I NOTE Mark Harper, aided and abetted by Steve McMillan,

is supporting the Government's plan to sell off the Dean.

How can one buy what one already owns?

Mark Harper, Steve McMillan and the rest of the Tory

group should do what they were elected to do and protect

the Forest, the Foresters and those who dwell within.

The same applies to the Verderers. Foresters

travelled to Shire Hall to give Maurice Bent support. It's

payback time, Maurice!

The county council will be pleading poverty so here

are a few ideas. Why not cease payments to all councillors.

How long would they last?

The highways are paid for by the public so what

about permits for those using the Forest such as touring

cyclists some of whom are a menace on the roads.

I don't know which is worst, the return of the sheep,

especially to Bream and Sling, where £300,000 was spent

to try and get rid of them, or the cyclists who ride around

oblivious to all around them.

Perhaps the Independent Group could propose some

decent ideas when we get rid of these stupid Conservative

committees, especially with the help of Maria Edey who

seems to be the only one with any backbone.

– Cllr Mike Meredith-Edwards, Sling.