LINDA HOWARD of Dart-mouth Pet Foods, Market Street, writes: BID director Kate Ryder ­saying 'I can't see the point of you being here' if you don't want the BID was not a very nice thing to read, Chronicle, May 8. How condescending was that? You see, there are more ­businesses in Dartmouth that didn't want the BID, as she knows but chooses to ignore. But a handful of outsiders with too much time on their hands went ahead with it ­anyway, so now we're stuck with it and all the upset and hardship it has caused. Ask poor Kirsty Sargeant in Home Fabrics who had the bailiffs in – not very nice for a group of people who are supposed to be helping small businesses, wouldn't you agree? And as for the seagulls, well, what a waste of money. Some might go, but they will just come back. You see, they were born here, a bit like us locals. We don't like being scared off in our own town. Golden rule: don't upset the locals, we bite back.