We stop the sinking of Maritime Festival

I was incensed to read about the probable cancellation of the Rye Maritime Festival this summer due to the refusal by Rye Town Council to grant £500 in support. I hope that as many people as possible will write to you, as I am doing, as their attitude seems very small-minded. Elsewhere in your newspaper The Rye Town Clerk is quoted as saying (referring to another subject) “The majority of parish and town councillors prefer to conduct their council’s business free of party politics. They are motivated solely by a desire to act in their community’s best interests.”