Have Your Say! Your comments to EBRA

The only common factor in all of this, is the management, get rid of them and this venue may stand a chance.

Name withheld

22 February 2010

I have no faith in the present management as I think they have milked the funds dry. The excessive yearly pay to Mrs Neiman is a good example.

I also have noticed on many occasions the arrival of staff by taxi. What's wrong with taking the bus or walking to work? Give it a year and the debt will increase and even more money wasted.

Piggy (Name withheld)

30 January 2010

The Editor replies: Thank you for your emails. It is EBRA's policy to support the Arts Centre but the Trust certainly made an awful mess of managing their finances. Maybe things will change.

It is obvious that M Zone just HAS to be extended if there is a 12 month waiting list. The only concern I have is that there are FAR TOO MANY Office/Shop permits for people who do not live in the area and park their cars whilst going to their place of work. This is ABSOLUTELY what the scheme is not about and NOT why it was set up in the first instance. They HAVE to find another way by using the EXCELLENT public transport i.e. Buses and NOT bringing their cars into the City.

David & Val Tillson
4 December 2009

EBRA replies: We agree, residents should have priority as Council policy states, and Zones M, N and O should be merged to ease the pressure and shorten waiting lists.

Hi Bill,

I feel very uncomfortable with the misrepresentation in the minutes of the EBRA committee meeting regarding the incorrect information about the Iron Dukes front door being open until 3am most nights. I feel disheartened at what feels to me to be more than an issue about not an unreasonable requests from the Iron Duke to make their business work; the approach of the committee trying to gain more support against the Iron Duke from EBRA members feels totally biased and there seems to be no representation of EBRA members who do not agree with this. I am wondering how this decision by the committee is made on false information, and do all the committe members agree to this decsision to vito the Iron Dukes plans. I would like all EBRA members to have a copy of this email, and I woukld like to know who the members are.

We live in a comminity which needs to communicate clearly and from the heart. I feel that Waterloo Street is a wonderful place to live due to the people and the location. We need to try to foster an atmosphere of care and clarity, I am not saying we need to agree with one another, however hear, tolerate and respect others experiences, and work together rather than in an atmosphere that feels pitted against the other.

I am aware that I could have ignored this whole process, which is maybe what the community is doing and how easy that is to do in the busy lives that we lead, however where I feel uncomfortable enough about something that is occuring under my nose, I feel I need to express my concerns.

Warm wishes
Lucy De Sousa.
20 November 2009

EBRA replies: Thank you Lucy. The hours quoted in the first issue of the Committee Meeting minutes were a daft mistake, they have been corrected and we apologise. No decisions were made on "false information", the correct opening hours proposed were well known all along. In fact no decision was taken at all, if you read the minutes (Item 4) it merely states the position and records the genuine worries of some members, as also does the news item on our home page. In fact we completely agree with you!

Dear Sir/Madam,

I was astonished to read in the latest addition of your newsletter, a whole subsection titled 'Amber Foods latest'. As a local resident I cannot comprehend your total victimisation of a young entrepreneur trying to make a go of a business in these tough times. With the recession in full swing every small business needs all the help it can get from the community it caters to. Therefore, you unabashed propaganda campaign against Amber Foods is completely unbelieveable. Brighton's appeal as an cosmoplitan city lies in the presence of these small businesses. Eliminating these kinds of shops from the high street, will not only make our wonderful area a less pleasent place to live in, but will also have an impact on our property prices.

The picture posted indeed portrays a tight highway. However, they were taken around the time of halloween as can be seen with only pumpkins on display. Did you take a wonder around Western Road, when David Rhodes, Tesco, and Taj all had similar, if not more obstructive displays on the pavement around that time?

Please stop this harrasment, persecution and hatred immediately! As a local resident I find your campaign of vilification of a young man(he seems to me in his late teens) trying to make an honest living deeply offensive. At least he's not a lager lout causing worst disturbances of a much more destructive nature. In the interests of impartiality, why not hold interview with Mr Khan so the residents can hear his views, so a more well informed perspective can be gained?

I hope you print this letter in your next edition, and Amber Foods has just gained me and my husband as customers.

Sincerly Yours,

N. Knight
17th November 2009

Dear Bill,

I printed - and then went to bed with - the minutes of your last committee meeting. You and everyone concerned with this are doing such a good job. I feel extraordinarily guilty that I have never attended a meeting. But this is because I am away working and am so seldom here.

Your committee is vitally important for this area, and you are the king pin to keep it together and organize it. I do admire you and everyone involved. If I can get my 'Father Brown' play into production next year, then perhaps I won't have to go away on tour all the time, and I will be able to join you and help rally support. Warning. If my play goes into production, I expect EVERYONE to go to see it!

Not much else I'm afraid, but if you e-mail me an address and the name to whom I should write as recipient, I'll gladly donate £50 towards the cause. I was particularly impressed by the person who donated a similar sum towards a crocus patch in Norfolk Square.

Fond regards, Bruce Montague

About Bruce: Truly famous actor of screen, TV and the stage, he has appeared in literally hundreds of productions over many years, and throughout the English-speaking world. Do you remember him as Leonard in Butterflies? Or maybe you saw him in The Onedid Line or George and Mildred or...

He is also an EBRA member, but not many people know that!

Dear EBRA,

An old guy with dark glasses keeps photographing my house! He says he is 'photographing Estate Agents' boards for EBRA'. I have told him to go away but he keeps coming back. If this is EBRA's doing than please ask him to stop!

Nervous of East Brunswick, 3 September, 2009

Dear EBRA,

My cat went missing last week. She answers to the name Snookins, but she has a tartan collar with a metal tag with the name Conseuela, that was my other cat that died and I couldn't afford a new collar. She is very friendly so if you have acquired a cat that is black and brown with one white ear she likes fresh tuna and chorizo sausage from Waitrose, water, no milk please.

Elderly of East Brunswick (phone no. supplied), 5th August 2006.