As Bonnie Leonard (24 September, Weekend Sun) and Des Ferrow have alluded to, the Historic Village is rapidly becoming a shambles. It's a mess, the good guys are getting out and TCC, by its lack of action and acumen is driving the facility into the ground. As usual, Council of course have no idea how to run a business (which is what the Village is) or how to deal with multiple diverse tenants or ensure tenants are complimentary to or compatible with one another. The public should be outraged that the Village is being kamikazed by bad Council management.

It will become a ghost town eventually if this nonsense continues and as someone said, it is rapidly becoming a drop- in centre for dropouts and the Village will very quickly fall into disrepair at this rate. If this is how Council treat ratepayers prime assets, it's time for a change I say and the quicker the better, like next week at the Ballot Box.
R Paterson, Matapihi.