in the Financial Times last week.

Get noticed - send a Tweet instead!

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:04:30 GMT

TWITTER it would seem is a far more direct way to get complaints heard and almost get something done.

May Day bikers say thank you, Hastings

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:03:57 GMT

THE May Day biker event in Hastings this year attracted an estimated 32,000 motorcycles and became one of the biggest free to attend motorcycle events in Europe.

What a strange election campaign

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:03:25 GMT

FOR me, it was certainly been a strange county council election campaign.

How politics has changed so much

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:02:43 GMT

THAT a great servant of the borough, Pam Brown, and I are no longer on speaking terms as a result of the disintegration of the Lib Dems is the saddest memory I shall take away from Hastings when I move this week.

We will minimise the impact of cuts

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:02:09 GMT

I WONDER whether you would allow me take the opportunity to thank residents in the Hollington and Wishing Tree area who came out to support me again recently in the East Sussex County Council Elections.

Wildlife area has been destroyed

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:01:01 GMT

CAN anyone tell me why the enclosed area at the back of the pond in St Leonards Gardens has been pointlessly cut down?

Centralisation is a waste of money

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:00:28 GMT

I WOULD like to add my protest to those of Leon Tuppen and Councillor Andrew Gurney, regarding combining the information centre with the benefit claimants.

Wrong image is being portrayed

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:21:27 GMT

I READ with interest that Hastings Borough Council (HBC) has decided to move the previously award winning Hastings Information Centre from the town hall to Aquila House.

Why can’t we work together?

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:13:41 GMT

AS AN ordinary person with an ordinary brain living in the area, may I offer these thoughts: