Stagecoach Exeter

may I for a change complain about the coverage by the Echo of the complaints/moans against our local bus passenger service provider Stagecoach. For myself I find that the fare for me to travel from Salmon Pool Lane to the City Centre is very good value at £1.35. This of course does not compare favourably with the cost of car parking for an hour in the centre, being almost twice as much, but I am after all contributing to the pay and pensions of Stagecoach personnel.Talking of which I also find the coverage of the pay/allowances for our overworked councillors to be quite offensive as they do such important work. Take, for example the labour leader of Exeter City Council, Peter Edwards. Now if I look at my copy of the Stagecoach Group Pension Scheme leaflet for December 2005 we can all see how hard Peter Edwards works. Peter was a Trustee for the Pension Scheme. Not only that but Peter was also the Employee Trustee for Stagecoach in Warwickshire, Stagecoach in Oxford, Stagecoach West and Wales, Stagecoach East, Cambridge & Peterborough and finally Stagecoach South West. Now how on earth will our Peter find the time to set-up and run Exeter Unitary Authority. You see what I mean by not fully understanding the hard work that ordinary members of the public put into working on our behalf.So, please let us find space in our hearts to understand the level of committment from those willing to put themselves into public service on our behalf and let's stop moaning all the time.