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Good fortune at the expense of many

Dear Editor – Re “Turbine Campaign is Getting Personal” (Stirling Observer, April 27), the claim to victimhood at the hands of objectors, promulgated by those whose farmland is destined to form the larger part of the site for a proposed windfarm, would call forth more sympathy if they had been less coy about the likely benefits accruing to themselves as a result of their consent.Read

Get clued up about teenage cancer

Dear Editor – Teenage Cancer Awareness Week runs from April 30 to May 4.Read

A case of sour grapes?

Dear Editor – The Islamic Mosque is objecting to the proposed Waitrose Store being able to sell alcohol from its store, as the Mosque is situated within closed proximity of its site.Read

Are Doosan the first domino?

Dear Editor – The recent report that the convener of The Scottish parliament committee, Murdo Fraser, said that most of the 157 written submissions to the enquiry, were complaints against onshore windfarms.Read

A case of sour grapes?

Dear Editor – The Islamic Mosque is objecting to the proposed Waitrose Store being able to sell alcohol from its store, as the Mosque is situated within closed proximity of its site.Read

Are Doosan the first domino?

Dear Editor – The recent report that the convener of The Scottish parliament committee, Murdo Fraser, said that most of the 157 written submissions to the enquiry, were complaints against onshore windfarms.Read

Don’t Suffer in Silence – SSAFA Can Help!

Dear Editor – Many of us in the Stirling area know of a veteran soldier, sailor or airman, but there are probably many more we rarely see who are lonely or in need of help.Read

Voters will not be fooled by Anti-Labour rant

Dear Editor – I’m constantly amazed by the apparent selective memory and ignorance of the facts of local SNP politicians. The latest offering by Scott Farmer is an anti-Labour rant and an attempt at a smear campaign over the council budget.Read

Red squirrels – perhaps not so native after all!

Dear Editor – The almost daily venomous attack by conservationists on grey squirrels for not being native to this country is dutifully followed up by the claim that red squirrels are native to Scotland.Read

Voters will not be fooled by Anti-Labour rant

Dear Editor – I’m constantly amazed by the apparent selective memory and ignorance of the facts of local SNP politicians. The latest offering by Scott Farmer is an anti-Labour rant and an attempt at a smear campaign over the council budget.Read

AEDs should be available to all

Dear Editor – May I, through your letters page, take the opportunity to raise the issue of sudden cardiac arrest and the solution related to automated external defibrillators (AEDs).Read

Alcohol price increase will make little difference on our streets

Dear Editor – As a former drinker I think that those who like a tipple are being penalised by the anti-drink campaign.Read

New legislation will have a catastrophic effect

Dear Editor – I am greatly concerned with the recently proposed legislation regarding public entertainment licences.Read

Labour still stuck in the past

Dear Editor – I write in response to the letter from the leader of the Labour group on Stirling Council, in which he tried to excuse Labour’s capitulation to the Tories during the recent budget.Read

Bikers not to blame for “dreadful” footpaths

Dear Editor – The right to wander freely through Scottish woods, forests and hills, enshrined by national laws, is the envy of the rest of the world. It is against this background that the article ‘Path mountain bikers anger elderly walkers’ (Stirling Observer, March 28) should be read, particularly in a week when the woodland paths have been dry and dusty.Read

Proposal conditions justify Drymen objections

Dear Editor – I refer to the article “Controversial Chalets Approved” by Kaiya Marjoribanks published in your paper on March 16, regarding the building of 13 holiday units in Buchanan Quarry near Drymen.Read

National Park Authority isn’t getting the balance right

Dear Editor – The planning committee of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority decided, after a special hearing held in Drymen, to allow the development of a holiday village to go ahead.Read

Easter warning to rough campers

Dear Editor – The Easter holidays are fast approaching and this marks the beginning of the ‘camping season’. Our area, as well as others nearby, always see a marked increase in camping activity from Easter onwards. Although most people act responsibly, a significant number behave anti-socially, leaving litter, damaging the environment and generally abusing these beautiful areas.Read

History of Haining Park

Dear Editor – I am writing in reference to the article regarding “The Haining Park” (Observer, March 21).Read

Devious Dave’s Westminster brainwaves

Dear Editor – The latest example of Devious Dave’s Westminster brainwaves makes the need for Scotland to have total fiscal independence all the more essential.Read

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