Letters To Editor: No use holding on to family silver

Oh dear Mr Bosley - blue-chip land that has no occupants is simply silly.
Your letter reminded me of a programme I watched about the estate owners in England; they had held on to their land long after they could afford to keep it.
What they ended up with were derelict castles that were of no use to anybody.
In my opinion, you miss the point entirely. The businesses currently occupying the land are the very things that bring industry and employment to our region.
Do you really want to make it more difficult in an already difficult economic climate?
The only thing that will come from that is stagnation and regression.
In his submission to the NCC annual draft plan, Wayne Zaloum (local business owner) stated he would not grow (progress) his business with the way things stand because it was not worth developing a business that was progressively becoming unaffordable owing to prohibitive land rental costs.
What do you think is more important to the people of Napier, Mr Bosley - employment and industry or a contentious portfolio that will eventually drive business owners out of the HB? As for your point "all of the supporters of wanting the NCC to sell council's land portfolio have come from people - council tenants with a blatant monetary conflict of interest. Their own."
Well ... duh ... this is precisely how change occurs.
People who are dissatisfied with the way that things stand get off their bums and put their money where their mouth is.
I applaud all of the people who are progressing this issue because they are the kind of people who will keep industry and employment in our (already under-performing) region.
Get with the times, Mr Bosley. Holding on to the family silver for the sake of it is short-sighted and certainly not in the best interests of the people of Napier if it means lost jobs.Claudette O'BrienNapierErosion remedyHigh seas from a sub-tropical low were forecast for Westshore today.
Moderate swells over three high tides are less than half the size of past severe swells so property damage will be minimal but progressive erosion of the established beach-head could be significant.
Anybody interested in the demise of Westshore Beach and those who accept the NCC solution should take the opportunity to see the effectiveness of the expensive remedy adopted for 24 years.
The council has given an assurance that the beach will be protected and restored to a sandy beach. The engineers state that erosion is under control and beach nourishment has been a huge success. Both councils cannot explain and will not discuss the engineering to support the situation or the many contradictions and omissions in their expert advice.
The placement of inadequate amounts of unstable gravel in the form of a shingle seawall is inappropriate and incorrectly called a nourishment programme for the constant loss of beach sand.
The 1.7m tides during three moderate 1.3m swells will show continuing erosion with the council's recently-approved, long-term solution. The shingle that accumulates on Marine Parade due to coastal impediments constructed by the Port of Napier will continue to be trucked to Westshore, dumped along the beach and formed into a weak superficial stopbank.
Forecasts show high seas will breach the shingle bank at the south end, and land adjacent to the Surf Club, recently strengthened, will be encroached again. The flooding of buildings and the Westshore Reserve is not devastating but the progressive erosion of the inshore, the progressive re-treatment of the beach-head and the irreplaceable loss of the backshore is serious. Unfortunately there is no Plan B because an expert engineer presented an $80 million estimate for a $7 million permanent solution.
Larry Dallimore, Westshore