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Dear Editor, On Saturday I popped into Edinburgh, a lovely historic city with shops that are second to none. As we entered the Edinburgh boundary yellow posters started to appear on Council lamp-posts. What are these? Election material? Well nearly they where encouraging the residents of Edinburgh to vote Yes! But yes to what? Very simply they are having a vote on whether or not to introduce congestion charges. The posters said “Say Yes to a clean environment”, “Say Yes to a safer Edinburgh” “Say yes to better public transport”. All sounds very nice. But what about the other side of the story. Could the 'No' vote have the right to put their posters on the lamp posts too? I would suggest not, as the posts are Edinburgh Council property! Well if they could be attached here are a few suggestions: Say No and Keep your job (people may stop coming to Edinburgh to shop). Say No and stop untold damage to the environment by pollution from extra buses. These are just a few suggestions. I would suspect that your readers could provide more. Mr McFinnie. Scotland

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		Dear Editor, On Saturday I popped into Edinburgh, a lovely historic city with shops that are second to none. As we entered the Edinburgh boundary yellow posters started to appear on Council lamp-posts. What are these? Election material? Well nearly they where encouraging the residents of Edinburgh to vote Yes! But yes to what? Very simply they are having a vote on whether or not to introduce congestion charges. The posters said “Say Yes to a clean environment”, “Say Yes to a safer Edinburgh” “Say yes to better public transport”. All sounds very nice. But what about the other side of the story. Could the 'No' vote have the right to put their posters on the lamp posts too? I would suggest not, as the posts are Edinburgh Council property! Well if they could be attached here are a few suggestions: Say No and Keep your job (people may stop coming to Edinburgh to shop). Say No and stop untold damage to the environment by pollution from extra buses. These are just a few suggestions. I would suspect that your readers could provide more. Mr McFinnie. Scotland
		Dear Editor, Although I do appreciate the efforts made by people who wish to ban smoking in public places, it is each individuals choice whether to smoke or not and therefore it should be each persons choice whether to enter a 'smoking area' or not. Banning something in total is just encouraging a rebellion. Let people make their own choices. Name and address given
		Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the News article in the January Issue. General Jackson has stated on many occasions that he can't understand the need for tradition and regimental family unity and I can see why. His own beloved Paras are after all, only sixty odd years old, they are not old enough to understand what tradition is. General Jackson has also stated on occasion, the soldiers serving our country in various theatres at the moment are all in favour of the changes, this could not be further from the truth. The soldiers I have spoken to have made it very clear to me that they joined The Black Watch, because like my own family, generations of their families have served and died for the honour of the Regiment. There is an old saying (if a thing is working why fix it). The General must consider himself lucky, had his ideas been suggested during Wilson, Thatcher, or Churchill years he would have ended up on the dole. R Scott, Fife
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