SO MORE carnage from the Vale Council.

When is this council going to understand the needs of the people of the Vale? The recent comments from the district auditor praising this joke of a council are laughable.

We now have the decision from the council that they are now going to charge for parking in the coming winter months over Barry Island, whereby it used to be free.

The cost is 50p for the first hour or so then a massive 400 per cent increase thereafter.

If you ever wanted to drive people away from the island you are doing a fantastic job.

Cllr Peter King, the man who refused to turn our lights on, reckons that the funds collected would be used for the council expenses to cover maintenance and running costs – perhaps he could give us a figure on how much this will cost?

Not only are they putting a charge on parking at the island they are also considering hitting us with an entrance fee and parking charges at Cosmeston Lakes.

How about Cllr King taking a pay cut to save money?

Perhaps Cllr King would also like to consider a parking meter for councillors at the Civic Offices?

The people are getting very impatient with how you lot are treating them. You will, I hope, be in for a massive shock come the elections next May.

DJ Radford

Coleridge Crescent

Barry