WE would like to give our full support to Newsham Park resident Ray Newland's call to clean up this beautiful part of our city - and we applaud the ECHO's magnificent new campaign to raise civic standards across Liverpool ('I will face jail if it helps drive out prostitutes', ECHO, March 21).
But how terrible that it has come to this: a good family man feels he has to risk jail to protect his neighbours from degeneracy in empty homes owned by the housing authority itself.
Liverpool people are house proud, and we are also proud of Liverpool. Tens of thousands of individuals on Merseyside work voluntarily each week for the betterment of our neighbourhoods, through community groups, religious bodies, schools and sports clubs.
Yet much of this hard work is undermined by the action, or worse the inaction, of housing associations and others paid from the public purse.
Thank God someone has now had the guts to take a stand against these policies of blight and decay.
Jonathan Brown, on behalf of the Friends of Newsham Park
Correct decision
The ECHO's decision to publish the shocking pictures of the two cats hanging from a window shutter, while being controversial, was the correct one ('Help find the yobs who did this', ECHO, March 22).
Such barbaric acts need to be highlighted to ensure the public is aware of the mindless mentality that exists within the community.
The perpetrators of this heinous act must be caught and treated as a matter of urgency, because I cannot believe anyone in their right mind would contemplate such a violent act against defenceless animals. What I don't want to see or hear is some dogooder defending the indefensible because the offender has had childhood/family problems.
No excuse can be made for an act that has shocked a community, a community which is beginning to recover from years of neglect and deprivation thanks to all the good people of Kensington who care. Let us remember that it is only the mindless minority who seek to impede progress and destroy a community spirit. Let that spirit shine through. Assist the RSPCA and police and help bring to justice these barbarians.
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