I TOO resent the fact I am contributing to councillors frittering away our taxes on bottled water (Mailbag February 23). It beggars belief that these people cannot do as your letter writer Mrs Clarke suggests and fill up an empty bottle from the tap.

Most people with common sense would apply such a discipline if, as we all are led to believe, they are the custodians of the council coffers and are trusted to ensure it is spent on services for the people.

They strike me as a bunch of hypocrites who utilise the ‘do as I say not as I do’ moral. Let the people of Kirklees object strongly via this newspaper and send them a strong message of disapproval.

Tony Whittaker

Huddersfield