SIR,
My head is spinning as much as I guess those of the spin doctors and officers of the Monmouthshire County Council must be.
The reason for this state of affairs is that we have had a rubber stamped decision of those who wisely govern us, which has subsequently been poorly debated and then acted upon.
In December I will now have a white bag, a red bag, a purple bag and a black bag. The problem I have is where to store them safely from cats, dogs, rats and urban foxes.
It seems to me that the best solution will be to store the white bag in the blue box, the purple bag in the black box and the black bag in my dustbin.
I shall have to store the red bag wherever I can. Problem solved for the time. However, it raises its head when the boxes and bins are lost/broken.
I see no provision in the outlined scheme for replacements. It seems much like a routine from those two comedians, Abbot and Costello, except for the fact you could not make it up.
The farce is similar to that of the Overmonnow site reserved for school use and now, less that eight years after being given away, being considered for purchase to reduce crowding at the existing school.
Perhaps an even better simile would be the new Monnow Bridge, without adequate pedestrian provision.
The Flying Dutchman Cattle Market, presently somewhere between Abergavenny and Raglan and rumoured to be drifting towards the Monmouth Showground, is another case in point.
I consider that this latest costly adventure is perhaps worthy of the attentions of the external auditors, since it has obviously consumed much very valuable time of Cabinet Members and Officers, even though there has been little member of public involvement.
The Elderly Confused
(Monmouth)