Why be so worried?

Contrary to what Mr Betts says we do not all agree about all the elements of the Next Wave scheme. Some people dislike one part, some other parts, as is normal with the general public, and they are the people who write letters and attend rallies.

The present trolley campaign is not against progress or improvements to the town. It is merely a petition for better seafront shelters. The ones proposed by the council are just not good enough for this important little town. We want the best. Get on your feet, Mr Betts, and come and walk round the streets with me. Ask this “silent majority” what they think about the shelters. Or are you afraid of their answers? The comments which so upset you, Mr Betts, are, concerning the shelters, absolutely true. The fact that the shelter designs were kept secret from us and from the councillors too until they had been ordered from the manufacturers definitely smacks of “secrecy” surely? The “men in the shadows” were the officers in the town hall peeping through the windows at the rally, not daring to venture out for fear of being savaged by a pack of deranged ratepayers. In the old days Cllr Gubby came out and faced a rally and dealt with it with good grace and a smile.

Many of the people petitioning for a good seafront are people like Ron and Brian Storkey who worked their socks off most of their lives for the young and old of Bexhill. They are people who turn out on cold nights for meetings to try to help. Among the numbers are businessmen, an ex-mayor, teachers, surveyors, designers, artists and many experienced and caring people, people who will stand in the snow, wind and rain to write letters on a trolley.

Jackie Bialeska

Vox Pop