Letters to the Editor
Vote regret
I am surely one of the most disappointed voters in the Waikato Regional Council elections
I have read that there are four newly elected councillors who do not believe farmers should be fencing waterways, mapping contaminant loss or reviewing good management practices to protect and clean up waterways, and to protect our collective ground waters for future generations
Emotive, exaggerated messaging from Federated Farmers, once again pushes the “don’t make us responsible for any pollution” messaging.
When I was farming in the 1980s to 2000 the then government was attempting to get farmers to fence waterways and plant native species to clean or clear waterways, and subsidising it. Here we are 45 years later, head in the sand greed keeping farmers from taking responsibility to do the right thing
The person I voted for on the regional council certainly won’t get my vote again and I will tell that person that in private. Grow up rural New Zealand Aotearoa. Start thinking about more than your back pocket, start backing conservation and environment and get with the plan
Alice Hicks
Cambridge
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Well said
Thank you, Peter Carr, for highlighting in Cambridge the appalling lack of maintenance on the Victoria main street buildings, some both sides actually. They are an eyesore! The architecture is such a mismatch that we have to live with but at least a clean and repaint would help keep our town fresh and cared for.
Quite a number of buildings already have used black and white when being upgraded. So, landlords keep up this black and white colour coordination scheme.
In addition to the eastern side retail shops on Victoria Street Peter spoke about, the corner buildings HelloWorld and the Deli sorely need a repaint as well and the Empire Street Deli veranda and wall art is so outdated.
Martinborough, another small town, adopted a coordinated colour scheme and it makes such a difference. For Cambridge, pots of black and white paint landlords please.
And, yes, a massive appreciation of the work done by the Waipā Council gardening-parks team for our beautiful town flowerbeds, so well maintained.
Jan Walker
St Kilda
