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Letter: Our Shop Had To Close Because of a Cycle Race

From K West I work in a shop at the bottom of Guildford which had to close for the day because of the cycle events. Although I work in the…

Letter: The Main Focus Should Be On Promoting Cycling In Everyday Life

From Keith Chesterton I agree entirely that Surrey’s main focus should be on promoting cycling as part of everyday life: for travelling to work (short distances); shopping; meeting friends; or…

Letter: Cycling? Yes Please – Cycle racing? No Thanks

From A Edward Ordish David Hodge’s comments about  Lib Dems ‘not understanding the electorate’ are a bit rich, especially from a man who came a whisker of being hoofed out…

Letter: How To Show We ‘Are All In This Together’

From Mark Rostron As MPs’ pay of £66,396 has been described lately as being excessive, could I suggest a new rule for public sector pay? Any post for which the salary is £66,396…

Letter: Bureaucracy Is Getting In the Way of Democracy At County Hall

From Fiona White At the start of Surrey County Council’s Adults Social Care Committee on Thursday  (October 24), the vice chairman (who was chairing the committee) read out the standard…

Letter: A Demonstration of Democracy

From Keith Childs Hon Alderman I comment on the same Guildford Borough Council meeting that Hon Alderman Bernard Parke attended although I reached an entirely different conclusion. In recent years…

Letter: What Will The Ballot Box Say About GuilFest?

From Tom Jeacock Having been involved in GuilFest since 1996 (I have now retired from the borough council’s parks team) I saw the organization from the inside. It was hard…

Letter: Council Changes Are Welcome But Committee System is Better

From Gordon Bridger Hon Alderman The management changes proposed by the council are most welcome, as are the assurances by Cllr Mansbridge. However the blunders by the council and the…

Letter: Weekly Lottery Prize For Winning Parking Ticket?

By Ben Darnton Ben’s Collector’s Records, Tunsagte, Guildford With the sad news for Guildford’s traders and visitors that on-street parking charges are rising again to keep in line with the…

Letter: Ideas For Affordable Road Tunnels

From Bibhas Neogi Having seen some enthusiasm expressed for tunnels under Guildford town, I thought it might be worthwhile putting forward my views on a possible scenario. Putting the A3…