I WRITE regarding the letter sent by Mrs Breakell (Citizen February 11) regarding the comment she made saying the streets of Lostock Hall are disgusting.

I am only going to comment on one aspect of what she has said and that is "South Ribble have notices up etc etc" and "so where are the people who patrol?"

I would inform Mrs Breakell that when I last asked South Ribble Borough Council not very long ago about this same problem I was told by the person I spoke to in the environmental health department that "the council only employed two dog wardens" and that they expected the public to come forward and notify the dog wardens of people they see allowing their dogs to foul".

So Mrs Breakell, if you fancy reporting one of your neighbours for allowing their dog to foul with all the red tape that this entails, like giving a written statement to the dog wardens knowing the name of the person in charge of the dog at the time and also knowing where the person and the dog live.

Also may be giving up a whole day to go to court if the person does not pay the fixed penalty ticket, then be my guest.

You see, Mrs Breakell, I, for quite a number of years have had the impression that SRBC thinks that really SRBC means only Leyland!!

The councillors seem to have forgotten about the rest of the large area that really is South Ribble. Their only concern seems to be the Towngate area of Leyland and nowhere else and I am not the only person in South Ribble who thinks this way.

Two dog wardens to cover the whole of South Ribble! What do we pay our council tax for I wonder! Pretty hanging baskets in the centre of Lostock Hall and a Christmas tree!

Oh, and our bins emptied once a week. Mrs Breakell there are loads of more important problems that need to be addressed in Lostock Hall by this council of ours besides the small amount of dog excrement on our footpaths .

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