6 I WRITE regarding the article by Paul Stammers headlined "Dog mess does not keep parish buoyant" which appeared in County Commentary (Monday, February 26).

I feel this article gave a very one-sided view of our local parish councils.

Mr Stammers implied that members of local parish councils had so little to do that worrying about dog mess and roundabouts is all that they achieved.

I am married to Andrew Philpott, a member of Warndon Parish Council, and roundabout problems are a very small part of the work that is undertaken in our area.

I can assure Mr Stammers that my husband does not sit on the parish council "with an air of self-importance" and fret about rival matters.

With a full-time job in London and two sons who make constant demands on his time as well as his role in the parish, he doesn't have the time!

Instead, he is busy with the organisation of the Parish Fun Run in June, having just finished the Parish Christmas Lights competition as well as all the usual things that occur in a densely populated area like ours.

The lack of visibility surrounding the roundabouts in Warndon Villages has indeed been a recent issue with the parish council and I noticed yesterday that the shrubs are now in the process of being pruned. If the parish council had not brought this matter to the attention of the city council, would anything have been done about it?

I doubt it! I feel that without the persistence of the parish council then a serious, or possibly fatal, accident could have occurred and only then would something have been done.

I would also like to point out that Evening News reporters attend the parish council meetings and are free to report the proceedings however they want.

So if Mr Stammers is fed up with dog mess, youth amenities and roundabouts seeming to be peddled every month he should take it up with the reporters.

He should not assume that this is all that goes on and that parish councils cannot fill their agendas.

KAREN PHILPOTT, Worcester.