LETTERS TO THE EDITOR If you want to comment on any of our articles or highlight a topic affecting our community, Click Here to send a Letter to the Editor. Readers' Comments Displaying 1 to 44 of 44 entries found  You Take the High Road and I'll ...  13/08/2008 By Jennifer Stewart Dear Sir, Having been residents of Bowral back in the late 70s and 80s, my husband and I were looking forward to staying a couple of days on a r...  Loose Lips Sink Ships  11/08/2008 By Paul O'Brien As a ratepayer I'm appalled at the behaviour of some of our Councillors who saw fit to discuss the Lehman issue with Theo Onisforou and goodness kn...  Siege Mentality  1/08/2008 By John Keen Last Wednesday's article in this paper, on Mayor Lewis's call to Council to "stand firm" on the Leisure Centre, looks as though a siege mentality i...  Limit spending on Council Elections  31/07/2008 By Bruce Mumford I'm a bit appalled at some candidate's expenditure on publicity or 'spin' for the local council elections. I fully support Duncan Gair...  Could he be??  17/07/2008 By Zoe Clynes Icame across the article Cole and Clynes take pairs Published 21st Dec 2004 just tonight on the internet when i typed bruce clynes into google sear...  Council Rate Hike  11/07/2008 By Lisa Walsh so, the council has been approved for an ENORMOUS rate hike ... yet if you go outside the very centre of town the sides of roads remain unmown, sig...  Garnaut Report  10/07/2008 By Leigh Couchman As a rural based community with pretensions of taking an interest in the affairs of the wider Australian community, let us not beat around the bush...  Fuel Price Rort  2/07/2008 By leah o'brien How to knock about 50c a litre off the price of fuel. First and foremost, this debate should be centred on Diesel not Unleaded. Why? Just look at...  Councils New Red Light District  23/06/2008 By Andrew Green Since this Council approved the Mittagong West Shopping complex Traffic flow in Mittagong has become unbelievable. Campbelltown living has come to ...  Green Waste  17/06/2008 By Sue Glover Why cannot our council supply green waste bins? Wollondilly Council which is of very similar size and population manages to supply and empty green waste.  IT'S TIME TO BE HEARD  5/06/2008 By JOSEPH ADAMS Its time to be heard. Dear People of NSW. The time has come for Australian Business to be adequately represented at all levels of Government. ...  Change is good ... but then again  22/05/2008 By Lisa Walsh Congratulations on the new layout, and access to much more local news ... but where are the LEtters to the Editor? Where is the other content? It...  Power Privatisation  18/05/2008 By John Bray To The Editor Michael Costa claims NSW cannot afford a new base load power station. This is when State and Federal Governments are reaping bill...  Thankyou  14/05/2008 By Orinda Jones On Thursday May 8 2008 my father fell on the road at the corner of Wingecarribee and Bendooley Street when he misjudged the depth ...  RTA responds to merge lane criticism  13/05/2008 By Bruce Nicholson In Monday's paper, 12th May, you had an article where the RTA responded to my previous letter about the new lane markings at the new Bunnings at Br...  "No Newspaper"  13/05/2008 By Bruce Cameron I have just recovered from reading your article regarding the Murphy's.....As far back as 30/35 years ago, Molly knew that her "driveway" ended 1km...  New lane markings for Bunnings  29/04/2008 By Bruce Nicholson I am writing to try and find an explanation for the new lane markings at the new Bunnings at Braemar. If we estimate that about 1000 cars...  Council bashing  18/04/2008 By Craig Hooper What Mac Cott calls "council bashing" is simply the exasperation of people who are appalled by the arrogance of some councillors who refuse to even...  Principal leading the way  14/04/2008 By Sally Bult How fantastic it was to see Bowral Public School's principal Mr John Morris taking part in last week's fun run. No standing on the sidelines for Mr...  backyard burning  6/04/2008 By Name supplied Nothing inuriates me more than having hung out six loads of washing to dry in the fresh air and then some one lights a back yard fire all of sudden my ...  