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Leave advertising to newspapers

 

Gosford Council, or its external processing bureau, was so busy stuffing advertisers junk mail into the envelopes it posted to ratepayers in July, it failed to include vital rates information and had to mail out an amended rate notice at great expense.

Anyone can make a mistake but Council's biggest mistake was to enter ratepayers, without their consent, into a competition to benefit the advertisers with a captive audience.

First prize in the competition is a P&O cruise for two adults.

Let us hope the lucky winnesr have a safe passage and more plain sailing than the ill-fated Dianne Brimble had on her cruise.

Council should concentrate on the business of local government and leave the advertising business to the local newspapers.

John Collins, Woy Woy