Passing the buck  

I REFER to your front page article (‘‘Drain blame game’’, Leader, March 2). I live in Grange Rd, Carnegie, and have raised this issue with the council and I got a letter back saying the issue was being investigated. I was not given a timeline as to when I would be given the council’s findings, or what they intended to do about it. It appears to me Glen Eira Council and Melbourne Water will both play the pass the buck on this subject. Grange Rd has no drains on the side I live on. But who is responsible for this – council or Melbourne Water? 

Cramming has to stop  

GLENHUNTLY Rd is already overcrowded with cars (‘‘Still no to Coles plan’’, Leader, March 1). The trams are also overcrowded. We cannot keep on with this endless cramming in of more people. It is wrecking the whole character of the area as well.  

Time to Wake Up 

THIS sort of excessive development should never be allowed (‘‘Still no to Coles plan’’, Leader, March 1). Wake up, council and State Government, we don’t want this!

David a great MP  

DAVID Southwick was out there when flooding hit Caulfield, clearing drains for flooded-out residents and helping locals to get other essential assistance (‘‘Big pride, little policy’’, Leader, February 22). This is typical of David: when someone needs help, he pitches in to make things better. Many throughout the community already know about his generous spirit and ability to cut through the static and get things moving. That is why so many local people backed him so enthusiastically when he first ran for office in 2004, and why they have stuck with him ever since. He will be a great member for Caulfield.