Stuck with an embarrassment?

How very disappointing it is that the majority of Gosford councillors voted to name our local bridge after Spike Milligan, a British comedian whose claim to fame is being a part of the Goon comedy team from the 1960s and that he called Woy Woy "the largest above-ground cemetery in the southern hemisphere".

If Council were to name the bridge after a person, this honour should have been bestowed upon someone with significant historical ties to the local area or simply named it The Woy Woy Bridge.

The mere fact that the now-defunct Spike Milligan Festival was a financial and cultural failure should have sent a clear message to the Council that the residents of the Peninsula deserve something better.

Unless local residents write to the Geographical Names Board at PO Box 143, Bathurst 2795, with their objection or to our local member Marie Andrews, we are going to be stuck with this embarrassment for years to come.

Debra Wales Umina Beach