Letters

Hoons not wanted…
I couldn’t agree more that Macleay St residents should not be enjoying noise-free nights “while others cop the overflow” (Battle against car hoons gets surreal Nov 19). The fact of the matter is NO RESIDENTS should be made or expected to tolerate the level of noise, disruption and anti-social behaviour which we have for so long campaigned for individually and via various residents’ groups, ad nauseum. So the hoons and late night revellers will have to also be moved on from wherever their detour now takes them. And so it goes until they get the message that they are not wanted in anyone’s neighbourhood. Mr Gormly’s comment about “the city’s role as a destination for work and entertainment” is incomplete. Cities, and in particular this most densely populated area of Australia, is also for living which not unreasonably includes a decent night’s sleep. And ‘entertainment’ also means things other than too much alcohol, drugs and general sleaze which is about all Kings Cross can currently offer the local community. So the bottom line about traffic noise and congestion is that they are merely symptoms of very much bigger, generic and pathologic issues to do with Kings Cross.

Rebecca Wright, Potts Point

Cave man

What cave is Mr Gormly living in? Who pays him for taking the p*** out of THOUSANDS of terrorised residents of Macleay Street area?

John Wright, Potts Point