THE growing problem of street litter is often blamed on the young. In my experience they are not always to blame.

I live next to the Morrisons' car park in Giffnock and on Monday I saw a Jaguar saloon take the one empty disabled parking space while the occupants visited a nearby coffee shop.

Forty-five minutes later the car was still there, with its occupants sitting chatting and smoking. Having finished their repast, they deposited their empty coffee cups and pizza boxes under the car. When they left they drove off over the packages.

The occupants were not young, probably in their 70s and should surely know better on both scores of not leaving litter and, since there was no disabled sticker displayed and both had walked easily to the cafe, misusing disabled parking places.

Class is not about having the money to own a Jaguar but is about how one behaves. RICHARD A McKENZIE Giffnock Extend litter drive

It was great to read (Evening Times, April 9) of the efforts by Glasgow City Council to keep its streets litter free.

It's just a pity this policy isn't Scotland-wide.

Surely it wouldn't be too difficult for the Scottish Executive to set up some kind of competition among villages and towns to keep litter off the streets. Even the industrial estates are choking on litter.

Would it not be a good idea to make the tenants clear up their surrounding areas?

There is such a lot to be done on the litter front to make Scotland as well as Glasgow miles better. IRENE CLARK Via e-mail No need for tower

THE plan to build a 134m tower, Scotland's tallest building, on the site of the old Strathclyde Region HQ on St Vincent Street (Evening Times, April 10) must be over-ruled by the powers that be.

The last thing our city needs is another high-rise eyesore.

Architects have the opportunity to design a building which will compliment the existing structures in the area.

A good example would be Charing Cross Mansions and the old Beresford Hotel on Sauchiehall Street. These are the type of building we admire and appreciate. More of the same please. ISABEL REID Berkeley Street Placard disgrace

I HOPE the Green Party, along with Labour, Tory, SNP, Scottish Christian Alliance, Socialists - of whatever ilk - and LibDem activists will be as energetic in removing their party placards from lamp-posts after the election as they have been in claiming every free inch of space in the run up to the vote.

In Paisley Road West it looks like the fair is coming to town, but give it a few weeks of wet and windy weather and the party placards will look a mess. I'm sure the plastic ties they use are also a danger to children and animals.

What is the legal situation on this? GORDON DEANS Crookston HOT TOPIC: PR not people is trust's priority

I can't believe that giving' Glasgow's leisure/culture facilities to a private company (albeit a charity) can be a good thing.

These facilities belong to the people of Glasgow, but the new trust could sell up everything without our consent.

The only good thing' might be that our council tax will go down because the facilities will receive Lottery funding. Aye, right! A NICOL, Glasgow We're being kept in dark

A charitable trust to run council services is clearly an abuse of funds given by the people to good causes or other issues they want to support - not the running of council services.

Bridget McConnell (Jack's wife) has just written to every employee telling them their pay allowances will not be able to be paid to them until July this year.

It strikes me most Glaswegians and Glasgow City Council employees are being kept in the dark as to the true intentions of this trust. BRIGET, Glasgow I'm in wrong game

Labour is privatising our schools, hospitals, roads, trains, and now our art galleries. Good to see the useless fat cats get their paws on the dough first - £52,000 to tell us we have kulchir'. I'm obviously in the wrong game. BRIAN BLESSED, Glasgow Council chiefs know best

Mr Purcell is the best thing to happen to Glasgow for years. The services we receive from the council are the best they have ever been.

I know most council workers are happy in their jobs and appreciate the changes that have been made.

A few complain any time anyone works hard for their money - chief executive getting £30,000 on top of his £156,000 a year, outcry. A press liaison officer on £56,000. But look at the benefits we all receive by these people being in their posts.

Glasgow is booming just look at the luxury flats on the Clydeside. RANT, posted online Prosperity a booming lie

GLASGOW booming? You must mean the luxury flats most residents will never be able to afford.

Take a trip to any scheme in Glasgow and you see a different picture pal. Glasgow is being ripped off, ripped down, sold off to the highest bidder, its heritage boxed off and auctioned off. How anyone can take a city with 30% unemployment as booming' beggars belief. GLASGOW RESIDENTS NETWORK, posted online WRITE: Evening Times, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow G2 3QB. Please include your name and address. E-MAIL: letters@eveningtimes.co.uk Please include postal address. TEXT: key in the word 'etletters', leave a space then send your comments to 88010. Max 160 characters. Please include your name or initials and where you're from. Texts cost 25p at all times.