Keep pushing Re. Harwood/Hwy 20 lights in May?, Feb. 24: Oh, no, M. Marcoux, you cannot be seen as pushing too hard, n'est-ce pas! For how many corpses are you waiting to justify pushing a bit more? Many years ago, we nearly had a fatal accident at precisely this spot. Surely we were not the only ones. Thank you and merci for doing a lot more pushing! Gudrun Erlach Promises Hallelujah! So they are going to pave Hwy 342. That means for my annual Bricks and Bouquets I will no longer be able to throw a giant brick at those responsible for the less than Third World condition of this so-called 'highway'. Promises, promises! I'll believe it when I see it...only then will a bouquet replace a brick. Al Jared Better option for Double J The offer of feed from R&R to Double J is admirable, but it has been known by the SPCA, the SQ and R&R for weeks that the hay supply has been secured through June. If the refuge wants to help, and is in good financial standing to do so, I would suggest perhaps offering to vaccinate and deworm the Double J herd. This would benefit and help strengthen the horses for the upcoming summer season. I would suggest they offer Maxwell his choice of a local vet to do the job. This would cost the refuge a lot less than the sum needed to provide hay until summer. Pat Novas Our turn to say thanks I am mad as hell, and I am not going to take it anymore. Sound familiar? It was a film called Network, where a reporter was complaining about everything wrong in the world. My intention is not as wide, but the feeling is there. The RCMP has been flying top bananas to social events and meetings using their planes rather than flying commercial. Yet another example of free spending with other people's money ­ our money. Let's see if I got this right. We perspire heavily to earn our money and all levels of government spend it freely without any concern. We pay their salary and their more-than-generous pensions and perks, and instead of appreciation and respect, we get laughed at every time a penny is misspent. Yes, I am mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore. Realistically, though, what can I do alone? I am not important, I have no power, I have no say other than, every election, pretend that the democratic process is taking place. Am I alone in this? We get together with friends and we complain. Probably all our complaints make sense. Why can't we, the people with common sense, act together and fix this mess? Is the democratic process really working? Is the solution a different system? If so, what system can be better? We keep on electing cretins who would not last five minutes in the real world, and they just keep on playing with us. Is this what we deserve? Why are we such sheep? S. Studenberg Justice at last? March 16 will be an important day for holders of a British state pension living in Canada. As most of them know only too well, their pensions are frozen (i.e. not indexed) just because they happen to live in Canada rather than in the USA, EU, UK or a host of other countries. Their organization ­ the Canadian Alliance of British pensioners (CABP) ­ has taken their case against this discrimination through the UK courts, the House of Lords (twice) and finally the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR ­ also twice). The Grand Chamber of the ECHR heard their case on appeal last September and is due to issue its judgement at 10.30 a.m. Strasbourg time on Tuesday, March 16. The news can then be seen at www.echr.coe.int/ECHR/homepage_en, under "Recent press releases". Even with a favourable judgment the pensioners' battle may not be over, as the UK can then appeal or delay honouring its obligations. However a very major first step will have been taken towards rectifying a long-standing and disgraceful injustice. More information will be given to CABP members after March 16. Anyone who wants to get on board may contact me (corsley@videotron.ca). Mark Drake The Hudson Gazette welcomes Letters to the Editor for publication in future issues. All letters should be signed, kept to a reasonable length and include a phone number for verification if necessary. They can be dropped off at our office or e-mailed to us at hudsongazette@videotron.ca. While we endeavour to retain the author's main thoughts, Letters to the editor are subject to editing for both length and content.