I was disappointed to see Voice Of The Argus (September 25) describing the alternative to a directly-elected mayor as "the tired old committee system".
As your leader-writer well knows, what will be on the ballot paper will be "an improved committee system" - improving on the democracy we've already got, not abandoning it for an all-powerful individual.
The use of such emotive terms is a sure sign of someone wishing to denigrate an idea but lacking any cogent argument with which to do so.
-Jim Grozier, Springfield Road, Brighton
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