Re: Russell Lowe's letter ‘No great thinking here people' (The Weekend Sun letters pages, October 21. He is exactly right and no real intelligence was employed in this instance, common sense would have been required.

I noticed three letters published criticising the Tauranga City Council in last week's Letters section of the Weekend Sun were met with 'a decline to comment”. I always thought the council employee wages where funded by the ratepayer – so we should demand an answer, not just hope for one. If these employees of ours can't be bothered answering important questions, I suggest you get out and do something useful like picking up rubbish from our highways.

David Hill, Omokoroa.