IT'S the same every week - moan, moan, moan about the high parking charges and depriving drivers.

Give Steve Martin, transport officer, and the council a chance, they are doing their best to make Bromsgrove a quiet rural backwater that will be a pleasure to drive through on the way to Kidderminster, Redditch or Merry Hill.

If, however, you value the few premises left between empty and charity shops and want to see Bromsgrove once again become a thriving centre, remember the decisions that this council has made, on not only the parking charges but also the many other decisions that work against the best interests of Bromsgrove residents - not least the disastrous changes to the rubbish collection - when you cast your vote at the next council elections.

Graham Wilson

Rubery