http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/ Braintree and Witham Times /opinion/letters/ en-gb Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:01:00 +0000 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:01:00 +0000 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/resources/images/509441/?type=rsslogo http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/ http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970224.Don_t_listen_to_outsiders__listen_to_residents/ I HAVE lived in Bladon Close, Braintree, for eight years. I am disabled, so some weekends I go up to the football pitches to watch our upcoming footballers. It is great to see and hear the children’s parents shouting encouragement to their sons and daughters, and then go to watch the older ones. It brings back great memories of when you played. It is a great place to have a sports field, it is very safe and it is near for the up-and-coming and present children of the Glebe estate. Braintree Council wants to stop all this enjoyment and competition, it would rather take advice from other people rather than the people of Braintree. I was under the impression that Braintree Council had a motto, saying “We are here for the community”, and the Government is encouraging councils to provide more spaces for sports to encourage children and parents to be more active and fitter, but Braintree Council wants the children of Braintree to become computer or laptop cabbages, because it wants to sell our sports fields to build 150 houses or more. What is most important, our children’s well being or houses and paying more council taxes? If this ridiculous proposal goes through, is Braintree Council going to build more schools, because at this moment all the schools are almost full, and also you would need more police, firefighters, doctors and playschools? Who is going to pay for all this? – it would be the people of Braintree again. I say to Braintree Council, leave the sports field where it is and talk to the people, not outsiders. The people are more important. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:11:50 +0000 3106fb3ce05a9eb2ef386a2571c06e85 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970244.Interfering_EERA/ Once again, the East of England Regional Assembly (EERA) is interfering with local affairs. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:15:42 +0000 c8b6095985c98f0af64eba2d2a3f8386 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970247.We_need_more_jobs/ Well done to our local councillors who have rubbished a development of 2,000 houses, employment use, a football stadium and new sites for Braintree College and the BMX track (Times, December 3). Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:16:21 +0000 8ed77496a9d842e26d644efb3ce95d73 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970249.Left_waiting/ I am hoping for a Christmas present from Braintree Council – a response to a job application in the mail department which was taken in by hand to Causeway Towers. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:17:45 +0000 d4db80555e24663d6b8389b241082e66 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970255.PCSOs_are_a_priority/ The winter issue of Contact, Braintree Council’s newsletter, urges residents to tell the council what the priorities should be for next year’s budget. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:18:32 +0000 968ee6cf4f2925fe55bfb022697db290 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970257.Bus_changes/ Regarding the buses and poor response by those who are supposed to provide a service for all people and get paid to do so, I am finding it very hard to understand why, and how, it is necessary to change the bus routes by those who don’t use them and have their own transport. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:19:16 +0000 aeb4e0559a54a7a26cd60d79247e4436 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970262.Plan_will_lead_to_more_jams/ Regarding the development off the Service Road/Yard 3 in Maldon Road, Witham, it can only result in more congestion in Maldon Road itself. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:19:58 +0000 ba17852658db6827d59ec8f22b378bc6 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970265.Parking_confusion/ I popped into Braintree on Sunday morning for 20 minutes because my girlfriend wanted to do a quick shop in George Yard. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:21:03 +0000 ebf7436a5fae1717b2e382ecc202b89c http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970271.Fighting_for_human_rights/ Today marks 60 years since world leaders adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:21:49 +0000 0fc9b9a30f862312866fce235082d22f http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970273.Neanderthal_strikes/ For the 54 years that my late wife and I have lived in Braintree, we used any garden gift vouchers we received to buy a collection of standard roses for our front garden – this not only for our pleasure, but also to share with neighbours and passers-by. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:22:31 +0000 41da04409583b1b5a609fc2a5fef89f1 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970275.Thanks_for_Iori_story/ I would like to thank the Braintree and Witham Times for running the article about Iori Williams’s accident (Times, November 26). Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:23:12 +0000 ee5b50a288cd1609965ca4e92e0ae1c8 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970279.Stand_up_to_the_BNP/ For some weeks now the British National Party has been in Witham and the district. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:23:44 +0000 0b076d7943d19732361d8730cb6f5622 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3970282.Items_found_in_car_park/ Last week, in the car park of the Tesco store in the Market Place, Braintree, I found property which belongs to a Mr K Riley, of Watch House Green. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:24:46 +0000 1864b3cfd23f846113204cfb4afda86d http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3951468.Let_s_unite_to_protect_our_bus_services/ I had a nice, prompt reply to my letter to managing director Bob Dorr of First buses. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:31:39 +0000 20b71ba22dfc6da2c3b850253bd17a4f http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3951470.First_should_improve_link/ Regarding the planned termination of the 352 bus service: this is a poor decision when First should be doing the opposite – improving the service so more people are inclined to use it. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:32:30 +0000 44cbbf00ed2987daa164e64a9f5464ac http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3951477.They_don_t_ask_us_passengers/ Regarding the changes to the bus routes (Times, November 19), of course they never think to ask the passengers. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:34:44 +0000 64e8c1e36699cd43a7aa5162824b64a5 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3951482.Supportive_of_regeneration/ In reply to Mandy Smith (Times, November 26), I’d like to clarify a few points. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:35:34 +0000 22fa7ab82a128a790af34c72ebe3ece3 http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3951486.Hands_off_open_spaces/ All open spaces within the town envelope must be regarded as “green spaces” and need to be given a value which is beyond that understood by the accountant mentality we so often are the victims of. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:36:20 +0000 70ff88a02e7d76fc426e4cf65d04542c http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3951497.Change_voting_systems/ Bill Edwards stated (Times, November 19) that “the British people elected the current Government”. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:37:25 +0000 e7e638c4d31a3f714929ca1679804d8a http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/opinion/letters/3951504.Stop_dog_dirt_on_our_pitches/ A while ago Braintree Rugby Club had problems of dogs fouling on and around our rugby pitches. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:38:25 +0000 c445d83129832bb6c8df4bd08c4ca412