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DEAR News of the Area, YOUR correspondent Wayne Duesbury asks for an explanation on how “renewable energy systems do not contribute to climate change”. As a retired teacher of physics and astronomy (including planetary atmospheres), allow me to acknowledge his…

DEAR News Of The Area, SOME people just choose their facts to suit their opinions. Your correspondent, Patrick Walters (‘Does Council have a spare $6.7 million?’, 9 February Edition), is a prime example. Apart from criticising the Coffs Council’s commercial…

DEAR News Of The Area, AT the recent Council meeting, the Mayor and his supporting Councillors agreed to open a legal battle with the State Government to try to acquire some land on the Jetty Foreshores by compulsory acquisition. So…

DEAR News Of The Area, WITH reference to the story in last week’s NOTA, ‘Footpath funding not forthcoming,’ the lack of commitment to footpaths highlights the utter shortsightedness of council. Not only do footpaths allow elderly people and people with…

DEAR News Of The Area, IAN Hogbin was “spot on” with his letter criticising the State Government for locking out at all times the public from using the small recreation area across the road from Jetty High School. The undercover…