Letters to the Editor
They want our vote?
Cambridge was once a compact, prosperous, semi-rural English town of trees and champions—a beacon of what could be achieved in the Waikato. But those who want our vote gave away our “champions,” cut down our trees and replaced them with native plants less suited to our town’s character, took away our carparks and issued infringement notices if we shopped too long, peppered our streets with ugly signage, congested our roads with traffic and crossings, destroyed our large grass verges with unsightly and unnecessary infrastructure, monetised our water and rubbish, and helped central government fracture us over Covid-19. They seek to tie us as a satellite to Hamilton, hold meetings behind closed doors, refuse point blank to stop spending, continue to cripple future generations with debt, rezone farmland to feed their lascivious spending, and yet they still want our vote of support. Really!
Shaun Robinson
Cambridge
Thank you
Pictured from left: Sarah Ulmer, Henry Strong and Jo Davies-Colley with the AED on Te Awa River Ride. Photo: supplied.
Again this year, the HeartSafe Cambridge Committee would like to thank your paper for supporting us over the last year by publishing the full list of 24 by 7 AED locations in and around Cambridge. This information helps the public become familiar with the location of these lifesaving devices.
Henry Strong
Cambridge
Let’s have a say
The original Cambridge Connections plan with the Blue Blob
Regarding the The Blue Blob fiasco in Cambridge, so that we do not experience the same situation again, it is about time the Waipā District Council published the options they are considering and allow for public consultation and input. The last suggestion they put forward was rejected 35 years ago. Even back then it was evident that a new bridge was required. We have approximately 25 years before something must be in place, sooner the better, but what that may entail should last for another 150 years.
Stu Barnett
Cambridge
