Friendly fire? I REFER to “Hammond calls in big guns” (Voice, April 30, 2016). As a result of my inability to obtain any traction in having improvements made to the intersection since my election in 2008, a meeting was, at my request, arranged at parliament house on September 28, 2011 by the then WA transport minister. Representatives…

Second to none I THINK we should give credit where credit is due. Last week my husband and I went up to the Bunnings on Beaufort Street to collect some plants the manager had gone to a lot of trouble to get for us. As we pull up into the ACROD parking, a staff member…

First world solution needed IN the article relating to the proposal to redevelop Charles Street (Voice, March 26, 2016), the Member for Mt Lawley, Michael Sutherland, is quoted saying the concerns raised by residents were a first-world problem. He is right, and a first-world solution is required. In terms of process, there was no community…

Needs a punt THE curse of Charles Street keeps coming back (“Charles an ‘urban design disaster,” Voice, March 19, 2016) and it seems there is a resurgence of ultimately futile road project proposals to accommodate population and traffic growth. Punt Road in Melbourne is facing a similar issue, although I have to say the Punt…

Sinister smell I READ with growing dismay your article, “Dirty driver poos on park verge” (Voice, March 5, 2016). And now I smell something far worse than excrement… As I read it, I thought of the predicament that person was in, having to take such emergency action. I felt for all those people in similar…

Filled with unease I LIVE directly under the gaze of the Stirling Towers and recently received a letter for the WA Housing Authority, detailing a plan to cover the surrounding chipboard with a painted mural. While I support any attempt to distract from this abandoned eyesore, the letter says nothing of what is to become…

Bus boo hoo OUR bus route will soon be gone. We will be left to walk even further for another bus. Oh, who am I kidding? Nobody gives a shit. I am sorry.  I won’t bother you anymore. Robert Mcauley Bonnievale St, Mt Hawthorn Most will be happy I REFER to the article “Hopes flattened,”…

Punish pure greed I SEE all the “news” about clothing and other allowances… some recompense is fair enough, some is pure greed, and the response should be as harsh. When a mayor or elected official is performing a function on behalf of the community they should in my opinion be offered reimbursement or an allowance on…

A path of good intentions I CYCLE most days. I recently tried the new bikeway along Scarborough Beach Road. Some observations: • the bike path physically separates cyclists, cars and pedestrians: very good; • the bike path is (mostly) wide enough to allow cyclists to overtake each other in both directions: very, very good. Nonetheless,…

No free rangers on Friday TOO bad if you had a problem on Friday November 13 and needed Vincent’s rangers. I called to advise of a footpath obstruction and significant safety hazard on Florence Street in West Perth and was politely told, “I am sorry, the rangers are moving offices today so there will not…