| I find this criticism of work at Dukes Meadows and of Kathleen in particular pretty unwarranted. I doubt many of us - apart from the Friends and other volunteers at DM, have a real idea and understanding of just how much effort over a considerable amount of years has gone in to the very tangible improvements that have been made and the amount of money that has been raised to facilitate them by the same people. As for your comments about Glyphosate, we have to beg to differ, but the fact is we now have streets free of the blasted weeds that people were very upset about and that were a hazard in many cases, did you really consider that your opinion was any more valid that anyone else's? As for the comments 'I know you didn't like Steve Curran, me, professional people in the council'- really? You live in Brentford you can see the result of that alliance everyday, each to their own, but a lot of us don't think it is much of an improvement, but it's made a bomb for Ballymore - who will move on having changed what could have been a jewel in the borough to many blocks of flats, flats and even more flats. Many of us know how difficult it can be dealing with LBH, both officers and councillors when attempting to improve the areas where we live. We are so often met with obfuscation, dismissal, and generally a lot of silence sometimes bordering on what we feel to be contempt, and when you are giving considerable amounts of your time over a lot of years, understandably it sticks in the throat somewhat. None of us would would claim to know it all, but we are just as sure that neither do the collective brains of Hounslow Council! |