I DON'T hold any particular brief for Coun Ann Reid but all this brouhaha and righteous indignation about her daughter's wedding cortege seems quite excessive to me.

So, just to balance the record, bully for her, I say, and bully for the council too - this once.

Richard Gardner,

The Orchard,

Dringhouses,

York.

Updated: 10:11 Thursday, October 20, 2005