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places in schools. Brexit may bring early uncertainties but I


will live with these to expel the hand the EU casts over our country. Robin Brand - by email


Vote for Brexit


Dear Sir – I feel guilty my generation is creating through EU membership a diminished Britain I will be ashamed to leave tomy children and grandchildren. (Mail Marks, March). I ampatriotic and have loved living in Maidstone, Kent and England. I cannot bear to see what now happens through overcrowding and the financial crises I consider are closely linked to our EU membership, especially onwelfare payments. I love Europe too, and believewe can


workwell with our friendly neighbours without all the serious downsides of EU membership. We have to give this a chance and vote for Brexit. Mary Jameson, by email.


Hope article sways votes


Dear Sir – Iwas so pleased to read Dennis Fowle’s article regarding the EU, and that you plan to vote to leave. It is good that people who have not made


their minds up will read your view and it could help them make their choice. I’m like you; I reallywant to leave the EU but I am sad when I see so many lies from people on the news, sayingwe need to vote to stay in. It’s the only chancewe will get to vote


out, and it would be fantastic ifwe do get out. I’m so disappointed that David Cameron is trying to keep us in the EU; he is on the wrong side. I’m sure the Queen, if she could say,


wouldwant out.We can close our borders, we will save so much money,we can choose whowe let inwe can stop importing other countries’ criminals, and


FARM animalswere released during a break-in at a farm in Clapper Lane, Staplehurst. Items, including a set of electric clippers, two harnesses and halters, and a goat and a chickenwere reported stolen and a horsewas injured. The baerieswere stolen from nine golf buggies at The Ridge Golf Club in Suon Valence. A petrol leaf blower, two Stihl hedge trimmers, a Stihl chainsaw and a Stihl strimmerwere taken from a garden shed in Chapel Place, East Farleigh. Propertywas stolen from a vehicle in


Chart Hill Road, Chart Suon. A would-be thief ran off after being disturbed by the owner of a Daihatsu that had been broken into on the drive of a home in Redwall Lane, Linton. Garden toolswere taken from a shed in Huntington Road, Coxheath. Damagewas caused to the hedge at a property in East Street, Hunton. Toolswere taken from a garden shed in


Dean Street, East Farleigh. A vehiclewas keyed in Linden Road, Coxheath. Tools and fishing equipmentwere stolen


from a van on the drive of a property in Claygate Road, Yalding. A vehiclewas stolen from a business park in Gravelly Boom Road, Kingswood.


the moneywe save can be used to make Britain great again. Australia and America don’t let in criminals, so why shouldwe?We won’t have so many people using our NHS that we pay into and they don’t, so thank you for your article. John Maplesden, by email


Jobs an illusion


Dear Sir – When yet another supermarket proposal comes up, I have to give a wry smile as the bid always includes “hundreds of new jobs” (Downs Mail, February). With the proliferation of supermarkets


and Tesco even closing some down, it’s obvious that one person’s supermarket job, is another person’s redundancy. We can only buy so much. There isn’t an inexhaustible supply of money, unless you’re in government of course. Why not merge the park and ride in with


the store, to supply all the local shops? It’s something that more understanding councils seem to manage quite easily! Phil Granger, Alma Road,West Malling


Lower Thames crossing


Dear Sir – I note that KCC prefers the Lower Thames Crossing Option C coupled with widening the A249 as a beer long- term option than using the A229. I agree with this suggestion but only if KCC rectifies a long-standing deficiency in Kent strategic highway routing. KCC has been well aware for some time


that the A249/M20 interchange is already at peak capacity at certain times of the day because traffic which needs to bypass Maidstone to the East also uses this junction, in addition to the main traffic route of A249/M20. KCC has, by default, utilised the residential route of Bearsted Road, New


Cut Road, Ashford Road,Willington Street and Suon Road as a heavy goods route instead of constructing a Leeds Langley bypass from the Suon road directly to M20 Junction 8. This already creates major delays from M20 Junction 7 along this residential route to the industrial Parkwood area and the agricultural businesses serving south, south east and east of Maidstone. This will only get worse because of the vast amount of housing already under construction and planned for the future in these areas. S Russell, Matfield Crescent, Maidstone


Solar panels are lesser evil


Dear Sir – I amuerly disgusted by the decision of Maidstone Council's planning commiee in their rejection of the plan for a 72-hectare solar farm near Staplehurst. Once again the Nimbys win. The excuse that "rain cascading from the


panels will alter the drainage on the site" is complete hogwash. The rain from each square metre panel would finish up exactly where it finishes up today. The use of the term “cascading” is sickeningly emotive. There would be no extra rain, which currently cascades nowhere. The field of panels could bewell hidden by a hedge and no-one would be any the wiser as they drive past. The alternative is that central


government constructs nuclear power stations. If a solar farm malfunctions, the panels could be removed in a couple of weeks. If a nuclear power station malfunctions Kent could be uninhabitable for decades (as Fukushima, Japan; Three Mile Island, USA and Chernobyl, Russia. If there is a time when Nimbys should be ignored, then this is it. I have nothing whatsoever to do with


this proposal, my first knowledge of it was reading about it in the Downs Mail. D J Massey, Mill Lane, Coxheath


NeighbourhoodWatch Working to reduce crime. Call Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 or local police A garden shedwas broken into in Lower


Road, East Farleigh, but nothing appeared to have been stolen. A security padlock and chainwere cut to


gain entry to a secure area outside a block of flats in John Day Close, Coxheath. A small silver IforWilliams trailerwas


taken from a farm shed in Bowley Lane, Boughton Malherbe. A Volvo C70was keyed in Oak Lane, Headcorn. Two 5ft entrance gateswere stolen from


the drive of a property in Collier Street. A metal postboxwas stolen from outside


a property in Southernden Road, Boughton Malherbe. An electricity distribution box in Sherenden Lane, Marden,was damaged and parts of it stolen. A housewas burgled in Maidstone Road,


Yalding, and items taken. Copper earthing cablewas stolen from an electricity pole in Benover Road, Yalding. Toolswere taken from a van parked on the drive of a home in Stanley Close,


Staplehurst. A doorwas damaged in an aempt to


enter a house in Claygate Road, Collier Street.No accesswas gained. A failed aemptwas made to break into a property in North Street, Suon Valence, causing damage to a door. Fencingwas damaged at a property in Cayser Drive, Kingswood. Offenders caused damage to the door of a


home in The Parade, Staplehurst. A Stihl chainsaw and a Husqvarna chainsaw, along with hand tools,were stolen from a Ford Ranger pick-up in Lees Road, Yalding.


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