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Advertisementyour story continues below Rushmoor Borough Council’s town centre management and the local councillors should all hang their heads in shame. What a mess they have made of our town, and what audacity they have to carry on conning the local people with false promises and downright lies and misrepresentations. They must think that we have the same crazy, mixed up concept of the truth that they have. Look at what they’ve done between them. To say they have messed up is an understatement. We were promised a minor injuries unit in the new degeneration, sorry, regeneration programme. Yes, we’ll get the space in the new Aldershot Centre for Health building, but it won’t be used because the primary care trust cannot afford to finance it. Our market is now in Wellington Street and Union Street after being shunted around the town, but I wonder how much longer we’ll have a market. It has slowly dwindled away to a few regular traders, whom we are all grateful for, but now their stall space rent has been increased again so what next for them I wonder? And so on, and so on. And now the latest attempt at people-fooling — the great Galleries fiasco. The most insulting thing as far as I’m concerned is that Rushmoor Borough Council’s town centre management and local councillors think that people like me actually believe their bull, so wake up you lot, because we don’t. When you promise us a workable, well-managed shopping centre then let’s see it happen. If we are going to remain proud of our market then leave it alone. If we are promised a minor injuries unit then make sure the finance is available to make it viable. Most of all, stop treating Aldershot people like idiots. I for one am sick of it, and I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling this way. Valerie Waldock Lower Farnham Road Aldershot First printed in: Aldershot News and Mail Email to a friend	Other Letters Fight hard if you are opposing a development Alternate week bin collections trial is an ordeal Library cuts of £1m are not an investment We’ve heard all the Aldershot talk before Yes, please focus on our hospitals Gordon Brown Town is slowly being driven into the ground Help improve the quality of life for home’s residents Our faith in QEB inspector already dashed Thanks to man who came to mother's rescue It's too late to rescue our rundown town Barracks site minitown needs its own surgery Hospital is actually one of the safest in the country Who are they trying to fool now over Galleries fiasco?Bingo is much needed and far from a mindless game Council's majority party can actually be defeated at the polls MP wrong about borough’s affordable housing record Improved sex education must be a priority Join the brown envelope protest at tax increases Compensation would ease effect of extra flights Make easy cuts to pay for CCTV Noise can cause serious stress problems Depot scheme is a trade-off I cannot accept Points without having a licence are not logical Bridge story sounds like an April Fool Gurkhas have earned the right to equal respect Leisure centre is made dirty by people who use it One way to cut costs is to reduce collection time MP should be grateful that we have the Gurkhas Petition the Prime Minister for fairer Gurkha pensions Golf course trees will grow slower than envisaged Lack of parking will put pressure on neighbours Thanks for your support of the glorious Gurkhas An expensive report that will end up gathering dust Graffiti swastika offensive in Home of the British Army MPs expenses are tiny compared with workload NHS reforms need more consultation and more time Board of experts to run council is a brilliant idea There is no real alternative to this vital link road Please press for review of town's crazy parking Fatal combination that has spawned ineffective council There are also plenty of positives in the district Extra flights will bring benefits for Farnborough I would love to live on the edge of the airport Abolishing free parking amounts to a gross betrayal I do not want a huge airport on my doorstep Silent majority has no problem with extra flying TAG appeal will ensure maximum fairness all round Frimley Park has the solution to parking problem Appeal is all about rich and powerful greedy for more My joint interests with MP are not commercial So, does our MP provide us with a 'junk' service?NHS experts must give us realistic options for future Yes, judges should be tough on speeding Village needs recycling centre at supermarket Traffic problems in rat-run lane getting worse No, commercial waste does not get a subsidy Councillors seem unable to take tough action Widening tracks the only way to improve railways Hospital parking problem could get even worse Lib Dems have a plan to save post offices Unitary county article ignored important issues Empty office sites could be made available for housing AWC subsidies commercial waste going to landfill Station's neighbours suffer from shortage of parking spaces Town badly needs a minor injuries unit The planning process is so frustrating What does the county do with our money? 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