Thursday, 2nd September 2010

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Jersey Evening Post, PO Box 582, Jersey, Channel Islands, JE4 8XQ.
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Unfair stereotype of philosophy students

From Benjamin Smart.
SENATOR Ben Shenton, in a proposal to cut funding to ‘soft subjects’ at university, writes the following:
‘In terms of Jersey students, the following soft subjects are popular – philosophy – various colleges.

Setting record straight on Victoria Avenue

From Guy de Faye.
WHILE your recent article entitled ‘When “oops!” is the only thing to say’ (JEP, 23 August) was amusing, as the former Minister for Transport and Technical Services, I need to advise both you and your readers that the section making reference to the 2008 redesign and resurfacing of the Bel Royal section [...]

No justification for disfiguring St Aubin’s Harbour

From Graham Evans.
ONCE again we have one of the natives, as always, intent on destroying and disfiguring the coast of the Island; and all for a car, a mode of transport which will undoubtedly diminish in importance in the coming years.

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Card practices that you just wouldn’t credit

From Trevor Prouse.
I’M astounded, although I have absolutely no idea why I should be, at the current procurement policy and purchase card practises in the public sector.

Fleecing your tourists is not the way ahead

From Paul Brown.
I ATTENDED a family wedding on your wonderful Island during Battle of Flowers week. I have been coming to Jersey for more than 30 years to visit family and friends.

Prison is no place for this man

From Helen Sole.
I WAS horrified, saddened and angry to read on the front page (JEP, 20 July), of the Islander who suffers from schizophrenia being sent to jail as there was no suitable sheltered accommodation or relevant treatment options available in the community.

Is Jersey’s tourism industry worth saving, or is it already too late?

From Barrie Bertram.
WITH the reaction to a recent letter stating that Jersey is astronomically expensive for tourists, is there perhaps a message coming through that someone should now be delegated as the last person standing to switch off the lights in Jersey’s tourism industry while every one else heads off to worship at the altar [...]

We need a rest from over-development

From Jennifer Le Fondré.
I write concerning the proposed development on the Esplanade/Water front.
It is said that this development will almost be the answer to the Island’s problems, but I hope that before the official ‘go-ahead’ is given, our Government will look at the bigger picture world wide.

I hope these Deputies aren’t too lonely in the political wilderness

From John Dix.
WHAT splendid entertainment the JDA provide. Now that three out of their four Members of the States have decided that they no longer wish to obey the party whip, where does that leave Ted Vibert and his trusty sidekick, Deputy Geoff Southern?

Please stop this build, build, build

From David Richardson.
THE image of Portelet from the sea gives the depressing impression, once again, of Jersey as a giant building site.