I thank The Echo for printing the diverse and sometimes quasi-paranoid views from our local residents. Last week one letter inferred Council is responsible for ‘four months of rain,’ and another that a ‘Unitree A2 robot dog’ is out to kill us, if not with guns, then with AI-created ‘military-grade germ warfare viruses.’
Meanwhile in Spain residents are protesting against tourists occupying local housing, a similar problem in all tourist towns, including Byron. Spanish locals forced to live in caravans or crowded apartments in Barcelona and Ibiza complained of landlords kicking them out every June until September for tourist accommodation. They took to the streets protesting the lack of housing – setting off fireworks and squirting tourists with water pistols – for no direct detrimental effect.
It’s clear what they need to do, and what us Byronians need to do. Get the local Council to make the weather nasty and rainy every summer to discourage tourists. In the event of a stray tourist insisting on looking at views, swimming at a beach and eating in a restaurant, set a ‘hunter-killer’ robot dog to sniff them out for appropriate banishment.
Thank goodness we have varied views that can be used as seeds for social solutions.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
