Letter: Question of lighting
In a front page article regarding the continuation of the street lighting scheme, Jason Hughes, the council's street lighting officer, refers to figures such a 0.1 per cent and 99.9 per cent of people for and against his lighting scheme, and 999 people have no issue with it.
Since he seems to use letters as his benchmark for his calculations, can one assume that 999 people wrote letters in support of this scheme?
He also talks about designated areas – have these areas actually been publicly named for people to consider?
I believe that figures and words can easily be manipulated. We hear it and see it all the time in national politics.
The amount saved on this scheme of £170,000 is a relatively paltry amount, and I'm sure that this sum will seem petty in comparison to the problems, that this action will result in.
If the council is so confident, just because others may have done it, that this is such a great idea, and is wholeheartedly supported by one in a thousand people, why not have simple forms (as in a census) sent to every household with a simple questionnaire asking people, do you agree or disagree with this?
More importantly naming the areas affected, no flourishing to the question – a simple yes or no.
D R Morgan, Oswestry
