HOW can HDC make such a poor judgement about the effect of the ring road lane closures? Is it not aware of the negative effect that this year s bus lane works had on local businesses, some of which still have not recovered? Surely it knows that retail

HOW can HDC make such a poor judgement about the effect of the ring road lane closures?

Is it not aware of the negative effect that this year's bus lane works had on local businesses, some of which still have not recovered?

Surely it knows that retail makes most of its revenue during the build up to Christmas and that people shop locally the closer to Christmas we get. Or perhaps it does and just doesn't care. Shoppers do not wait and come later. They spend their money elsewhere and that revenue is lost to Huntingdon for ever. After all, HDC has four market towns to look after.

We elect HDC members. We pay for them. Businesses help create a financially sustainable environment for them to have a community. So why do they seem to act so indifferently about the effects their actions have on the local community? There are some HDC officers who are working hard to develop our economic environment and then this happens, which makes their investment such a waste. Is this the "joined up" local government we want or deserve?

Without a vibrant business and retail community HDC would not have a community. HDC councillors should be ashamed of themselves for not protecting the community they are supposed to represent and serve.

A TV series character had a catch phrase "power to the people". I wish to remind people of this and next election time vote for your community and not for party politics. Ask yourself: did your councillor do right by your community.

TERRY DOWNING, Wisdom Communications, Brampton