IT IS claimed that because of the lack of publicity, some (a lot of us) at Tadcaster were disenfranchised for the recent Tadcaster Town Council election, through no fault of our own.

Nevertheless, many frustrated non-voters were heartened by the statement made by our town mayor, Councillor Don Bain-Mackay "distributing polling cards would have been too expensive" (November 9). You bet it would!

This old-fashioned idea of thrift as expressed by Coun Mackay should mollify local taxpayers whenever the current furore over MP John Grogan's alarmingly-high travelling expenses account is alluded to in this brewery town.

Ida Mary Goodrick,

Woodlands Avenue, Tadcaster.

Updated: 11:09 Thursday, November 18, 2004