I FEEL I must reply to the comments of Councillors Bawden and Martin, regarding the Government's insufficient funding and a possible council tax rate of more than 13 per cent..
As a senior citizen I seem to remember that the last Conservative Government did not fund us too well either and let's not forget that Margaret Thatcher's did away with the index linking of pay to State pension, which is why pensioners are struggling.
Our councillors, regardless of party, should stop trying to score points off each other and each blaming the other, and do what they were elected to do serve the people of Swindon regardless.
Forget about pumping money into schemes like Lydiard Park to renovate a vegetable garden and a lake.
We've had a hung council for some time now so they are all as much to blame. So work together, forget the politics, and make the best use of what you've been given for the good of all.
T F HALL
Cullerne Road
Stratton
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