Letter to Editor  3/04/2008 By Kim Leevers Wingecarribee Shire Council's proposed sell off of community land.  Can you believe this?  28/03/2008 By Name supplied I hope the low life who stole the TV from the room of my elderly father in Harbison Care Moss Vale  The Aging population in retail.  17/03/2008 By Barbara Walker I came to live in the Southern Highlands a year ago an have applied for so many jobs,If I was in Sydney I would not be unemployed.  Quality public education: Who Cares?  11/03/2008 By Robin Cartledge Throughout the recent federal election I, like many thousands of my fellow citizens, was a staunch and noisy advocate for high quality education.  A 2020 Vision: A Summit for All, not for the Few  3/03/2008 By Crispin Butteriss How often do we hear people lamenting the lack of vision and leadership in Australian politics?  Roadside upkeep  3/03/2008 By Howard Smith It is interesting how the roadside of Taylor Avenue [Berrima - New Berrima]is always kept so neat and tidy all year round.  Bowral Country Golf Club  1/03/2008 By Robert John Young At last council is listening to the people, or at least some of the coucillors are doing so.  Mittagong Pool Entrance  11/02/2008 By Lisa Walsh WEll done Ken McDonald! It is such a relief that some work is being done to improve the environment of Mittagong Pool.  The Emporer Has No Clothes  9/02/2008 By Jodie Wiggins Proposed sale of community land to fund The Highlands Leisure Centre.  Re-zoning of parks and reserves  8/02/2008 By N Holliday-Smith It was with interest that I read of the Federal Government withdrawing a promised $25 million grant to transform Ballymore  Looking for a Relative  30/01/2008 By William A. Thomas I am writing to see if anyone can help trace a relative who left for Australia way back in 1954. His name was Tom Ronald Thomas.  Bong Bong Bike track  25/01/2008 By D Philipse Just a note to council, I travel on Moss Vale road often and go past the Bong Bong bike track.  Resist privatisation of public land  22/01/2008 By Kim Leevers I would like to encourage all the residents and ratepayers of Wingecarribee to resist the current Council efforts to privatise the communal lands  Congratulations to our Youth  19/01/2008 By Deborah Gilroy Mittagong Playhouse of Aladdin and Sleeping Beauty.  Leisure Centre  16/01/2008 By Andrew Forbes Proposing to spend more than $16 million on a leisure centre.  Bouquets and Brickbats  11/01/2008 By Lisa Walsh Was very pleased, on a Christmas visit "home",to see that the entry to Mittagong Pool is being rebuilt (albeit in a different form).  Lucky community  9/01/2008 By Robert Jackson On December 31 I had a fall at home having just been discharged from hospital.  RTA OLDER DRIVERS TEST  5/01/2008 By Frank Roll I have read with alarm and great dismay, (The Senior December 2007), that the NRMA is, conceding defeat in the fight against the proposed RTA plan to restrict aged drivers.  Thanks to BDCU Childrens Foundation  11/12/2007 By Dr Richard Hart THe BDCU Children's Foundation deserves thanks and praise from the children and families in the Southern Highlands for their unwavering support and...  Pay at your Leisure  10/12/2007 By Kim Leevers Dear Editor The ongoing debate about the Campbell-Jones proposed Leisure Centre, the Onisforou offer to fund a community survey and the Campbell...  Sale of Public Land  4/12/2007 By Brian Dickson I am writing to state my objections as a rate payer to the proposed sale of parkland and public reserves.  To anyone who is concerned  2/12/2007 By Colin Leung Subject: To anyone who is concerned Love it or loathe it - like John Howard - the current election system has served us for a long time. Perhap...  Liberal Demise  26/11/2007 By Nick Illek As hard as it is to acknowledge, as a Liberal, the comprehensive loss on Saturday was clearly on-the-cards, and I will say, deserved. The Liberal b...  Questions need to be asked  25/11/2007 By Jan Baker On Election Day, amongst other things, a small group of advocates stood all day outside Hill To... << 1 >>