Texts To The Editor: 25/08/11

*   Thumbs up to HGHS and HBHS for singing so well at fundraiser concert for Barbershop Nationals despite incredibly rude people talking through whole concert. Pip

*   Does Labour have a candidate for Hastings? If so who is it? it is election year after all. Stuart Nash gets out and about doing a good job for Napier.

*   Why do large business advertise cheap developing of photos but then take days to be able to pick them up. You need to be able to deliver or do not have a special.

*   Don't write off Labour. Who gets rich with new welfare scheme? Those who get it or those paid to police it. Young people want jobs - where are they?

*   In reply to sprays and pesticide text. The reason cancer rate high is they are used in house and industry where they shouldn't be and some are not NZ compliant.

*   Get it through your head Mr Yule Napier doesn't want amalgamation and who would with your $64 million debt to Napier's $4 million. Get over it. JB

*   Who was the egg that designed a giant egg as our city mascot?

*   What's with the orange crystals in spaghetti?

*   To all who think that their freedom of choice has been taken from the Government on new WINZ card saga let's march to Parliament - let's make them listen to us. We make NZ not John Key or Paula Bennett - she didn't want the new card. Just get them jobs like you promised.