I am throwing out a challenge to the City of Mandurah that before they decide on paving for the footpaths around the new Mandurah foreshore improvements that they all sit in a wheelchair for a day. It won't be pleasant as their teeth rattle when going along the timber boardwalks or over thousands of brick joints. Then their neck and spine are jarred as the wheels hit a raised section of paving where an expansion joint has moved or teeth are rattled again as the wheels hit those purpose made ripple strips.
You will realise how unpleasant it is for both the rider and the person pushing you. I have just replaced wheels on my wife's six-months-old wheel chair because of smashed bearings.
Graeme Byass Dudley Park (abridged)
Watch for trolley theft
As a customer of the Mandurah Forum I want to express my dismay for the antisocial behaviour of some minority of shopping cart users.
Trolleys are being dumped on vacant land in Mandurah and also being used to steal residents' front yard tools.
It is an act of stealing to remove the carts outside the forum parameter and security must stop these people.
Anti-social behaviour must be put to an end with a bit of cooperation from customers, security and the Forum's customer service department.
Sam Jordan, Mandurah
Assess punishments
It is very disturbing to read that a young woman was seriously assaulted while using a ride share company to get home from a night out in Mandurah. The issue of women's safety is forefront after the incidents in federal parliament recently. It is positive to hear that some women have started a sexual education program targeting high school students. Proper sexual education should be mandatory. It should be tested in final exams. Some private schools shy away from sexual education. Young men need good role models because American television and social media rarely display respectful behaviour towards women. The state government should assess whether current punishment for sexual assaults is adequate and in line with public expectations.
Jacob Cumberworth, Mandurah
Store makes its own rules
We wonder why Bunnings in Halls Head is not user friendly compared to the other store in Greenfields. Halls Head won't let entry into the store through the gardening section, where Greenfields is entry and exit. When we asked at Halls Head we were told that "we make our own rules''. Surely both stores should welcome the public in the same courteous manner that existed before COVID.
Rob Lowry, Halls Head
Don't point a finger
Liza Harvey, on Saturday night, blamed the huge swing to Labor on voters saying "thanks, Mark McGowan, for keeping us safe during the COVID pandemic".
Ms Harvey obviously forgot that the Liberals backed Australia's biggest dropkick, Clive Palmer, wanted to open the borders during the height of the pandemic, had a treasurer who couldn't present the costings for their election promises and had a leader with no experience who was left with no plans, no goals and no voter confidence by the inept, outgoing leader, Ms Harvey, who deserted a sinking ship mere weeks before the state election.
When you point one finger, three fingers point back at you, Ms Harvey.
Philip Bradshaw, Mandurah
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