If a straight-forward project such as repairing a base-track slip takes so long and is projected to cost so much; how would the council ever cope in the event of a real disaster?
What the populace actually wants, and has been waiting for since April 2017, is to simply have the existing base track restored to its original condition in an effective and common-sense manner.
In the forthcoming local elections ratepayers will be able to express their opinions on the council's performance.
Ray Malcolm
Mount Maunganui
Drug laws
Denis Shuker (Letters, June 23) is correct – we must reject this amateurish attempt at fiddling with drug laws.
We need a comprehensive approach covering all drugs and one that does not include any form of legalisation.
Portugal has shown the way which involved:1. No changes to existing drug laws (i.e. all penalties etc stayed as they were). 2. Setting up from day one of a fully resourced Commission for the Dissuasion of Drug Addiction 3. Users found with less than 10 days supply referred to the Commission, which has a range of sanctions available but is heavily geared to reduction in use (a harm-reduction approach). 4. If more than 10 days supply held then existing drug laws apply.
This system applied to all drugs.
A true health-based approach and no legalisation.
B Ingram
Pāpāmoa
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