The reason Councillor Ken Bodfish has chosen to deliberately misconstrue the warnings from Superintendent Graham Cox that Brighton and Hove City Council will not find parking enforcement an easy task probably has something to do with his mayoral ambitions.

Perhaps he thinks a little macho posturing and glib criticism of a senior police officer will add to his reputation of being his own man.

That he chooses to ignore and denounce the advice of one of the most successful officers in Brighton and Hove is testimony to his arrogance and a measure of how out of touch he is.

Mr Cox is considered to be a godsend to this city and his policies are making a real difference to the everyday lives of ordinary people, the vast majority of whom have no idea who Ken Bodfish is.

If Mr Cox says the council will find the task of parking control difficult, Coun Bodfish would be well advised to shut up and listen because here we have a man whose knowledge of the city comes from the streets - the same streets the rest of us feel safer walking because of him.

-C F Abb, Surrenden Road, Brighton