At a time when some pensioners are so desperate they would rather face prison than pay outrageous council tax bills, it is disgraceful that councillors are wasting £27.50 a head on their meals at meetings.
Few pensioners are able to afford this kind of extravagance even for a treat at Christmas.
It would be far better to provide some of our youngsters with valuable experience and work opportunities. The council should recruit a few catering course students to prepare and serve simple meals at a fraction of the cost.
Feather-bedded councillors seem increasingly out of touch with the reality of spiralling bills and expenses which confront ordinary people.
It is time council tax-payers had a much greater say in the way their money is spent.
-Christopher Read, Hove
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