Ban from the beach

I am compelled to inform you of errors in your news item "Dog policy to be reviewed" (July 13).

In your March 11 edition last year, you referred to one kilogram of dog excreta in "kiddies corner".

Now this has increased this to 10 kilograms.

What a joke! Is this Chihuahua shit or Great Dane?

The only relevant facts are how many, not the weight.

I have picked up litter from these beaches for more years than I care to remember, I have also picked dog excrement and interestingly, between November and February, I removed numerically more dirty nappies than dog faeces.

However, both of these pale into insignificance compared to the litter.

If you add tampons, sanitary towels, condoms, syringes and broken glass, fires and fireworks, who would you ban from the beach?

Kiddies' corner! What a joke! Mount Ettymalong creek has been shown to be polluted for more than a decade.

There are signs to this effect.

Anybody who takes their children to play there has scant regard for their children's health.

Banning dogs will achieve nothing.

More dogs with owners, who don't pick up their droppings, walking on the streets, will merely add to the storm water pollutants which foul the beach.

What we need are not more laws banning anything, but implementation of the current rules.

How many people have you questioned, reported or given evidence about with regard to any anti-social activity?

If none, then you shouldn't comment.

As for the Council officers, their deliberations are about some beach in Pateman St, Erina.

They know everything, but actually know nothing.

They make mistakes but are unaccountable, when the shit hits the fan, the rate payer pays.

Do you remember paying for the demolition of the Skillion?

John Harrison, Ettalong Editor's note: We got the dog poo weight wrong. The mistake was a reporter's error.