Dear Editor,
So, Councillor Mockridge, in her letter of the 22 November, suggests that Peter Berry is being a little mischievous. This shows that like others among her colleagues, she has little understanding of the services and working of Adur Community Transport.
Peter Berry is very aware of the disastrous threat that Stagecoach poses when it decides to withdraw a much needed service. When he first heard of it, Peter Berry spoke with his friends on the committee of Southlanders Residents group, suggesting that Adur Community Transport be approached in an attempt to seek to cover some of the needs locally - the news, a few days later, that Adur Community Transport was under threat, was a body blow!
In short, while Peter Berry is most appreciative of councillors’ efforts to petition for the retention of the Stagecoach service, the attempts, at the same time, to destroy Adur Community Transport is hypocrisy, For a nameless, faceless spokesperson to defend the Council’s decision by saying, as reported, that people “have bus passes”, shows a total misunderstanding of the service provided for those unable to use public transport.
Councillor Mockridge does not understand that Adur Community Transport has always had the need to carry healthy bank balances since it needs to accumulate the resources required for replacement buses and does so by prudent management.
Really and truly, the councillor and her colleagues need to get real and count their blessings, one of which is Adur Community Transport.
