Richmond - The Editor, Re: "Reid mum on expense row," News, March 5. I'm surprised that, even though it took three days for Linda Reid to acknowledge that some of her expenses had become public knowledge, The News chose only to report part of the story. Although Reid is attempting to justify the costs, the most questionable expense seems to be the one that nobody wants to mention - that she hired a Richmond colleague as an assistant, meaning we're paying for the costs of commuting to Victoria.The common sense situation would be that, if you take a job in another city away from where you live, then you move there. That's what everybody else has to do.Is it any wonder that there are less people voting every time there is an election?Barbara BrightonRichmond
