ON a recent visit to Minehead, I noticed with sadness that the
cafe and putting green in Blenheim Gardens were closed
.
My family and I have been visiting this park to play a game of putting for years, it had become a annual event we all enjoyed very much.
A sign on the door told us they regretfully had to close due to increased business rates and overheads.
In a seaside town as popular as Minehead, visited by families of all ages, how does it make any sense to force a much-loved establishment to close?
It reminds me of the saying, killing the goose that lays the golden egg.
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Charging these establishments more than they can afford is a lose lose situation in my opinion.
I would like to think that while these decisions are being made, the people responsible, who work for your council aren’t getting six-figure salaries, because failure on this scale doesn’t deserve it.
PETE BERTHIAUME
Bridgwater
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