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Shore Rd site is poor choice for incinerator

Dear Editor, – The planning application by Grundon for an energy recovery plant on the Shore Road does not appear to have considered the use of alternative sites for what is a major infrastructure development of strategic importance to this part of Scotland.Read

Case sparks debate about public nudity

Dear Editor, – By once again jailing naked rambler and human rights campaigner Stephen Gough, Perth is rapidly gaining a reputation as a place of narrow-minded intolerance.Read

Incinerator gas fears

Dear Editor, – My previous PA letters regarding Grundon's waste to energy planning application for Shore Road dealt with safety concerns associated with the production of syngas and the unacceptable noise levels that will emanate from the production plant.Read

Public vote to decide hall future?

Dear Editor, – With the help of the PA, the people of Perth have had a chance to air their views on the future of the City Hall. Now they should be allowed to vote on the issue, for three reasons.Read

Should Cllr Barrett resign on point of principle?

Dear Editor, – As I presume Councillor Peter Barrett expects a response to his letter (PA, Friday, August 12) on the question I raised on his involvement, or lack of involvement with the massive increases in the cost of care services for the elderly so I will do my best to accommodate him.Read

European? We don’t have the weather

Dear Editor, – Just writing to wholeheartedly agree with Mr Charlie Robertson, the City Hall is not for knocking down. And as regards comments from Pete Wishart, he doesn’t even come from Perth so he has no inkling about its history. Finally, we in the UK are not Europeans as some think we are, we have not even got the weather to be Europeans.Read

Conservative performance is criticised

Dear Editor, – Councillor Alexander J Stewart (PA Letters, August 12) is in no position to argue that the Conservatives on Perth and Kinross Council can be trusted to make a robust defence of daycare services, playparks or anything else.Read

Perth must share in the city spotlight

Dear Editor, – As you reported, last week’s excellent ‘Towns’ programme on BBC 2 correctly stated that Perth was “at a crossroads”. However, Nick Crane’s conclusion that Perth was a town and not a city ignored the Scottish context.Read

Will Wishart have a voice when retired?

Dear Editor, – Being interested in the debate about the size of the proposed city square in Perth and what should be its western boundary, I was very disappointed to read Pete Wishart MP’s jeering rant (PA, August 5).Read

Cllr Barrett answers day care critics

Dear Editor, – Jim Ferguson’s letter linking day care charges, the Shore Road incinerator and the successful Heritage Lottery fund bid for the South Tay River project, in his personal attack against me displays as much acrobatic ingenuity as it does little sense.Read

Scottish Government’s position on nuclear defence issues

Dear Editor, – I have recently received a reply from First Minister Alex Salmond’s office on the issue of nuclear submarines, clarifying the SNP and Scottish Government’s position on nuclear defence issues.Read

Tories set out their day care stance

Dear Editor, – The recent concerns voiced over the charging for day care for the elderly have been well made.Read

Brian Souter and Queen’s birthday honours

Dear Editor, – For weeks now, I have been mulling over three separate developments.Read

Pete Wishart advised to open his eyes

Dear Editor, – Pete Wishart’s column in Friday’s PA was the usual politician’s sneering put-down of anyone who does not agree with them. However, it contained a couple of interesting points. Firstly, the council take little interest in any views that differ from their own – well, we all knew that. He then talks of the “fantastic vision for the heart of the city”. I would suggest next time he walks round town he tries doing so with his eyes open.Read

Free care for OAPs should by a priority

Dear Editor, – I read with amazement the front page of the PA on August 2. The article states that Perth and Kinross Council have decided to charge £30 a day for elderly people who have been assessed as in need of day care.Read

Same old problem for Muirton?

Dear Editor, – Now that the last Muirton residents have been moved into their new homes, it saddens me to see the old blocks about to be demolished along with Muirton’s history.Read

Problems with on-call nurse system

Dear Editor, – I would like the good people of Perth and Perthshire to be made aware of the lack of “on call nurse” in our area.Read

Golden age of Scottish stone work

Dear Editor, – No, the line of battle is not drawn between those who favour complete demolition of Perth City Hall and those who favour partial demolition (PA, August 5) since both require Historic Scotland’s consent to demolish, which is highly problematic.Read

Ex-planning chief aims salvo at MP

Dear Editor, – MP Pete Wishart’s intemperate outburst in the PA last week on the City Hall was big on bluster and personal insult but short on facts. Actually, there wasn’t a single one.Read

Grundon is “concealing the warts”

Dear Editor, – I refer to your article in last Friday’s PA re “Incinerator Burning Issues”.Read

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