I AM completely shocked that Dorset Council are going to charge for parking in (some?) all of the towns and villages under their control.

At the current time we do not seem to get much for our council tax cash, let alone any other revenue that they strip us of.

Maybe they would like us to pay for breathing fresh air.

The average person breathes 672 million times in a lifetime.

There must be money in that as they take what and when they can.

Maybe we should just send them all our hard earned cash and ask them for some pocket money each week to keep us going.

In the 1700s there was a chap called Dick Turpin, but at least he wore a mask when he robbed people.

COLIN BECK

Virginia Close, Verwood