Texts To The Editor: 18/11/11

*   I have the solution for those who are complaining about the $40 and $60 parking tickets. Don't illegally park. Simple but it works.

*   To the people selling oranges on the roadside - could you move them out of the sun. No one wants to pay for warm fruit. Z

*   How sad to see my old hometown going to the dogs - literally. Cleanse Hastings of the Mongrel Mob and maybe the city might become more respectable. Ellen, Rotorua.

*   Gadaffi: He did take his country from rags to riches. Nato bombed it back to rags and killed more civilians in 8 months than what Gadaffi supposedly did in 40 years. SF

*   Travelled to Taupo recently. A lot of trucks on the road, and all without exception showed consideration to the cars stuck behind them, by pulling over as soon as they were able. Way to go guys, most impressed! Thanks.

*   In regards to the Steely Dan review. Person failed to state that there were still a lot of people at the concert and we got rewarded with an encore after Steely Dan went off stage. Was awesome concert. I would definitely go again.

*   Yes. It is about time the Westshore picnic tables were fixed up. Surely council has a maintenance programme to deal with this.

*   Nice to provide breakfasts for cyclists but why all in Napier? I bike from Taradale to Marewa. Maybe next year a breakfast in Greenmeadows for us who do not go all the way to Napier?

*   Is it just me or does anyone else think bag man Steve Williams has too high an opinion of himself?

*   To the person who stole our lawn mower from the back of our house in Akina please return it. We are pensioners and can't afford another. Shame on you.

*   To low life who took our front garden hose and hose wheel - we need it. You have made our life harder as my husband already has cancer. Don't take from others.

*   To HDC: Thanks for repair of footpaths in Miro St. I rang 15 years ago about them. Still waiting for graffiti removal which I rang about 4 years ago. Dee

*   Re bus: That's what happens. Bus goes straight past five people waiting in bus stop! Since when do we need to wave one down to stop. It was obvious these people wanted a bus.

*   Did I read it correctly? ACC covers accidents experienced by overseas visitors? Would we be covered in their countries under the same circumstances? A reply from ACC or a local politician would be appreciated. Anne

*   Forget-me-nots pesky weeds and a threat to ecological integrity' (whatever that means)? I think not. They are seasonal and look beautiful. Leave them for us to enjoy.

*   Good to see residents near to Haumoana market day mowing the council lawns and tiding. What was council doing? On computers and putting parking notice in paper. Poor.

*   No smaller shops in the Charter Hall complex! That was the agreement. Why should inner city retailers suffer because Charter can't get tenants? They took the risk. They're the newcomers after all. Support our inner city retailers.

*   Crime on the rise? It doesn't help when police say ring insurance company! Makes you feel you have damaged your own property. The badies are winners.

*   Re amalgamation: Give us Hastings folks a break. Do Napier residents realise that Hastings is a district council not a city council. Hastings is a much larger district.

*   If there are high numbers of NZ kids living in poverty then why are there high numbers of obese NZ kids?

*   About the cheap bread: Read ingredients. Sounds like it comes from a science lab not a bakery. What's in flour treatment?

*   To PP do you not think some two income families are struggling?

*   You tell them Chris Bain. Napier is tops! Now if we could just convince the cruise ships to stay longer.

*   Poor Zacki but what do you expect. HB breeds bInge drinkers.

*   Let's be realistic here; Zac Guildford is 22 years-old and just living life. Saying he is a disgrace to NZ is a bit overboard don't you think? We all make mistakes and it takes a few more for us to actually learn from them, it's part of us being human.

*   John Kedzlie and NCC should visit Mr Lawrence in Haumoana. To my knowledge that wall he built for erosion has not moved and yet the council want it gone. Maybe they should use his knowledge to save everyone's properties. S

*   Why do bad things happen to good people? Seems like life is a constant war between good and evil. MW

*   Re flag representing NZ now as opposed to the Union Jack: I would think the Tui beer label on a flagpole sums the country up nicely. JW

*   Ref HNZ comments: Have to agree. No proper screening done. I've rang HNZ over 300 times yet tenants remain.

*   It's not the houses built in the so called good areas, it's the people put in them that's the problem.

*   Why am I being told there are no jobs for people on the Dole and DPB but there is work for 5000 people from overseas to do the fruit season?

*   Who is fracking for gas in Hawke's Bay and where? Who gave consent for this practice here, banned in Australia? Please dig out some answers Mr Editor.