RE: Article called ‘Serious injury but no prosecution' (The Weekend Sun, March 13).
I have to admire the campaign by reporter Hunter Wells to clean up our streets.

It reminds me of my neighbour, who is a lovely man. Every day he's out sweeping his lawn and snipping the rogue foliage that dares to stray into prohibited places.

His garden is admired by everyone who goes past! Everything in its place and carefully arranged and a model for the tidy folk of Cherrywood. But it's sterile. Not a single person nor a single animal comes to play.

I admire Tauranga City too! It's very orderly. Any street hawker, busker, café furniture or similarly undesirable artefact that strays outside of its allotted place is quickly moved on.
But do I want to play here? Do I want to linger and enjoy the lack of energy and vibrancy that order brings, or do I miss the chaos and sometimes assault to my senses or even damaged toes that things outside of their slot bring?

A sterile city is all very nice to drive past but until we allow a bit of energy, it'll remain quite dead and I won't come to play, or spend my money here.

Please Hunter, come and look at the Tauranga inner city streets sometime and notice how little fun people are having and how little money they are spending and then imagine that at the Mount.

A footnote: I can't bag Hunter Wells without offering a solution.

Let's close the Mount main street to traffic, or at least make it one way. Problem solved.

P Elliott, Tauranga City.