WHEN will people wake up and see we are being ripped off by this unfair council tax?

Every year we are conned by South-ampton City Council saying they are short of cash and cutbacks are needed. Last year they said they might need to shut St Mary's Sport Hall but the next thing you know it's been refitted.

I also saw in the Daily Echo's jobs page two vacancies in the leisure field with the council paying really silly money but this is normal for this council. There are far too many staff employed by this council in jobs that are far too overpaid with far too many perks.

When we had the poll tax people were up in arms. Well, you pay far more now and it's only going to get worse. It's about time we all stopped paying it, they can't take us all to court.

They say they don't get the money from the government to help them keep council tax down. Have a good look around Southampton and see how many new blocks of flats there are. There are loads, which must mean the income from council tax must have gone up a lot over the last few years. So council tax should be coming down, not up all the time.

Is it not time to make a stand and say enough is enough?

B JONES, Southampton.