Having attended dull committee meetings as a member of the public, an elected mayor sounds like a refreshing alternative.

It would mean we could shed a few of our councillors as well.

Simon Battle's idea (Letters, July 24) that a mayor could show strong leadership appeals to me, as long as it could include improvements in Hove at the King Alfred, the seafront and the gasworks site.

-Jacqueline Teeboon, Landseer Road, Hove